A State funeral is to be held for 1916 Rising hero Thomas Kent -- one of
only two rebels executed by the British outside of Dublin -- after DNA
testing confirmed that remains found in Cork Prison belong to him.
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Welcome for state funeral for 1916 rebel Thomas Kent
A State funeral is to be held for 1916 Rising hero Thomas Kent -- one of
only two rebels executed by the British outside of Dublin -- after DNA
testing confirmed that remains found in Cork Prison belong to him.
Published September 5, 2015
Report finds Taoiseach’s message forced top Garda to quit
The 26 County Taoiseach Enda Kenny is facing calls for his resignation
after an inquiry found today that the former Garda police chief
commissioner Martin Callinan felt obliged to retire as a result of a
message conveyed from the Taoiseach.
Published September 1, 2015
The devolved administration in the north of Ireland is moving towards
collapse as both of the main unionist parties have said they are ready
to withdraw from the power-sharing coalition with nationalists.
Published August 29, 2015
Fianna Fail jumps on a unionist bandwagon
There has been a hysterical response in the 26 Counties to allegations
in the North that the Provisional IRA continues to exist.
Published August 29, 2015
Figures confirm scale of PSNI harassment
The PSNI has used stop and search powers against the people of two small
north Belfast communities more than 4,500 times in six years, according
to official police statistics.
Published August 29, 2015
Water charge protestors ‘not going away’
Tens of thousands have gathered at an anti-water charge rally today in
Dublin. The march began at 2pm under the banner “We’re not going away, you
know!”
Published August 29, 2015
Red Cross to help broker bid to end prison tensions
The Red Cross has said it is willing to help resolve the deepening
crisis at Maghaberry prison after more than 20 republican prisoners
began refusing meals for more than a week.
Published August 29, 2015
Robinson’s mercy appeal for UDA death-squad suspect
DUP leader Peter Robinson has been accused of hypocrisy after seeking
leniency for a loyalist believed by victims to have been involved in the
mass murder of innocent Catholics in the 1970s.
Published August 29, 2015
UUP to quit Executive as election looms
The Ulster Unionist Party is set to withdraw its only Minister from the
Stormont Executive on Saturday after party leader Mike Nesbitt
described the current power-sharing agreement as “threadbare”.
Published August 26, 2015
‘IRA has left the stage’ - Adams
In response to a growing media furore, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has insisted that the Provisional IRA were not involved in the killing of Kevin McGuigan in east Belfast earlier this month.
Published August 22, 2015
Letter reveals farcical Ballymurphy investigation
The failure of the British Ministry of Defence to trace any of the British soldiers present at the time of the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre has infuriated the families of the victims.
Published August 22, 2015
1985: Thatcher’s ego and the need to stop Sinn Fein
Over 500 files have been made available to historians in Belfast this
week as part of the declassification of government files dating from the
mid-1980s.
Published August 22, 2015
Homeless offered sleeping bags, urged to leave the city
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of “blowing smoke” after he
insisted that “common sense” must be applied in response to the growing
homelessness crisis.
Published August 22, 2015
Rasharkin parade increases tensions
Sinn Fein’s Daithi McKay has said there were a number of breaches of
determinations by the Parades Commission at a loyalist parade in
Rasharkin last [Friday] night.
Published August 22, 2015
New play suggests protected paedophile may have been informer
The 26-County state and the Gardai police will be accused from a Dublin
stage next week of covering up claims about the serial rape of young
boys because the alleged abuser - dubbed “the Irish Jimmy Savile” - was
an informer blackmailed into spying on the IRA.
Published August 22, 2015
The political crisis in the North deepened this week when a bomb attack
struck the British Army’s Palace Barracks, the headquarters of MI5 in
Ireland.
Published August 15, 2015
Sinn Fein condemns Davison ‘revenge’ killing
The close-knit republican community of the Short Strand has been shocked
by the apparent revenge killing on Wednesday night of Kevin McGuigan,
the chief suspect in the murder earlier this year of former PIRA
commander Jock Davison.
Published August 15, 2015
Repercussions continue after march for prisoners is halted
There has been a flood of complaints about the PSNI’s actions after it
blocked a nationalist anti-internment protest from marching to Belfast
city centre on Sunday.
Published August 15, 2015
Concern at casual violence and intimidation
A three-hour racist assault on the home of a former republican prisoner
in west Belfast last weekend has highlighted a wave of spontaneous acts
of violence, racism and sectarianism across the North.
Published August 15, 2015
TDs anger at criminal charges report
Leaked reports that a decision has been made to bring criminal charges
against water charge protesters may have been a deliberate attempt to
smear those politicians involved.
Published August 15, 2015
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