Unionists have expressed concern at a renewed support for Irish
nationalism and republicanism following the result of the recent British
referendum to leave the European Union.
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Unionists fear unity, demand border troops
Unionists have expressed concern at a renewed support for Irish
nationalism and republicanism following the result of the recent British
referendum to leave the European Union.
Published July 2, 2016
New British PM could take hard line on Ireland
The battle to replace David Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party
and British Prime Minister is set to be dominated by two contendors with
extreme right-wing views.
Published July 2, 2016
New evidence points to cold-blooded killing
The Police Ombudsman is to examine the death of a republican 25 years
ago after relatives of IRA Volunteer Colum Marks brought a High Court
challenge over the ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy of planned state executions.
Published July 2, 2016
Increase in harassment of republicans
Republican Sinn Fein has said two members of its Ard Chomhairle
leadership were among a group stopped and ambushed in Lurgan, County
Armagh in a heavy-handed operation by British forces this week.
Published July 2, 2016
Orange parade plan for Ardoyne abandoned
A major Orange Order parade passed off peacefully in Belfast on Friday
after a proposed march through nationalist areas of north Belfast did
not go ahead.
Published July 2, 2016
Shock over latest charity scandal
The founder of Irish suicide prevention charity Console, his wife and
son ran up credit card bills of almost half a million euro on items such
as designer clothes, foreign trips and weekly groceries over a
three-year period, according to a long-delayed audit of the charity.
Published July 2, 2016
Race violence as politicians discuss Brexit chaos
England is currently experiencing a wave of xenophobic attacks as
politicians across Europe grapple with the fallout of the shock result
of a British vote to leave the EU.
Published June 29, 2016
Ireland go out as French dig deep
Two strikes inside three minutes sank a brave Irish campaign in the Euro
2016 championship and put the host team into the quarter-finals in Lyon
this afternoon.
Published June 26, 2016
Pressure for Irish reunification is at its highest in a generation after
a shock ‘Leave’ result in the British referendum on the European Union
is set to force the north of Ireland out of the EU and could bring a
virtual iron curtain down across the island of Ireland.
Published June 25, 2016
Controversy in Ardoyne over parade ‘deal’
Plans have been advanced to allow a controversial parade by the
anti-Catholic Orange Order march through a nationalist area of north
Belfast in return for loyalists ending a campaign of intimidation at a
sectarian interface.
Published June 25, 2016
US tapes illegally accessed by PSNI to pursue pensioner
Alleged evidence against veteran republican Ivor Bell has been
unlawfully obtained from America in breach of an international treaty, a
court has heard.
Published June 25, 2016
Historic 1916 Gaelic match recalled
An epic GAA football match that became known as the ‘All Ireland Behind
Barbed Wire’ was commemorated last weekend when a match was played at
the site of the former internment camp at Frongoch in Wales.
Published June 25, 2016
Irish squad sets up a French date with destiny
An already legendary victory over Italy on Wednesday has propelled Ireland into
the last 16 in the Euro 2016 international soccer tournament, setting up
a fateful encounter with hosts France on Sunday and gripping a nation that had
feared its chance of progress had slipped away.
Published June 25, 2016
The All-Ireland played behind barbed wire
A recent documentary tells the extraordinary story of the inter-county Gaelic football final which took place inside Frongoch internment camp in 1916.
Published June 25, 2016
Cameron quits but will ‘steady the ship’ after Brexit vote
Conservative Party leader David Cameron has resigned as British Prime
Minister, and said he will step down in October. He made his
resignation speech this morning outside Downing Street after Britain
voted to leave the European Union. Mr Cameron said he accepted the
decision of the electorate, which voted for a ‘Brexit’ yesterday by 52%
to 48%.
Published June 24, 2016
Political upheaval as Britain votes to quit EU
British Prime Minister David Cameron is predicted to resign after
results from his referendum on EU membership show it pulling Britain and
the north of Ireland out of the European Union by a total vote of an
estimated 51.7% to 48.3%.
Published June 24, 2016
MP killed for ‘British freedom’
The British political system has lurched into crisis following the
murder of a progressive MP and embittered exchanges ahead of this
weeks’s referendum on EU membership. Campaigning in the referendum,
which could have profound significance for Ireland and Scotland, has
been suspended.
Published June 18, 2016
Villiers under pressure to quit over Loughinisland stance
British Direct Ruler Theresa Villiers has refused to withdraw comments
she made about the Loughinisland massacre, following a report last week
which found that British state forces had indeed colluded in the
murders.
Published June 18, 2016
Ex-prisoner support group welcomes ‘historic’ court decision
A court has decided that it was wrong to stop former republican prisoner
Martin Neeson from working as a groundsman. A judge this week quashed a
decision preventing former republican PoW Martin Neeson from working for
a conservation charity.
Published June 18, 2016
Follow the weapons, say collusion victims
In the aftermath of the damning Loughinisland Police Ombudsman report,
further questions are being asked about a massive arms shipment linked
to dozens of loyalist murders.
Published June 18, 2016
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