The British government continues to use national security to prevent
potentially embarrassing details of its ‘black operations’ in the North
emerging into the public domain.
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Secret court move to sustain Omagh cover-up
The British government continues to use national security to prevent
potentially embarrassing details of its ‘black operations’ in the North
emerging into the public domain.
Published January 16, 2016
Fight for 1916 heritage on several fronts
The occupation of buildings at the heart of the 1916 Rising in Dublin
was suspended this week after a High Court decision to halt demolition
works on the site for two weeks pending a hearing on February 2nd.
Published January 16, 2016
Water-damaged coalition faces election deadline
There is increasing speculation that the general election will take
place in the last days of February or the start of March after Taoiseach
Enda Kenny claimed to have finally picked a date.
Published January 16, 2016
List of British war crimes in Iraq lengthens
Nearly 300 British Army personnel who served in Iraq are suspected of
committing war crimes, according to a new report by a team set up to
look into evidence of murder, abuse and torture during the Iraq war.
Published January 16, 2016
A matter of time before SF is in Dublin government, says Adams
Sinn Fein will be in government, if not after this election then after
the next, party president Gerry Adams has said.
Published January 16, 2016
New Year’s Day brought the first official efforts of the year to revise
and sanitise the centenary of the 1916 Rising, with the rebels’ goal of
an Ireland free from British rule getting airbrushed from the official
narrative.
Published January 9, 2016
Hundreds have rallied in support of a group of protesters who have
occupied buildings on Moore Street in Dublin as a simmering row over
plans for the development of the site, a key site in the history of the
1916 Rising, has now become a stand-off.
Published January 9, 2016
British hoping death will end justice campaign, say ‘Hooded Men’
Some of those tortured by the British military in the early days of the
recent conflict walked out of court on Wednesday morning after a judge
adjourned their case for almost three months.
Published January 9, 2016
Terrifying blaze after Shell gets Corrib gas permit
Gas flares and noxious discharges have been emitted from the Corrib gas
plant in north Mayo on New Year’s Eve, just weeks after the plant
received a final permit to begin operation by Energy Minister Alex
White.
Published January 9, 2016
Violence threat over reception for football teams
There could be disturbances across the North if soccer squads from both
parts of Ireland are given a joint reception at Belfast city hall, a
leading loyalist has warned.
Published January 9, 2016
Irish military deployment in Six Counties ‘blocked by law’
In 1985, the Dublin government’s Minister of Defence and military chiefs
believed it was illegal for the 26 County Army to operate north of the
border even for humanitarian reasons, historical papers have revealed.
Published January 9, 2016
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said the use of non-jury trial in
the case of a prominent republican accused of tax evasion is “just
plain wrong”.
Published December 30, 2015
New force to target IRA figures
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has vowed that a new cross-border state
agency will be “relentless” in its pursuit of IRA groups and loyalist
paramilitaries.
Published December 30, 2015
Republican prisoners to sue over Portlaoise conditions
Republican prisoners in Portlaoise Prison in the Irish midlands are
preparing to sue over the degrading and inhumane conditions at the
maximum security jail.
Published December 30, 2015
Thatcher’s plan to bomb Dundalk
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher asked what the reaction
would be if the British bombed the border town of Dundalk in county
Louth when she met then Irish Taoiseach in 1985.
Published December 30, 2015
Christmas soup-kitchens see record demand from homeless
A record number of homeless in Dublin over the Christmas period saw over
3,000 meals being delivered on Christmas Day -- two and a half times the
demand just four years ago.
Published December 30, 2015
Undercover ceremony to commemorate IRA Volunteers
In the early hours of Saturday 19th of December, members of the 1916
Societies entered the Curragh military camp under the cover of darkness
to commemorate seven Irish Republican Army Volunteers who were executed
92 years ago on that day.
Published December 30, 2015
There are fears of continuing ‘dirty tricks’ by the PSNI police after it emerged that four members of its intelligence
division concealed information about an attack in which a Catholic
member of the force was injured almost six years ago.
Published December 19, 2015
‘Charles in charge’ as massacre Paras get favourable ruling
Relatives of some of those killed and wounded on Bloody Sunday have said
they are not surprised by a High Court ruling in London that those
involved in the massacre will not be taken to Ireland for questioning.
Published December 19, 2015
Born-again loyalist sued by victims
A County Armagh loyalist linked to dozens of sectarian murders is set to
be sued by the families of some victims.
Published December 19, 2015
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