An attempt by the PSNI and British government to block the release of
even a brief summary of information from Crown force intelligence about
the sectarian murder of Paul ‘Topper’ Thompson in April 1994 has been
branded a “total waste of resources”.
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British secrecy effort knocked back
An attempt by the PSNI and British government to block the release of
even a brief summary of information from Crown force intelligence about
the sectarian murder of Paul ‘Topper’ Thompson in April 1994 has been
branded a “total waste of resources”.
Published March 28, 2024
Signs damaged in anti-Irish hate attacks
There have been calls for action to combat a cycle of sectarian
vandalism targeting bilingual street signs in Belfast.
Published March 28, 2024
Simon Harris to be next Taoiseach
Simon Harris, a 37-year-old career politician, has replaced Leo Varadkar
as Fine Gael leader and appears set to be elected Taoiseach when the
Dáil returns on April 9th.
Published March 24, 2024
Resignation betrays crisis at heart of coalition
The Dublin government is reeling from the sudden announcement of Leo
Varadkar’s departure as Taoiseach and is under immense pressure to allow
the voters of the 26 Counties to choose his successor.
Published March 21, 2024
The death has occurred of IRA legend Rose Dugdale, weeks before a
movie covering her extraordinary life is due to be released.
Published March 21, 2024
US events overshadowed by Gaza protests
Protests over President Joe Biden’s support for the Israeli assault on
Gaza have undermined the traditional St Patrick’s Day visits by Irish
politicians to the US.
Published March 21, 2024
MI5’s deadly hierarchy of agents
Questions continue to mount about the findings of the police
investigation ‘Operation Kenova’, particularly in regard to an apparent
pattern of Crown Force double agents outing and executing each other,
with the knowledge of their handlers.
Published March 21, 2024
Fragments of truth emerge at Dillon inquest
An inquest has heard that the Crown Forces were ‘aware’ of a planned
massacre by a loyalist death squad, just three months before the Good
Friday Agreement was signed.
Published March 21, 2024
Action to force prosecution decision before cut-off
Lawyers representing the family of Annette McGavigan have issued a
pre-action protocol letter over a prosecutorial decision regarding the
soldier who shot and killed their sister.
Published March 21, 2024
Varadkar resigns in political shock
Published March 20, 2024
Kenova – a £40m whitewash for a dirty war
A seven-year police investigation into the role of the British
state’s deadliest spy within the Provisional IRA has uncovered little
new information, defended his handlers and failed to deliver a single
prosecution against those who operated the serial-killing double-agent.
Published March 14, 2024
Extradition bid referred to Europe
Efforts by the British Crown Forces to extradite Cork republican Sean
Walsh have been put on hold following the decision of the 26 County
Supreme Court to refer the matter to the European Court of Justice
(ECJ).
Published March 14, 2024
Attempt to censor protest mural over St Patrick’s day trip
A pro-Palestinian mural criticising Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
for attending a St Patrick’s Day event in the White House has been
vandalised in west Belfast in a sign of continuing tensions over Sinn
Féin’s involvement.
Published March 14, 2024
Soldier has no answer to shoot-to-kill allegations
A former British soldier has been accused of shooting a County Derry
man, even after he lay helpless on the ground, during an ambush by
British Army special forces.
Published March 14, 2024
New secrecy and time-wasting as clock runs down
The brother of a west Belfast man whose inquest was dramatically halted
after an intervention by the British government has asked, “What are
they hiding?”
Published March 14, 2024
Vindication for the Coney family
An inquest jury has found that Hugh Gerard Coney was given no verbal
warning before being shot in the back while trying to escape from Long
Kesh almost 50 years ago.
Published March 14, 2024
Ireland says No, No to constitutional changes
The Irish public has delivered a stunning rejection to the 26 County
state’s political classes as two referendums held on Friday backfired
disastrously for the Dublin government and almost every other politician
in the country.
Published March 9, 2024
Inquest collapsed by state cover-up
Orders by British state agencies to suppress information about their
role in the 1997 murder of Gaelic sports official Sean Brown have led a
coroner to abandon his inquest and call for a public inquiry instead.
Published March 7, 2024
Stakeknife report to be published
On Friday, a report on a notorious spy operation is to be finally
published after seven years of a supposed police investigation into acts
of collusion involving a spy inside the Provisional IRA’s internal
security unit.
Published March 7, 2024
Killer gang still getting away with murder
A loyalist who was described by a judge as a “convicted sectarian gunman
and murderer” nevertheless walked free from court this week after he was
found not guilty of killing two Catholic men.
Published March 7, 2024
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