The purpose of a new ‘legacy’ body to investigate past state killings in
the conflict is being questioned after PSNI police chiefs said they were
determined to defend the actions of their retired colleagues.
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PSNI determined to defend RUC killers
The purpose of a new ‘legacy’ body to investigate past state killings in
the conflict is being questioned after PSNI police chiefs said they were
determined to defend the actions of their retired colleagues.
Published December 6, 2014
Torture case to go back to Europe
The Dublin government referred the case of British torture victims in
the north of Ireland back to the European courts this week.
Published December 6, 2014
Adams’s exclusion from Gaza ‘an example of apartheid’
Gerry Adams has said Israel has barred him from making a planned visit
to the Gaza Strip during a three-day tour of the region. Mr Adams
expressed disappointment at the decision preventing Friday’s trip to
Gaza and added he was not given a reason for it.
Published December 6, 2014
Concerns over Irish role in British GCHQ spy operation
New documents released this week via the US whistleblower Edward Snowden
outline how Irish subsea telecommunications cables have been extensively
abused by British intelligence.
Published December 6, 2014
Talks efforts escalate ahead of Christmas deadline
A more intense period of negotiations is to take place at Stormont to
avoid the collapse of the Six County Assembly.
Published December 6, 2014
Fine Gael has drawn the opening lines of attack for the next election,
targeting Sinn Fein on economic policy and setting the scene for a new
left/right alignment in Irish politics.
Published November 29, 2014
Sinn Fein figures arrested and released
The PSNI has been accused of returning to “unaccountable policing” after
the Sinn Fein northern chairman Bobby Storey and a party councillor were
separately arrested and released.
Published November 29, 2014
In a stinging blow to the multi-party talks underway at Stormont, DUP
hardliner Gregory Campbell has told Sinn Fein his party “will treat
their entire wish list as no more than toilet paper.”
Published November 29, 2014
Calls for urgent action on torture case
Amnesty International has demanded the reopening of a landmark case
against Britain over the use of torture in the north of Ireland.
The Dublin government took the case of the so-called ‘Hooded Men’ to the
European Court of Human Rights in 1971.
Published November 29, 2014
One soldier linked to deaths of 16
The role of a single British soldier in planning up to eight murderous
ambushes is to be closely examined at an upcoming inquest, it has
emerged.
Published November 29, 2014
Assassination cover-up blamed for inquest delays
The British government has been accused of frustrating the release of
files that could expose a state-sponsored programme of assassination in
the north of Ireland.
Published November 29, 2014
The PSNI have withdrawn from an area in republican north Belfast
following a grenade attack by the ‘new IRA’.
Published November 22, 2014
Water protests defy clampdown, smears
A government backbench TD has described water charge protestors in
Dublin as “parasites” and warned that Ireland faces “an ISIS situation”
if protests are not “nipped in the bud”.
Published November 22, 2014
Prisoners detained inside Maghaberry canteen
Republican prisoners at Maghaberry were locked into a canteen by prison
staff on Thursday after renewed attempts to implement a four-year-old
agreement appeared to break down.
Published November 22, 2014
Troika behind the scenes as flat charges announced
The battle over the 26 County state’s austerity programme has again seen
the malign involvement of international officials seeking to dictate the
state’s fiscal measures.
Published November 22, 2014
Obama order gives hope for emigrants
Irish emigrant groups have welcomed US President Barack Obama’s
executive order on Thursday changing US deportation laws, which could
allow many ‘illegal’ Irish to return to Ireland and visit their families.
Published November 22, 2014
Progress seen in 1916 commemorations
A video and website that was used by the Dublin government to launch its
programme for the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising are set to be
scrapped following a public outcry.
Published November 22, 2014
The Dublin government has been accused of attempting to erase the 1916
Easter Rising from the history books following a disastrous and deeply
conflicted launch of commemorative events for the anniversary.
Published November 15, 2014
Sinn Fein’s Deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald staged a sit-in that lasted
almost four hours in the Dublin parliament this week as frayed tempers
finally erupted.
Published November 15, 2014
Massacre families defy British injustice
New evidence that victims were allowed to bleed to death has led to
demands for a new inquest into the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre.
Meanwhile, a decision to wind down criminal proceedings arising from
the Bloody Sunday massacre is to face a legal challenge.
Published November 15, 2014
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