A former republican prisoner who was violently arrested while putting up
a suicide awareness poster on a lamppost has taken his own life.
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PSNI harassment of ex-prisoner ends in tragedy
A former republican prisoner who was violently arrested while putting up
a suicide awareness poster on a lamppost has taken his own life.
Published September 19, 2015
Parties seen aligning ahead of election
Sinn Fein has said it is preparing for government in the 26 Counties and
has refused to rule out any potential coalition partners following the
forthcoming general election.
Published September 19, 2015
Kenny delivers oration for 1916 rebel amid commemorations row
A state funeral for 1916 martyr Thomas Kent took place yesterday in a
re-interment openly stage-managed by the Dublin government to boost its
nationalist credentials.
Published September 19, 2015
Assessment sought on unionist paramilitaries
There are concerns that the PSNI is attempting to conceal levels of
loyalist violence after they refused to describe an arson attack on a
second Gaelic sports club in Tyrone as sectarian.
Published September 19, 2015
DUP say talks on hold after British statement
The DUP leader Peter Robinson has said the failure of the British government
to make a statement addressing its demands has ‘delayed’ the start of
crisis talks aimed at rescuing the North’s political institutions.
Published September 15, 2015
Welcome for election of Corbyn as British Labour leader
The election of veteran progressive Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the
British Labour Party has been welcomed in Ireland.
Published September 12, 2015
The cycle of crisis in the north of Ireland lurched towards the
farcical this week as the Democratic Unionist Party blustered and
threatened but, in the end, fudged an ultimatum to pull down the
political institutions over allegations that the Provisional IRA still
exists.
Published September 12, 2015
Sinn Fein concern over policing as republicans are released
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has said he wants to meet the PSNI police
chief over the arrest of his party’s northern chairman in the murder
inquiry which sparked the current political crisis.
Published September 12, 2015
Secret Garda unit behind ‘shoot-to-kill’ incident
A woman who witnessed an alleged shoot-to-kill incident in 1998 in
County Wicklow was later visited by senior gardai and told to “stay
quiet”, a commission of investigation into the fatal shooting has been
told.
Published September 12, 2015
PSNI mock Derry family, escalate harassment
A member of the deaf community in Derry says she was traumatised after a
heavy-handed PSNI police raid on her home in the Shantallow area of
the city on Tuesday.
Published September 12, 2015
Powerful bombs used in UDA feud
Two explosions which shook the village of Ahoghill, County Antrim in
the early hours of Thursday morning have been blamed on a drugs dispute
among rival unionist paramilitary gangs.
Published September 12, 2015
Water charge campaigners defy Garda oppression
A 26 County police team led by the Garda Commissioner’s husband has been secretly spying on water charge protesters amid further allegations of
political policing of left-wing TDs.
Published September 12, 2015
Robinson steps aside, puts ‘gatekeeper’ in zombie Executive
In a dramatic day in Belfast, DUP leader Peter Robinson has backed away
from a threat to immediately collapse the Six County Executive, instead
opting to step aside temporarily and withdraw all his Ministers,
leaving one.
Published September 10, 2015
Stormont collapse likely after DUP ultimatum is rejected
A Stormont committee has refused to adjourn the Six County Assembly
despite a DUP threat that it would otherwise pull down the North’s
political institutions.
Published September 10, 2015
Arrests of top republicans adds to talks chaos
The PSNI police this morning arrested three very senior Provisional
republican figures in connection with the murder last month of Belfast
man Kevin McGuigan -- one of whom, Bobby Storey, is the chairperson of
Sinn Fein in the Six Counties.
Published September 9, 2015
Talks hit by Tory threats, DUP go-slow
Crisis talks due to begin tomorrow in Belfast face an uphill battle
amid serious attacks on the Six-County political process by both the
British government and unionists over the past 48 hours.
Published September 7, 2015
The DUP leader Peter Robinson has offered to take part in a fresh round
of multi-party talks as a deep crisis over allegations that the
Provisional IRA still exists appears set to extend over a period of
weeks or months.
Published September 5, 2015
Arrested republicans ‘pawns in a political game’
A prominent former IRA Volunteer has spoken out for the first time to
defend himself after unionists called for him to be returned to prison
by the British authorities.
Published September 5, 2015
Policing report exposes dysfunctional coalition
The interim report of the Fennelly Inquiry on policing matters in the
26 Counties has revealed a catalogue of delinquency and deception at
the highest levels of the State’s justice system.
Published September 5, 2015
Refugees welcomed by Irish republicans
Thousands of Irish families have pledged to provide shelter to refugees
following a dramatic recognition of the plight of those fleeing conflict
Published September 5, 2015
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