The 26 County general election campaign has begun with a major
embarrassment for the coalition parties after their annual spending
plans were found to have overestimated available state funds by several
billion euro.
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Fine Gael flounders as election campaign gets underway
The 26 County general election campaign has begun with a major
embarrassment for the coalition parties after their annual spending
plans were found to have overestimated available state funds by several
billion euro.
Published February 6, 2016
Strength and resilience at Bloody Sunday commemoration
Several thousand people took part in a rain-soaked march in Derry last
weekend to mark the 44th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday killings.
Published February 6, 2016
Politicians in a flap as ‘Brexit’ likelihood increases
Concern is mounting in Ireland at the prospects of a British withdrawal
from the European Union and the implications this would have for border
crossings and the economy.
Published February 6, 2016
British Army link to Larne killings revealed
It has taken the British authorities 35 years to tell the family of a
Catholic man that his killer was a former British soldier.
Published February 6, 2016
Election called for February 26th, parliament dissolved
The 26 County President, Michael D Higgins, has dissolved parliament at
the request of Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who has called a general election.
Published February 3, 2016
British war crime on the Shankill
There has been a shocked reaction to evidence that the 1993 Shankill
Road bomb, in which nine civilians and one IRA Volunteer died in a
premature explosion, was planned by a double-agent working in concert
with the British Crown forces.
Published January 30, 2016
Hamilton reveals hierarchy of conflict investigations
PSNI Chief George Hamilton has warned that most conflict-related cases
will be shelved as pressure is heaped on the force to cooperate with
inquest investigations.
Published January 30, 2016
No plan to question main suspect in O’Connor murder
The main suspect in the murder of republican Gareth O’Connor has still
not been questioned almost thirteen years after his death it has
emerged. The man in question has also received an ‘OTR letter’ from the
PSNI which could allow him to permanently evade prosecution for the
murder.
Published January 30, 2016
Clashes as petrol bombs are thrown at PSNI
There was a riot in Lurgan, County Armagh on Sunday night when more than
100 petrol bombs were thrown by nationalist youths after police cordons
were set up in the Lake Street area.
Published January 30, 2016
Noonan accused in nine billion euro giveaway
The 26 County Minister for Finance Michael Noonan blew over nine billion
euro of government funds when he failed to stand up to EU bank chiefs
over the state’s bank debts, the banking inquiry has revealed.
Published January 30, 2016
Thousands of protestors turn out to oppose water charges
Tens of thousands of protestors turned out to oppose water charges at
Right2Water demonstrations across the country last Saturday. In Dublin
City Centre, at the largest rally, community and political groups were
joined by representatives from six trade unions.
Published January 30, 2016
High level informer behind Shankill Road bomb
Decrypted classified documents obtained by the Provisional IRA have
shown that a state agent was behind one of the most notorious tragedies
of the conflict, the Shankill Road bomb attack in 1993.
Published January 25, 2016
It’s 1984, not 2016, in the Irish Police State
The staggering amount of surveillance being undertaken by the
authorities in the 26 Counties has been revealed with more than one
thousand new spy requests on citizens initiated every month.
Published January 23, 2016
No ‘Twelfth’ invite for Martin McGuinness
The anti-Catholic Orange Order has said it has no intention of inviting
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness to its July Twelfth marches and rallies
after the Deputy First Minister in the Six Counties said he would be
willing to attend.
Published January 23, 2016
Judge takes stronger line on PSNI inquest delay tactics
A major court examination of delays in coroners’ investigations of 95
legacy killings in the North, many of which date back more than 40
years, in currently underway.
Published January 23, 2016
Evicted families told to split up to find shelter
As the homelessness crisis worsens, a number of Traveller families
evicted from their homes in County Louth have been told to put their
children into care in order to secure accommodation.
Published January 23, 2016
Hopes raised for family of Aidan McAnespie
A decision not to prosecute a British soldier for killing a civilian
near the Irish border during the conflict is to be reviewed, according
to Crown Prosecutor Barra McGrory.
Published January 23, 2016
Election fever builds in Derry
Foyle is set to be the ‘constituency of death’ for nationalists in the
2016 Six-County Assembly election after Sinn Fein’s Deputy First
Minister Martin McGuinness announced he would run in the Foyle
constituency, taking on the SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and a prominent
independent candidate, Dr Anne McCloskey.
Published January 23, 2016
Kenny angered by DUP’s centenary snub
In an unusual development in the peace process, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has
criticised the new DUP leader Arlene Foster after she denounced
commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Published January 16, 2016
Secret court move to sustain Omagh cover-up
The British government continues to use national security to prevent
potentially embarrassing details of its ‘black operations’ in the North
emerging into the public domain.
Published January 16, 2016
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