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.
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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
Fight for 1916 heritage on several fronts
The occupation of buildings at the heart of the 1916 Rising in Dublin
was suspended this week after a High Court decision to halt demolition
works on the site for two weeks pending a hearing on February 2nd.
Published January 16, 2016
Water-damaged coalition faces election deadline
There is increasing speculation that the general election will take
place in the last days of February or the start of March after Taoiseach
Enda Kenny claimed to have finally picked a date.
Published January 16, 2016
List of British war crimes in Iraq lengthens
Nearly 300 British Army personnel who served in Iraq are suspected of
committing war crimes, according to a new report by a team set up to
look into evidence of murder, abuse and torture during the Iraq war.
Published January 16, 2016
A matter of time before SF is in Dublin government, says Adams
Sinn Fein will be in government, if not after this election then after
the next, party president Gerry Adams has said.
Published January 16, 2016
New Year’s Day brought the first official efforts of the year to revise
and sanitise the centenary of the 1916 Rising, with the rebels’ goal of
an Ireland free from British rule getting airbrushed from the official
narrative.
Published January 9, 2016
Hundreds have rallied in support of a group of protesters who have
occupied buildings on Moore Street in Dublin as a simmering row over
plans for the development of the site, a key site in the history of the
1916 Rising, has now become a stand-off.
Published January 9, 2016
British hoping death will end justice campaign, say ‘Hooded Men’
Some of those tortured by the British military in the early days of the
recent conflict walked out of court on Wednesday morning after a judge
adjourned their case for almost three months.
Published January 9, 2016
Terrifying blaze after Shell gets Corrib gas permit
Gas flares and noxious discharges have been emitted from the Corrib gas
plant in north Mayo on New Year’s Eve, just weeks after the plant
received a final permit to begin operation by Energy Minister Alex
White.
Published January 9, 2016
Violence threat over reception for football teams
There could be disturbances across the North if soccer squads from both
parts of Ireland are given a joint reception at Belfast city hall, a
leading loyalist has warned.
Published January 9, 2016
Irish military deployment in Six Counties ‘blocked by law’
In 1985, the Dublin government’s Minister of Defence and military chiefs
believed it was illegal for the 26 County Army to operate north of the
border even for humanitarian reasons, historical papers have revealed.
Published January 9, 2016
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