The DUP ‘Communities’ Minister Paul Givan has been accused of acting to
a sectarian agenda after he distributed almost two million pounds in
grants to loyalist organisations, Orange lodges and Protestant church
groups.
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Political temperature rises amid yet another Stormont scandal
The DUP ‘Communities’ Minister Paul Givan has been accused of acting to
a sectarian agenda after he distributed almost two million pounds in
grants to loyalist organisations, Orange lodges and Protestant church
groups.
Published January 20, 2017
British soldiers on Belfast streets, RAF lands at Shannon
The British Army appeared in numbers in west Belfast last weekend as
troops in full uniform were deployed alongside PSNI police in the
Poleglass area of West Belfast.
Published January 20, 2017
‘Hard Brexit’ fears for Ireland
A landmark speech on Britain’s departure from the European Union has
failed to allay fears of “hard border” controls and economic chaos
across the island of Ireland.
Published January 20, 2017
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has effectively retired from politics
after announcing he will not be standing for re-election in the 2 March
poll to the Belfast Assembly.
Published January 19, 2017
Election set for March 2 amid rancorous Stormont debate
The British government has announced that elections to the Stormont
Assembly wil take place on Thursday, March 2nd after the Sinn Fein/DUP
power-sharing Executive formally collapsed this afternoon.
Published January 16, 2017
Crisis talks fail, election due
The north of Ireland is inexorably heading for an election following
the resignation of Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
and the failure of last-minute talks efforts by the two governments.
Published January 13, 2017
McGuinness asks for privacy over illness
Martin McGuinness has called for his privacy to be respected by the media
after a newspaper published details of a serious illness for which he is
said to be receiving treatment.
Published January 13, 2017
Irish language rights campaign presses on after DUP u-turn
A DUP decision to re-instate an Irish language bursary scheme has been
described by Sinn Fein as “too little, too late”.
Published January 13, 2017
Derry hit by PSNI raids, searches
Protests are being organised following a series of heavy-handed police raids
on the home of republican activists over the Christmas and New Year
period.
Published January 13, 2017
Woman flees home after state-funded body delivers threat
A woman forced from her home in a sectarian attack in Belfast has said
she was told of a loyalist death threat by representatives of a
so-called loyalist ‘community group’ which is funded by the Stormont
administration.
Published January 13, 2017
Apollo House vacated as campaign declares success
A group of homeless people vacated a state-owned office building in
Dublin on Thursday, ending a month-long squat that brought international
attention to the housing crisis in Ireland.
Published January 13, 2017
Election expected as SF insists ‘no return to status quo’
Sinn Fein has expressed a much tougher line against the intransigence
and bigotry of the DUP following yesterday's resignation by Martin
McGuinness from the party's post of Deputy First Minister. An election
to the Stormont Assembly in Belfast appears certain to be called next
Monday and is due to take place within weeks.
Published January 10, 2017
McGUINNESS QUITS, STORMONT EXECUTIVE COLLAPSES
Published January 9, 2017
Stormont in the balance as DUP defy corruption scandal
Sinn Fein has issued repeated warnings that the Six County institutions
are now at a “defining point” after the unionist First Minister Arlene
Foster again refused to step down over allegations that she and her
Democratic Unionist Party orchestrated the enrichment of insiders,
supporters and party donors through a bogus ‘green energy’ scheme.
Published January 6, 2017
Cable calls for united Ireland as Brexit border solution
A former leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats has called for a “united
Ireland in Europe” as a means of dealing with the fallout over Britain’s
Brexit decision to quit the EU.
Published January 6, 2017
How Thatcher and Fitzgerald plotted to defeat IRA
State papers have shown the degree to which former 26 County Taoiseach
Garret Fitzgerald accepted the Tory line in exchanges with British Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher 30 years ago.
Published January 6, 2017
‘Sectarian’ UDR aimed weapons at 26 County soldiers
British soldiers of the Ulster Defence Regiment tried to intimidate a
26-County army checkpoint in County Donegal following unionist protests
against the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Published January 6, 2017
Campaigners call for leap forward in housing crisis
Housing activists in the 26 Counties have handed an open letter to
Finance Minister Michael Noonan, calling on him to order the use of
vacant, state-controlled properties to house the homeless.
Published January 6, 2017
Lives at risk as more than 600 lie on trolleys
The number of patients stuck on trolleys awaiting beds in hospitals in
the 26 County state has broken new records, forcing Minister for Health
Simon Harris to apologise for his failure to deal with the crisis.
Published January 6, 2017
The centenary year of the 1916 Rising ends with new optimism over a campaign
of direct action against inequality headed by a motley group of
musicians, actors and writers. However, the sight of thousands of people
braving the cold to receive food handouts in Dublin and Limerick has
highlighted the scale of the challenge.
Published December 24, 2016
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