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.
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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
Praise for stand against poppy witch-hunt
There has been praise for an Irish soccer player who refused to bow to
pressure to wear a poppy, the symbol of the British Army’s war dead, on
Remembrance Sunday.
Published November 15, 2014
Fake loan company is MI5 front
A fake short-term loan company was set up in an office block in central
Belfast in a bid to recruit informers, it has emerged.
Published November 15, 2014
Let democracy take its course in Catalonia
Following the Catalans’ overwhelming backing for independence, Spain
needs to listen and give us an official Scottish-style referendum
Published November 15, 2014
PSNI retaliate after IRA attack
There were clashes in the Creggan area of Derry this week following an
attack by the ‘new IRA’ in which an armoured police patrol was struck by
a mortar rocket.
Published November 8, 2014
More stick than carrot for water tax protestors
Several hundred demonstrated outside a Dublin Garda police station after
shocking scenes of Garda brutality against anti-austerity protestors.
Published November 8, 2014
Concern over sudden death at Maghaberry
There have been calls for an urgent investigation into the death of a
Maghaberry prisoner, who collapsed in his cell at the County Antrim
prison last week. The 30-year-old was taken to Craigavon Area Hospital,
where he died on Thursday afternoon.
Published November 8, 2014
Prosecutions could oust nationalist councillors
A prominent Derry republican could be robbed of his poll-topping
performance in recent local elections after being being handed an
extraordinary six month prison sentence for graffiti.
Published November 8, 2014
Marchers increase tensions in Belfast
Unionists have increased pressure on parades and flags ahead of planned
talks, with loyalists planning a major flags parade through Belfast city
centre on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
Published November 8, 2014
DUP bigotry fuels new calls for Irish Language Act
The DUP’s Gregory Campbell has been called upon to apologise for an
attempt to mock the Irish language community in the Six-County Assembly
at Stormont.
Published November 8, 2014
Poll, protests confirm dramatic change in Irish politics
Sinn Fein has topped an opinion poll in the 26 Counties for the first
time in the history of polling in the state, gaining four points to move
up to 26%.
Published November 1, 2014
The nationalist residents of the Short Strand endured five nights of
loyalist violence this week in east Belfast as loyalist mobs attacked
with petrol bombs, fireworks and other missiles.
Published November 1, 2014
Cahill ‘cover-up’ accusations unravel
The political controversy over abuse allegations by west Belfast woman
Mairia Cahill has taken a further twist following the revelation that
she actually wrote to the Provisional IRA’s army council to ask for their
assistance in seeking justice.
Published November 1, 2014
McConville case discredited as wrong man is arrested
Former Sinn Fein councillor Pat Rice is the latest to be arrested in
connection with the IRA execution in 1972 of informer Jean McConville,
but appears to have been an embarrassing victim of mistaken identity.
Published November 1, 2014
The ‘new IRA’ has said it planted two devices in the County Tyrone town
of Strabane in an attempt to ambush PSNI police on Thursday night. It is
the second time in the past two weeks that an attack has been mounted in
the north west. A bomb left at a vacant house in Derry was also directed
against the PSNI, it has emerged.
Published November 1, 2014
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