A Dublin man jailed after Garda police raided what they claimed was a
Provisional IRA ‘spy ring’ was has lost a legal battle to stop the
courts accepting secret and unopposable ‘intelligence’ evidence.
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Court finds secret evidence acceptable in PIRA convictions
A Dublin man jailed after Garda police raided what they claimed was a
Provisional IRA ‘spy ring’ was has lost a legal battle to stop the
courts accepting secret and unopposable ‘intelligence’ evidence.
Published December 14, 2013
Energy sellout continues: Bord Gais passes into British hands
The decision of the coalition government in Dublin to sell Bord Gais
Eireann, a state-owned energy company, to a British corporation,
Centrica plc, has been described as an act of ‘treachery’.
Published December 14, 2013
‘IRA’ accusations as inquiry into charities scandal is blocked
The entire board of one of Ireland’s best known charities has resigned
en masse amid a growing scandal over cronyism and inappropriate payments
in the Irish voluntary sector.
Published December 14, 2013
Reports of defection to FF are ‘fact free’
Suspended Sinn Fein TD Peadar Toibin was caught up in the ongoing media
campaign against the party this week when newspapers in the Independent
News and Media group claimed that Mr Toibin was intending to defect to
Fianna Fail.
Published December 14, 2013
Eight years after it was established, the report of the Smithwick
Tribunal was finally published on Tuesday evening, but its contradictory
conclusions immediately sparked a storm of spin and recrimination.
Published December 6, 2013
Nationalists have been warned to be cautious about their safety
following confirmation that the north’s largest unionist paramilitary
group, the UDA, is in disarray.
Published December 6, 2013
A PSNI convoy in north Belfast came under fire on Thursday night with
10 to 15 shots aimed at a night-time patrol along the Crumlin Road. No
injuries were reported.
Published December 6, 2013
A number of the charges presented against eirigi activist Stephen Murney
were dramatically thrown out of court last Friday in the latest
development in a case which has been widely described as internment by
remand.
Published December 6, 2013
Anniversary flags protests fizzle, but tensions remain
Although with far fewer in attendance than they had predicted,
organisers of a loyalist march on Saturday sought the maximum
provocation of the nationalist community.
Published December 6, 2013
An ideal for which I am prepared to die - Nelson Mandela
One of Nelson Mandela’s most famous speeches, delivered
from the dock at the age of 46 as he faced four charges of sabotage, for
which he would be sentenced to life imprisonment.
Published December 6, 2013
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has died peacefully at the
age of 95.
Published December 5, 2013
Tribunal issues conflicted report on Garda collusion
The Smithwick tribunal into the possibility of collusion between the
26-County Gardai police and the IRA in a deadly ambush has today
published a report which accepts that collusion likely took place,
without saying how, or by whom.
Published December 3, 2013
Troops raid homes over IRA ‘surge’
British soldiers have taken part in raids on homes in north Belfast this
week after the chief of the PSNI police warned of a sharp increase in
the activity of breakaway IRA groups.
Published November 29, 2013
Immunity for British killers while IRA veteran is jailed
Days after self-confessed British Crown force killers were broadcast
justifying the murder of innocent civilians, the jailing of a former IRA
Volunteer for an armed action in 1981 has been described as
“vindictive”.
Published November 29, 2013
UVF behind protest parade - McGuinness
Unionist paramilitaries and elements within the anti-Catholic Orange
Order are behind the mass loyalist parade in Belfast city centre
tomorrow [Saturday, November 30th], Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has
said.
Published November 29, 2013
‘Nod and wink’ culture at heart of charity scandal
A scandal has erupted over the appropriation of funds from Irish
charities and voluntary health agencies after one charity admitted the
pay of its senior staff had been padded with money linked to a
cash-raising lottery.
Published November 29, 2013
More pressure on Gerry Adams after sentencing of brother
Sinn Féin has lashed out at what it said were attempts to use the
conviction and sentencing of Liam Adams, brother of Gerry Adams, to
smear its party leader.
Published November 29, 2013
Larne’s crown is king of flags and symbols issue
A gigantic metal crown erected on a roundabout without planning
permission in Larne, County Antrim, is to remain for another two years
at least, the Stormont administration has said.
Published November 29, 2013
The murder and repression force
A BBC Panorama documentary in which former plain-clothes British
soldiers admitted carrying out undercover gun attacks in nationalist
west Belfast has led to a public outcry and demands for an inquiry.
Published November 23, 2013
Fr Alec Reid, who was a significant figure during the initial peace
process in Ireland, died this [Friday] morning, aged 82.
Published November 23, 2013
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