A decision by the Dublin government on Wednesday to abstain in a key
vote on an emergency debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council
on the conflict in Gaza has provoked a crisis over Ireland’s managing of
its foreign affairs.
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A decision by the Dublin government on Wednesday to abstain in a key
vote on an emergency debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council
on the conflict in Gaza has provoked a crisis over Ireland’s managing of
its foreign affairs.
Published July 26, 2014
Canada blocks 32CSM speaking tour
Senior republican politician Francis Mackey and two other members of the
32 County Sovereignty Movement were detained by authorities at a
Canadian airport this week and taken to a high-security prison.
Published July 26, 2014
Repatriated prisoners win release after legal challenge
Six republicans serving lengthy prison sentences after being arrested in
Britain have been released from Portlaoise Prison after challenging the
legality of their continued detention.
Published July 26, 2014
Housing - a tale of two Dublins
Charities have said they are unable to cope with the pressure of
thousands seeking help for homelessness amid signs of a return of the
‘Celtic Tiger’ property bubble.
Published July 26, 2014
Loyalists have attempted to burn down St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church on
the Shore Road on the outskirts of north Belfast.
Published July 26, 2014
Tensions linger at Stormont after Ministers jet away
The Stormont administration in Belfast has been accused of acting
irresponsibly after it was confirmed that a DUP Minister will not be
sanctioned despite the findings of an official report which supported
allegations that he deliberately deceived the Assembly.
Published July 26, 2014
The Dublin government has failed to condemn the latest massacre in Gaza
despite Israel intensifying operations against the sealed-off
Palestinian enclave, and has declined to even call in the Israeli
ambassador.
Published July 19, 2014
Unionists step back from Ardoyne violence
Three men were stabbed and there were a number of other sectarian
incidents last weekend around the annual ‘Twelfth of July’ marches, but
the events themselves took place without serious disorder.
Published July 19, 2014
Judge’s report eases OTRs controversy
A report by a British judge has found that a long-standing process to
deal with the issue of republicans ‘on the run’ from conflict-related
prosecutions (OTRs) was lawful.
Published July 19, 2014
Kincora truth must be exposed - victim
Sinn Fein has called for an inquiry into abuses at Kincora Boys’ Home in
east Belfast to be fully independent amid new allegations that the
matter was covered up by the British authorities.
Published July 19, 2014
Limerick and Maghaberry prison regimes condemned
Eighty-year-old artist and anti-war activist Margaretta D’Arcy has
described the prison system in the 26 Counties as “inhumane” following
her release from prison in Limerick.
Published July 19, 2014
PSNI ‘protecting UDA attackers’
A “circle of silence” is protecting those who attacked a Derry man eight
years ago and left him needing round-the-clock care, according to his
father.
Published July 19, 2014
A figure of Gerry Adams was hung from a makeshift gallows on a loyalist
bonfire in County Antrim before being set alight last night, Friday,
11th July.
Published July 12, 2014
Holy statues have been smashed in a number of locations amid a warning
over the potential for serious loyalist sectarian violence.
Published July 12, 2014
Parade consequences will spread - Orange Order
Despite efforts this week to play down the threat of violence, fears
remain that loyalist hardliners will riot as a sectarian parade is
rerouted from the Crumlin Road in north Belfast this Saturday evening, July 12th.
Published July 12, 2014
‘National security’ halts Loughgall inquest
British Direct Ruler Theresa Villiers has intervened to block a new
inquest into the deaths of eight IRA Volunteers and a civilian shot dead
by the SAS almost 30 years ago in a decision branded as “profoundly
wrong” by Six-County Attorney General John Larkin.
Published July 12, 2014
Coalition reshuffle ‘cosmetic’
A reshuffle of the Dublin government’s Ministerial cabinet has brought
to an end to the influence of ‘Stickies’ in Irish politics and
introduced a number of new faces in an attempt to bolster the
coalition’s poll ratings.
Published July 12, 2014
Protests against attacks on Gaza
As the death toll in Israel’s latest onslaught on Gaza reaches 100,
several actions have been called around Ireland taking place this
Saturday.
Published July 12, 2014
Pan-unionism raises the stakes
The main unionist parties may be planning for serious disturbances in
north Belfast next weekend after the Parades Commission rerouted a
hugely contentious anti-Catholic march away from nationalist estates in
north Belfast.
Published July 5, 2014
Burton is new Labour leader as old order departs
The 26 County Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has been
elected leader of the Labour Party to replace Eamon Gilmore, who
resigned last month. The change has also brought an end to the political
career of Labour’s Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, who resigned on
Wednesday, with other changes expected to be announced in coming days.
Published July 5, 2014
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