A County Derry Sinn Fein councillor has accused the PSNI police of
harassment after his brother’s house was raided on Christmas Eve, while
the family of an eirigi activist were kept apart for the holiday by
bizarre bail demands.
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PSNI target Christmas celebrations
A County Derry Sinn Fein councillor has accused the PSNI police of
harassment after his brother’s house was raided on Christmas Eve, while
the family of an eirigi activist were kept apart for the holiday by
bizarre bail demands.
Published December 28, 2012
Protests by loyalists and hardline unionists on the issue of flying the
British flag at Belfast City Hall have sharply decreased in size and
number.
Published December 28, 2012
Coalition targets internet critics
The 26-County government has been accused of planning to introduce
censorship and free speech ‘chilling’ measures following the tragic
death last week of Fine Gael’s junior minister at the Department of
Agriculture, Shane McEntee.
Published December 28, 2012
Arson attack on Catholic church
A Catholic priest has urged those responsible for a suspected sectarian
arson attack on his County Antrim church to leave their Catholic
neighbours in peace.
Published December 28, 2012
The report of the former police ombudsman into the murder of six men in
the Loughinisland massacre has been scrapped after a court hearing on
their judicial review.
Published December 21, 2012
Fresh loyalist disturbances underway
Loyalists are again attempting to bring the North to a standstill this
evening with road closures in Belfast and across the north.
Published December 21, 2012
Family’s nightmare as retrial expected in ‘Micky Bo’ murder
A retrial is to be sought in the case of three Ballymena men whose
convictions were quashed this week for the 2006 sectarian murder of
Catholic teenager Michael McIlveen.
Published December 21, 2012
Progress seen in Bloody Sunday justice campaign
The Bloody Sunday families have welcomed news that former British
soldiers may finally be questioned by the PSNI as part of a murder
investigation into the killings.
Published December 21, 2012
Pan-unionism returns as Stormont flags talks stall
Multi-party talks on the flags issue at Stormont have been suspended
until next year following an announcement that a forum to unite
different forces within unionism has been organised.
Published December 21, 2012
Family of UDA ‘romper room’ victim seek answers
The family of a Catholic murder victim are calling for a new
investigation into his death amid claims that his killers were
informers protected by the police and British intelligence.
Published December 21, 2012
Clashes follow traffic chaos in Belfast
Trouble broke out tonight in several areas after Belfast was again
brought to a standstill by groups of loyalists demanding the return of
the British flag on Belfast City Hall.
Published December 17, 2012
Most of the 500-page review of the 1989 murder of Belfast defence lawyer
Pat Finucane released this week has been heavily censored “in the
interests of state security”, the Finucane family has been told.
Published December 14, 2012
PSNI facilitating loyalist roadblocks
The failure of the PSNI to move small numbers of loyalists from busy
public roads has brought Belfast and nearby towns to a halt for several
hours at a time this week during some the busiest days of the year.
Published December 14, 2012
Unionists feud in flags blame-game
The former Ulster Unionist First Minister David Trimble has accused DUP
leader Peter Robinson of cynically stoking tensions over the flying of
the Union flag at Belfast City Hall in order to win back his
parliamentary seat in its former East Belfast stronghold from the
Alliance Party.
Published December 14, 2012
Nationalists arrested amid loyalist disorder
A PSNI operation against the nationalist residents of Ardoyne has
heightened tension at a time when the Six-County police have openly
facilitated loyalist roadblocks and disturbances.
Published December 14, 2012
The chairman of the 26-County Labour Party Colm Keaveney has called for
a special party conference amid upheaval within the organisation,
founded by Irish socialist heroes James Connolly and Jim Larkin, over
its support for a swingeing right-wing Fine Gael budget.
Published December 14, 2012
Protestants decline as ‘Northern Irish’ are tallied
The Protestant population is continuing to fall with the gap between the
two religious traditions narrowing further.
Published December 14, 2012
Finucane family reject de Silva report
The widow of murdered Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane today
dismissed the report into his death by British barrister Desmond de
Silva as “a sham” and “a whitewash”
Published December 12, 2012
Cameron admits collusion, denies conspiracy in Finucane murder
The British Prime Minister has admitted the assassination of Pat
Finucane was “an appalling crime” which involved three state agents, the
RUC police and the British Army, but he has stopped short of ordering a
public inquiry.
Published December 12, 2012
Unionism in ‘identity crisis’ as violence expands
The leaders of the two main unionist parties held urgent meetings on the
unionist identity tonight following a week of violence and disorder in
the North of Ireland.
Published December 10, 2012
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