Sinn Fein has called for an inquiry into abuses at Kincora Boys’ Home in
east Belfast to be fully independent amid new allegations that the
matter was covered up by the British authorities.
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Kincora truth must be exposed - victim
Sinn Fein has called for an inquiry into abuses at Kincora Boys’ Home in
east Belfast to be fully independent amid new allegations that the
matter was covered up by the British authorities.
Published July 19, 2014
Limerick and Maghaberry prison regimes condemned
Eighty-year-old artist and anti-war activist Margaretta D’Arcy has
described the prison system in the 26 Counties as “inhumane” following
her release from prison in Limerick.
Published July 19, 2014
PSNI ‘protecting UDA attackers’
A “circle of silence” is protecting those who attacked a Derry man eight
years ago and left him needing round-the-clock care, according to his
father.
Published July 19, 2014
A figure of Gerry Adams was hung from a makeshift gallows on a loyalist
bonfire in County Antrim before being set alight last night, Friday,
11th July.
Published July 12, 2014
Holy statues have been smashed in a number of locations amid a warning
over the potential for serious loyalist sectarian violence.
Published July 12, 2014
Parade consequences will spread - Orange Order
Despite efforts this week to play down the threat of violence, fears
remain that loyalist hardliners will riot as a sectarian parade is
rerouted from the Crumlin Road in north Belfast this Saturday evening, July 12th.
Published July 12, 2014
‘National security’ halts Loughgall inquest
British Direct Ruler Theresa Villiers has intervened to block a new
inquest into the deaths of eight IRA Volunteers and a civilian shot dead
by the SAS almost 30 years ago in a decision branded as “profoundly
wrong” by Six-County Attorney General John Larkin.
Published July 12, 2014
Coalition reshuffle ‘cosmetic’
A reshuffle of the Dublin government’s Ministerial cabinet has brought
to an end to the influence of ‘Stickies’ in Irish politics and
introduced a number of new faces in an attempt to bolster the
coalition’s poll ratings.
Published July 12, 2014
Protests against attacks on Gaza
As the death toll in Israel’s latest onslaught on Gaza reaches 100,
several actions have been called around Ireland taking place this
Saturday.
Published July 12, 2014
Pan-unionism raises the stakes
The main unionist parties may be planning for serious disturbances in
north Belfast next weekend after the Parades Commission rerouted a
hugely contentious anti-Catholic march away from nationalist estates in
north Belfast.
Published July 5, 2014
Burton is new Labour leader as old order departs
The 26 County Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has been
elected leader of the Labour Party to replace Eamon Gilmore, who
resigned last month. The change has also brought an end to the political
career of Labour’s Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, who resigned on
Wednesday, with other changes expected to be announced in coming days.
Published July 5, 2014
Loyalist gloating at light sentences for McDaid killing
There was trouble in Coleraine this week when eleven loyalists involved
in a sectarian murder in 2009 received very light jail terms or were
released with non-custodial sentences.
Published July 5, 2014
Released man blames internment for detention
All charges against an Armagh man accused of killing a prison warder
have been dropped amid allegations he was a victim of ‘internment by
remand’.
Published July 5, 2014
Flags row escalates as KKK banner flown over east Belfast
The erection of flags of the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) in east Belfast
represents a new low for loyalists as the level of intimidation has
ratcheted up ahead of the height of the Protestant marching season.
Published July 5, 2014
Sinn Fein meets Tory leadership
Sinn Fein this week met with the British Prime Minister David Cameron
for the first time.
Published July 5, 2014
The Drumcree marching dispute in Portadown could be reignited after the
Parades Commission this week stunned nationalist residents by initially
permitting an Orange march on the lower end of the Garvaghy Road, the
scene of some of the North’s most intense parades violence, before
changing its mind.
Published June 28, 2014
Threats follow attempt to tag prisoners
The armed group referred to as the ‘new IRA’ has threatened to
target civilian security staff unless the firm they work for stops
fitting electronic tags to republican prisoners. They said the tags are
being applied as part of a British criminalisation effort against
republicans.
Published June 28, 2014
Mourners from around the world have arrived in west Belfast to pay their
respects to Gerry Conlon at his funeral this Saturday, June 28th.
Funeral Mass will be held at St Peter’s Cathedral.
Published June 28, 2014
McGuinness ‘welcomes his true boss’, says former comrade
There was a new royal embarrassment for Sinn Fein this week when Martin
McGuinness accompanied the English queen on a tour of Crumlin Road
prison in Belfast, a famous site of struggle for Irish republicans.
Published June 28, 2014
Cover-up seen in death of Cushendall RUC man
A Police Ombudsman’s report has found that the British Crown forces
could have prevented the killing of an RUC police sergeant in 1977, but
failed to do so. Sinn Fein has said the murder was allowed to proceed to
protect the identity of an informer.
Published June 28, 2014
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