Over 500 files have been made available to historians in Belfast this
week as part of the declassification of government files dating from the
mid-1980s.
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1985: Thatcher’s ego and the need to stop Sinn Fein
Over 500 files have been made available to historians in Belfast this
week as part of the declassification of government files dating from the
mid-1980s.
Published August 22, 2015
Homeless offered sleeping bags, urged to leave the city
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of “blowing smoke” after he
insisted that “common sense” must be applied in response to the growing
homelessness crisis.
Published August 22, 2015
Rasharkin parade increases tensions
Sinn Fein’s Daithi McKay has said there were a number of breaches of
determinations by the Parades Commission at a loyalist parade in
Rasharkin last [Friday] night.
Published August 22, 2015
New play suggests protected paedophile may have been informer
The 26-County state and the Gardai police will be accused from a Dublin
stage next week of covering up claims about the serial rape of young
boys because the alleged abuser - dubbed “the Irish Jimmy Savile” - was
an informer blackmailed into spying on the IRA.
Published August 22, 2015
The political crisis in the North deepened this week when a bomb attack
struck the British Army’s Palace Barracks, the headquarters of MI5 in
Ireland.
Published August 15, 2015
Sinn Fein condemns Davison ‘revenge’ killing
The close-knit republican community of the Short Strand has been shocked
by the apparent revenge killing on Wednesday night of Kevin McGuigan,
the chief suspect in the murder earlier this year of former PIRA
commander Jock Davison.
Published August 15, 2015
Repercussions continue after march for prisoners is halted
There has been a flood of complaints about the PSNI’s actions after it
blocked a nationalist anti-internment protest from marching to Belfast
city centre on Sunday.
Published August 15, 2015
Concern at casual violence and intimidation
A three-hour racist assault on the home of a former republican prisoner
in west Belfast last weekend has highlighted a wave of spontaneous acts
of violence, racism and sectarianism across the North.
Published August 15, 2015
TDs anger at criminal charges report
Leaked reports that a decision has been made to bring criminal charges
against water charge protesters may have been a deliberate attempt to
smear those politicians involved.
Published August 15, 2015
Failures in ‘Craigavon Two’ judgement outlined
A lawyer for one of two men convicted of an IRA action in March 2009 has
raised fresh concerns about the case.
Published August 15, 2015
Clashes after PSNI block anti-internment march
There were disturbances in north Belfast this afternoon after a civil
rights march against internment was prevented from marching through the
city.
Published August 9, 2015
Anti-internment message ‘must be heard’
Loyalists say they will attempt to block a nationalist civil rights
march through Belfast on Sunday. The UDA’s political wing, the UPRG, has
threatened to “stop republican scum from marching on the streets of
Belfast”.
Published August 8, 2015
West Belfast divided as PSNI chief addresses event
Republicans held a protest in west Belfast on Thursday evening as the
PSNI police chief George Hamilton took part in a discussion panel event
alongside Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
Published August 8, 2015
Appeal to soldiers for truth on showband massacre
The survivors of the Miami Showband atrocity have urged British soldiers
who opposed collusion with loyalist paramilitaries to help an
investigation into the massacre.
Published August 8, 2015
‘Humiliation’ of republican prisoners
One of the oldest republican prisoners at Maghaberry has said he is
being refused the right to have proper treatment for bowel cancer
because he is a resident of the 26 County state.
Published August 8, 2015
Boycott call amid O’Brien lawsuits and legal threats
Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien has initiated a new series of legal
proceedings against Irish legislators and threatened to sue two websites
which published a satirical article mocking him.
Published August 8, 2015
When Mickey English found out his son, Charles, was a member of the IRA
he decided he needed to have a very frank and honest conversation with
him.
Published August 8, 2015
British Army carry out Derry raids
There has been an angry response after British soldiers mounted raids in
Derry’s Galliagh area this week, with Sinn Fein describing them as
“unacceptable”.
Published August 1, 2015
Appeals for US intervention in Stormont stalemate
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has travelled to Washington DC this week
to ask for US assistance to prevent British welfare cuts being
implemented in the north of Ireland.
Published August 1, 2015
Provocative march goes ahead in south Belfast
Loyalists have staged a highly controversial march through south Belfast
in honour of a death squad linked to scores of sectarian murders during
the conflict.
Published August 1, 2015
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