In a remarkable weekend of events to mark the centenary of the Easter
Rising, Irish president Michael D Higgins called for Irish people to
take responsibility for building ‘a true Republic’. However, republican
commemorations heard condemnations of the 26 County state for continuing
to ‘turn its back’ on the people of the Six Counties.
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In a remarkable weekend of events to mark the centenary of the Easter
Rising, Irish president Michael D Higgins called for Irish people to
take responsibility for building ‘a true Republic’. However, republican
commemorations heard condemnations of the 26 County state for continuing
to ‘turn its back’ on the people of the Six Counties.
Published April 2, 2016
Historic Easter weekend in the Six Counties
Republicans marched in Lurgan, Belfast, Coalisland and Derry over the
Easter in defiance of threatened PSNI arrest operations and in stark
contrast to the comfortable celebrations of independence in the 26
Counties.
Published April 2, 2016
Clashes as marching season begins
The Protestant marching season has started badly, with disturbances at
two separate events this week.
Published April 2, 2016
Dail in limbo for a second month
The Dublin parliament has descended further into farce as Fianna Fail
and Fine Gael have made no progress towards the formation of a
government, more than five weeks after the 26 County general election.
Published April 2, 2016
Collusion fears as republicans told their lives are in danger
A number of republicans in County Antrim have been warned about their
safety after it was reported that a “PSNI document” had been lost.
Published April 2, 2016
Michael McKevitt released from prison
A high-profile critic of the peace process in the north of Ireland has
continued to maintain his innocence after completing a 20-year jail
sentence for ‘directing terrorism’.
Published April 2, 2016
Irish President calls for an end to revisionism
In a speech to mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, President
Michael D Higgins has called for an end to the pro-British bias in the
interpretation of events at the turn of the last century.
Published March 28, 2016
Symbolic shift in west Belfast
There has been an outcry over the destruction of a republican mural of
IRA Volunteer Kieran Nugent who started the blanket protest in the
H-Blocks of Long Kesh. It was replaced with a mural depicting unionist
leader Edward Carson.
Published March 26, 2016
Identity crises in Dublin, Belfast
An Irish language group has attacked a Dublin City Council banner
featuring moderate nationalist John Redmond on the Bank of Ireland
building at College Green.
Published March 26, 2016
Revisionism, not reconciliation at Glasnevin
Relatives of those who fought and died in the Easter Rising are set to
take legal action to stop a wall being unveiled at Glasnevin cemetery
which commemorates the British army dead alongside those who were killed
while attempting to liberate Ireland from that army.
Published March 26, 2016
Clashing agendas for nationalists, 100 years on
Sinn Fein’s First Minister Martin McGuinness has said the next stage of
the north’s peace process must be the “reconciliation phase” and again
condemned the new IRA, who he said wanted to “destroy the peace
process”.
Published March 26, 2016
The main Easter commemorations
The number and variety of Easter commemorative events taking place this
weekend is at a record as the 26 County state attempts to make up for
the years when it ignored the 1916 anniversary.
Published March 26, 2016
McDonald condemns new US ‘security’ agenda
Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald has said she was subjected to
“heavy-handed and very invasive” security searches while travelling
home from the United States after St Patrick’s Day.
Published March 26, 2016
Triumph as 1916 battle site is saved
In a landmark victory for republican heritage campaigners, a High Court
judge has granted that a number of buildings on and around Dublin’s
Moore Street are a battlefield site worthy of the designation of
national monument.
Published March 19, 2016
Adams seeks to end differential treatment by US officials
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has called on the US to review its security
arrangements for visits by party representatives after he was
dramatically refused entry to a St Patrick’s reception at the White
House.
Published March 19, 2016
Prison tensions heightened after official’s death
There have been further condemnations by politicians after a senior
prison official died from a heart attack two weeks after he received a
leg injury in an attack on his vehicle.
Published March 19, 2016
Increased harassment in nationalist areas
Several homes in Belfast were violently raided last weekend amid an
increased PSNI presence, with heavily armed units deployed in the west
and north of the city.
Published March 19, 2016
Bankers ramp up evictions as fraud accused beat jail
Over a hundred families are being evicted from a Dublin estate after
Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs ordered the estate cleared following a
purchase of the loan underlying the development.
Published March 19, 2016
Hits and misses for official 1916 commemorations
There has been strong criticism of a banner in honour of four
parliamentary nationalists, three of whom died long before the 1916
Rising and one who bitterly opposed it, amid continuing preparations for
the centennial.
Published March 19, 2016
Obama silent as Adams blasts White House insult
Published March 16, 2016
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