The shambolic nature of the talks process at Stormont was exposed this
week when British Prime Minister David Cameron suddenly abandoned the
negotiations with no plans to return.
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The shambolic nature of the talks process at Stormont was exposed this
week when British Prime Minister David Cameron suddenly abandoned the
negotiations with no plans to return.
Published December 13, 2014
A people ‘forced onto the streets’
The largest political movement seen in Ireland in a generation looks set
to grow further after a giant protest in Dublin on Wednesday.
Published December 13, 2014
Sinn Fein hails recognition for Palestine
The Dublin parliament has become the latest in Europe to call on its
governments to recognise an independent state of Palestine after a
motion by Sinn Fein was passed unanimously.
Published December 13, 2014
‘Last chance’ for recruitment target
British military intelligence has been accused of stuffing an envelope
full of cash through a letterbox in an attempt to recruit a man as an
informer.
Published December 13, 2014
Undercover TV team documents abuses
Ireland’s health service bosses have been accused of criminal negligence
following a damning television documentary on the treatment of people
with intellectual disabilities at a facility in County Mayo.
Published December 13, 2014
Frazer plans march on Dáil over torture case
Gardai have said they are willing to facilitate a new ‘Love Ulster’
event in Dublin city centre, raising fears of a potential repeat of the
infamous 2006 parade.
Published December 13, 2014
Dublin closed down by another giant protest
Dublin city was shut down this afternoon when tens of thousands of
protesters descended on the capital for the latest mass demonstration
against water charges.
Published December 10, 2014
The death of Kilkenny native Jonathan Corrie, a 43-year-old who had
suffered mental ill-health and addiction problems, on a freezing night
within feet of the seat of power, has shocked the public may have killed
off the Dublin government’s chances of re-election.
Published December 6, 2014
PSNI determined to defend RUC killers
The purpose of a new ‘legacy’ body to investigate past state killings in
the conflict is being questioned after PSNI police chiefs said they were
determined to defend the actions of their retired colleagues.
Published December 6, 2014
Torture case to go back to Europe
The Dublin government referred the case of British torture victims in
the north of Ireland back to the European courts this week.
Published December 6, 2014
Adams’s exclusion from Gaza ‘an example of apartheid’
Gerry Adams has said Israel has barred him from making a planned visit
to the Gaza Strip during a three-day tour of the region. Mr Adams
expressed disappointment at the decision preventing Friday’s trip to
Gaza and added he was not given a reason for it.
Published December 6, 2014
Concerns over Irish role in British GCHQ spy operation
New documents released this week via the US whistleblower Edward Snowden
outline how Irish subsea telecommunications cables have been extensively
abused by British intelligence.
Published December 6, 2014
Talks efforts escalate ahead of Christmas deadline
A more intense period of negotiations is to take place at Stormont to
avoid the collapse of the Six County Assembly.
Published December 6, 2014
Fine Gael has drawn the opening lines of attack for the next election,
targeting Sinn Fein on economic policy and setting the scene for a new
left/right alignment in Irish politics.
Published November 29, 2014
Sinn Fein figures arrested and released
The PSNI has been accused of returning to “unaccountable policing” after
the Sinn Fein northern chairman Bobby Storey and a party councillor were
separately arrested and released.
Published November 29, 2014
In a stinging blow to the multi-party talks underway at Stormont, DUP
hardliner Gregory Campbell has told Sinn Fein his party “will treat
their entire wish list as no more than toilet paper.”
Published November 29, 2014
Calls for urgent action on torture case
Amnesty International has demanded the reopening of a landmark case
against Britain over the use of torture in the north of Ireland.
The Dublin government took the case of the so-called ‘Hooded Men’ to the
European Court of Human Rights in 1971.
Published November 29, 2014
One soldier linked to deaths of 16
The role of a single British soldier in planning up to eight murderous
ambushes is to be closely examined at an upcoming inquest, it has
emerged.
Published November 29, 2014
Assassination cover-up blamed for inquest delays
The British government has been accused of frustrating the release of
files that could expose a state-sponsored programme of assassination in
the north of Ireland.
Published November 29, 2014
The PSNI have withdrawn from an area in republican north Belfast
following a grenade attack by the ‘new IRA’.
Published November 22, 2014
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