An investigation into the quashing of penalty points by the Garda police
in the 26 Counties has found consistent and widespread wrongdoing within
the force, humiliating Dublin’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter and the
Garda police commissioner, Martin Callinan.
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Garda whistleblowers vindicated
An investigation into the quashing of penalty points by the Garda police
in the 26 Counties has found consistent and widespread wrongdoing within
the force, humiliating Dublin’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter and the
Garda police commissioner, Martin Callinan.
Published March 15, 2014
Devices intercepted amid prison tensions
Two letter bombs addressed to Maghaberry Prison were intercepted this
week following a violent confrontation inside the jail.
Published March 8, 2014
Bloody Sunday families fear immunity deal
The revelation that an administrative scheme to deal with IRA ‘On the
Run’s’ (OTRs) has been operating quietly for at least 13 years has
angered some of those bereaved by the Bloody Sunday massacre and other
state killings.
Published March 8, 2014
Terror on show at council hall
The unionist paramilitary UDA put on a
so-called ‘show of strength’ in a community centre owned and operated
by Belfast City Council last weekend.
Published March 8, 2014
No charges for sectarian march breaches
There has been an outcry after charges were dismissed
against 17 members of a hardline loyalist band who paraded past a
Catholic church in defiance of a legally-binding ban on sectarian
displays.
Published March 8, 2014
RSF man arrested and charged for using Irish
The National Treasurer of Republican Sinn Fein was arrested and charged
by the PSNI for speaking Irish, the party has said.
Published March 8, 2014
The Ballymurphy massacre families have welcomed the opening in Belfast
of the preliminary stage of the inquest into the August 1971 killings
in which eleven people died at the hands of the British Army over the
space of three days.
Published March 8, 2014
Stormont off the rails over OTRs
The past has once again come back to haunt the north of Ireland when it
emerged in an Old Bailey trial this week that some republicans ‘on the
run’ (OTR) from conflict-related prosecutions have privately received
assurances that no prosecutions are due.
Published March 1, 2014
Some republicans vexed by secretive process
The disclosures made in John Downey’s case could have altered the
course of Gerry McGeough’s trial or appeal, according to his legal
team, as the evidence presented at the Old Bailey could have confirmed
that 216 “pardons” had been issued to republicans.
Published March 1, 2014
Charity insiders earn millions as homeless numbers multiply
An ongoing row over salaries at Irish state-funded charities and
voluntary organisations took a fresh twist this wee, when it emerged
that senior executives at Rehab, who have long refused to reveal their
base salary payments, have awarded themselves lucrative bonuses.
Published March 1, 2014
Britain maintains silence at Marshall ambush inquest
British forces have said they will not disclose information to those
injured in the ambush and murder of Lurgan man Sam Marshall in March
1990.
Published March 1, 2014
Jobs and heritage face destruction on Moore Street
The great-grandson of Irish patriot James Connolly has criticised plans
to demolish a Moore Street bakery at the historic site of the 1916
Rising and erect a shopping mall.
Published March 1, 2014
Demonstrations continue for language rights
More than ten thousand have taken to the streets in recent weeks in
protest at the Dublin government’s failure to protect the linguistic
rights of Irish speakers, and further protests are planned.
Published March 1, 2014
Cameron yields to DUP demands on OTR inquiry
British Prime Minister David Cameron is to appoint a judge to
investigate the operation of a scheme to deal with those ‘on-the-run’
from conflict-related prosecutions after Peter Robinson yesterday
threatened to quit as the North’s First Minister.
Published February 27, 2014
OTR deal revealed as John Downey is released
Donegal republican John Downey walked free today after a court in London
said charges against him of taking part in an IRA campaign in 1982
amounted to “an abuse of process”. But the decision to release him has
created confusion and anger in the north of Ireland over a previously
secret scheme to tackle the issue of OTRs -- those ‘on the run’ from
outstanding conflict-related prosecutions.
Published February 25, 2014
Stephen Murney acquitted of all remaining charges
Stephen Murney was cleared of outstanding ‘terrorism’ charges this
afternoon amid strong criticism of the system of internment by remand
being operated by the PSNI police and Crown prosecutors against
republicans in the north of Ireland.
Published February 24, 2014
The 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny is resisting intense pressure to
sack his Minister for Justice Alan Shatter amid a tsunamic scandal over
his handling of police corruption and misconduct.
Published February 21, 2014
Politicians play down St Patrick’s Day plans
DUP leader Peter Robinson and Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness will join
Irish officials travelling to Washington DC next month ahead of St
Patrick’s Day, but a high-profile meeting with US President Barack Obama
may not now take place.
Published February 21, 2014
MI5 micro-managing home security measures
It has been revealed that British military intelligence decides if
victims of sectarian attacks in the Six Counties should receive measures
to protect their homes.
Published February 21, 2014
‘Humiliation’ of republican’s wife
The 32 County Sovereignty movement has strongly condemned the PSNI in
Derry after it said a young mother was subjected to a “very public
humiliation” as she was leaving her child to Long Tower school in the
Brandywell.
Published February 21, 2014
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