Republican prisoners in Maghaberry held a 48-hour hunger protest this
week in support of a prisoner held in the jail’s punishment block for
the past three years.
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Hunger strike over treatment of segregated prisoner
Republican prisoners in Maghaberry held a 48-hour hunger protest this
week in support of a prisoner held in the jail’s punishment block for
the past three years.
Published March 29, 2014
My sectarian slaughter ‘saved the Union’ - Hutchinson
The leader of the UVF paramilitary-linked Progressive Unionist Party
(PUP) Billy Hutchinson has claimed his role in the murder of two
Catholic men 40 years ago ‘helped prevent a united Ireland’.
Published March 29, 2014
Loyalist extemism promoted as Irish language is sidelined
Loyalists who wore balaclavas during a ‘show of strength’ close to a
north Belfast interface were taking part in “street theatre”, according
to the Stormont-funded ‘Ulster Political Research Group’ which has links
to the unionist paramilitary UDA.
Published March 29, 2014
The cousin of two Catholic brothers murdered by Billy Hutchinson in 1974
responds to the PUP leader’s attempt to justify his actions.
Published March 29, 2014
Judicial system in disarray after new spying scandal
The Dublin government is in crisis and the 26 County judicial system on
the point of collapse following revelations that illegal recordings
have been made of telephone conversations to and from police stations
for some three decades.
Published March 26, 2014
Garda Commissioner quits after corruption scandal
The chief of the 26 County Garda police, Martin Callinan, resigned today
after refusing to withdraw his condemnations of two whistleblowers who
exposed corrupt practices in the force.
Published March 25, 2014
‘Vindictive’ policing as 77-year-old is charged
Veteran republican Ivor Bell has been charged this Friday night with
IRA membership and “aiding and abetting” the execution of informer Jean
McConville in 1972.
Published March 22, 2014
Sharp tactics put PSNI into New York parade
The organisers of the New York City St Patrick’s Day parade infuriated
Irish opinion in the city with a last minute u-turn to include a
contingent of anti-Irish PSNI police while continuing to ban gay and
lesbian organisations.
Published March 22, 2014
Force’s disregard for woman’s life caught on video
Video footage has emerged showing two members of the PSNI in Derry
laying an incapacitated St Patrick’s Day celebrant in a bus lane in
Derry.
Published March 22, 2014
Loyalists attack St Patrick’s Day celebration
Britain’s Union Jack flew over Belfast City Hall on St Patrick’s Day,
but that did not prevent loyalists gathering to attack Irish language
speakers attending a cultural event there.
Published March 22, 2014
‘New’ IRA claims sophisticated attack
A mortar rocket attack against a PSNI patrol in west Belfast last
weekend involved new technology and equipment, according to a statement
issued this week in the name of the IRA.
Published March 22, 2014
Alliance candidate backs a united Ireland
A leading member of the traditionally pro-union Alliance Party has
astonished everyone by declaring her support for a United Ireland.
Published March 22, 2014
NY parade organisers may reverse decision on PSNI - claims
Organisers of the New York City St Patrick’s Day parade have come under
heavy political pressure to reinstate a contingent of PSNI police in
Monday’s world-famous parade.
Published March 15, 2014
In a sudden turnaround, an ad-hoc campaign by Irish Americans has
succeeded in preventing the inclusion of a delegation of PSNI police
(formerly RUC) in this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in New York.
Published March 15, 2014
Obama ‘disappointed’ by talks as British eye prosecutions
Just five months before the 20th anniversary of the Provisional IRA’s
original ceasefire declaration, US President Barack Obama has expressed
disappointment at the failure of Irish politicians to deal with the
collapse of the latest mediation talks.
Published March 15, 2014
Hurling in public illegal - PSNI
The PSNI have been accused of taking Catholics in the north of Ireland
“back to the dark days” after several young people were stopped in the
street by members of the force for playing Gaelic games.
Published March 15, 2014
MI5 agent recorded making recruitment bid
British intelligence agents have been recorded making an overt approach
to a former prisoner in Belfast City Centre, just days after he lost his
job in a call center due to ‘security reasons’, according to the
Republican Network for Unity.
Published March 15, 2014
IRA warning over prison crisis
In a strongly-worded statement warning of further attacks,
responsibility for two letter bombs addressed to prison staff at
Maghaberry jail has been claimed in the name of ‘the IRA’.
Published March 15, 2014
Garda whistleblowers vindicated
An investigation into the quashing of penalty points by the Garda police
in the 26 Counties has found consistent and widespread wrongdoing within
the force, humiliating Dublin’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter and the
Garda police commissioner, Martin Callinan.
Published March 15, 2014
Devices intercepted amid prison tensions
Two letter bombs addressed to Maghaberry Prison were intercepted this
week following a violent confrontation inside the jail.
Published March 8, 2014
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