A long saga of scandal, corruption and the abuse of power came to a
sudden end today with the announcement that the 26 County Minister for
Justice Alan Shatter has resigned.
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Minister for Justice Alan Shatter resigns
A long saga of scandal, corruption and the abuse of power came to a
sudden end today with the announcement that the 26 County Minister for
Justice Alan Shatter has resigned.
Published May 7, 2014
Adams’s address to the media following his release
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams’s remarks to a press conference in west
Belfast tonight following his release from Antrim PSNI station.
Published May 5, 2014
Loyalists fail to block Adams release
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has emerged from a PSNI base this evening
some two hours after his discharge from custody was confirmed by the
force.
Published May 4, 2014
Unionists demand Adams face charges
The DUP has accused Sinn Fein of attempting to “bully” the PSNI into
not charging party leader Gerry Adams over IRA activities. Mr Adams is
undergoing a fourth day of interrogation following his arrest on
Wednesday.
Published May 4, 2014
Political chaos as Adams is arrested, interrogated
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams is facing a fourth night in jail at a
notorious British Crown force interrogation centre in Antrim as a crisis
over the failure to deal with the past conflict in the north of Ireland
begins to threaten delicate policing agreements.
Published May 3, 2014
Ballymurphy families reject ‘shameful’ treatment
The Ballymurphy Massacre Families have expressed their outrage at the
British government’s response to their call for an independent panel to
be established to investigate the Ballymurphy Massacre in 1971.
Published May 3, 2014
PSNI handling of loyalist flags violence illegal, judge rules
The PSNI illegally facilitated violent and intimidatory loyalist flag
disturbances, according to ruling by a High Court judge in Belfast this
week. The PSNI’s handling of the demonstrations also breached the human
rights of a nationalist resident subjected to the disorder.
Published May 3, 2014
Loyalists target minorities and Alliance
A 15-strong loyalist mob carried out a vicious racist attack on three
young Polish nationals in east Belfast last week as recent racist
attacks linked to British/loyalist extremism has continued.
Published May 3, 2014
More bankster crooks spared jail as judge takes pity
Two former directors of Anglo Irish Bank convicted of a giant
white-collar crime which was pivotal in the 2008 collapse of the Irish
banking system will not spend a day in jail after a judge said the main
blame lay with government regulators.
Published May 3, 2014
The political temperature in the north of Ireland is increasing ahead of
local and European election campaigns later this month.
Published May 3, 2014
Adams arrest linked to Sinn Fein electoral strength
Sinn Fein’s Six-County Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness has
said that the arrest of party leader Gerry Adams by the PSNI last night
was politically motivated.
Published May 1, 2014
Adams questioned by PSNI over McConville killing
The PSNI police in the north of Ireland say thay have arrested Sinn
Fein leader Gerry Adams after he agreed to speak to them about the
circumstances of the abduction and execution of British state informer
Jean McConville in 1972.
Published April 30, 2014
In its Easter statement, the ‘new IRA’ has declared that it has built a
“sustainable military campaign”, but that responsibility for further
conflict “rests with the British government”.
Published April 26, 2014
Prisoners’ protest attacked by riot squad
Republican prisoners in Maghaberry jail were assaulted on Thursday night
by scores of prison warders in a continuing dispute over controlled
movement and forced strip searching, it has been reported.
Published April 26, 2014
Parties reject Charles’ and Camilla’s participation in 1916 centenary
Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein have reacted strongly to the Dublin
government’s plans to reinvent the 1916 Easter Rising as an Anglo-Irish
‘celebration’ including the British government and leading members of
the British royal family.
Published April 26, 2014
Residents block water meter installations
Water meter contractors have been blockaded from installing meters in
Cork and Dublin in a spontaneous campaign by two communities against the
new tax on householders.
Published April 26, 2014
Parade passes quietly, but concerns grow over marching season
The first controversial sectarian parade of the season passed off
without incident on Easter Monday, but residents in north Belfast have
already issued stark warnings over the determinations of a
newly-appointed Parades Commission.
Published April 26, 2014
A fresh inquest has been ordered into the British state killing of a
teenager in west Belfast in 1975.
Published April 26, 2014
The disgraced chairman of Anglo Irish Bank has been cleared this week
of hatching a highly illegal loans-for-shares plot months before the
bank’s collapse. Two of his colleagues were found guilty.
Published April 19, 2014
British statement on the past angers victims
Theresa Villiers, who implements British Direct Rule in Ireland, has
set out a sharply pro-unionist agenda for her government in dealing
with the past conflict in the Six Counties.
Published April 19, 2014
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