There has been an angry response by unions after national retail chain
Dunnes Stores sacked some employees and took other hostile actions
against workers in the wake of a one-day industrial action at the
stores’ outlets in the 26 Counties last week.
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Dunnes workers punished for strike action
There has been an angry response by unions after national retail chain
Dunnes Stores sacked some employees and took other hostile actions
against workers in the wake of a one-day industrial action at the
stores’ outlets in the 26 Counties last week.
Published April 11, 2015
Event to shed new light on Great Hunger in the North
An annual commemoration of the Great Hunger, when one million Irish
people died, is to be held in the Six Counties for the first time.
Published April 11, 2015
There has been a broad welcome for news that the site of the last stand
of the 1916 rebels during the Easter Rising is to be bought by the 26
County State for 4 million euro.
Published April 4, 2015
Loyalist bomb alert as new councils face old problems
There was a hoax bomb attack and graffiti sprayed on council buildings
in Dungannon as the north’s new ‘super councils’ finally took up power
as part of a shake-up of local government in the north of Ireland.
Published April 4, 2015
Nationalists could be the story of the Westminster election
Next month’s British general election could see the Scottish National
Party (SNP) win almost all of the parliamentary seats in Scotland,
recreating the historic and transformative 1918 Westminster election in
Ireland.
Published April 4, 2015
Family mark tragedy, forty years on
A Portadown family have dedicated a plaque in memory of their mother who
was murdered by the UVF in 1975.
Published April 4, 2015
No mercy from the landlord class
The Dublin government has been accused of acting only on behalf of
large-scale property owners in Ireland as it emerged that a substantial
number of TDs identify themselves as professional landlords.
Published April 4, 2015
Government’s self-loathing over Rising centenary
A reference to the executions of 1916 leaders and a photograph of IRA
Volunteers were removed from a leaflet launching the Dublin government’s
programme of Easter Rising centenary events last November, it has been
confirmed.
Published April 4, 2015
Water protests continue amid corruption questions
Just under 90,000 people marched in Dublin on Saturday in the latest
anti-austerity protest against the 26 County government’s new water
charges as a scandal over the operation of Irish Water, the new national
water board, has expanded.
Published March 28, 2015
Britain may expose royal pardon recipients
British Prime Minister David Cameron has threatened to identify leading
republicans who received British royal pardons following a furore over
the revelation that senior Sinn Fein politician Gerry Kelly received a
pardon in the 1980s.
Published March 28, 2015
Loyalist attacks go unchecked in Antrim
A single gang of unionist paramilitaries is thought to be behind a
murder and a spate of shooting and beatings across the North Antrim and
Coleraine areas.
Published March 28, 2015
Constant harassment for ex-PoW with speech problem
A former republican prisoner who suffers from a severe speech impediment
is afraid to leave his Belfast home because of constant harassment by
the PSNI police.
Published March 28, 2015
Kenny visits site of Ballymurphy massacre
The families of 10 innocent civilians killed in the 1971 Ballymurphy
massacre have described a meeting with Taoiseach Enda Kenny this week as
a “positive move forward”.
Published March 28, 2015
Britain to send spies, royals for 1916 events
A secret British army undercover unit may be redeployed to Ireland in
the run-up to the centenary of the 1916 Rising, according to reports.
Published March 28, 2015
Political activity in the north of Ireland was unexpectedly set back
this week when the US State Department cancelled a meeting with Sinn
Fein President Gerry Adams in Washington DC.
Published March 21, 2015
St Patrick’s Day parades pass without major trouble
There were only relatively minor incidents in Belfast on Tuesday after a
loyalist flag protest outside Belfast City Hall was held as thousands
gathered to celebrate the feast day of Ireland’s patron saint.
Published March 21, 2015
Arrests at Maghaberry ‘choreographed’
Republican prisoners in Maghaberry jail have condemned the arrest and
interrogation of five of their number.
Published March 21, 2015
Helsinki Commission hears of Glenanne cover-up
There has been “dishonourable silence” from the British government on
evidence of deep collusion between the British forces in Ireland and
unionist paramilitaries during the conflict, an Irish human rights
researcher author has told a US congressional panel.
Published March 21, 2015
‘We refuse to pay’ - Right2Water
Tens of thousands are preparing to march in Dublin today in the latest
anti-austerity protest. Three separate marches, highlighting
the impact of austerity and the new tax on tap water, are planned for
Saturday afternoon.
Published March 21, 2015
Frazer calls off ‘Love Ulster 2’; Bryson convicted
A sectarian parade through Dublin has been cancelled after organisers
claimed the Dublin government is preparing to hand over files to an
inquest.
Published March 21, 2015
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