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Clooneys to back torture case

In a development which has electrified news coverage of their plight, top barrister Amal Clooney is set to take on the European court case of the ‘hooded men’. Her husband, famous Hollywood movie actor George Clooney, is also set to travel to Belfast.

Published May 16, 2015

Drugs gangs seeking to spread fear in Belfast

Senior republicans in north Belfast have been told by the PSNI that they are under threat from criminals following the murder of former IRA commander Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison.

Published May 16, 2015

‘Yes’ vote urged in 26-County referendums

With the support of all of the political parties in the Dublin parliament, a referendum campaign on same-sex marriage could bring official state recognition for Ireland’s LGBT community and their relationships for the first time.

Published May 16, 2015

Hidden device highlights spying campaign

A former republican prisoner has discovered a sophisticated listening device embedded in the ceiling of his north Belfast home.

Published May 16, 2015

Election nightmare as Tories triumph

The result of the British general election is a setback for Irish republicans with the loss of a key seat to unionists in the North while the Tories under David Cameron secured a slim overall majority in London.

Published May 9, 2015

Drug gang’s grudge blamed for IRA commander’s murder

A full republican funeral is expected to take place later today of murder victim Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison, a former member of the Provisional IRA’s northern command.

Published May 9, 2015

IRA actions continue

The organisation known as the ‘new IRA’ has claimed that a substantial device failed to explode as two members of a PSNI patrol were in the north Belfast area last week.

Published May 9, 2015

Judicial review of police inquiry into Glennane gang

A High Court judge in Belfast has described the activities of a gang in which members of the British Crown forces carried out sectarian murders alongside unionist paramilitaries as “deeply disturbing.”

Published May 9, 2015

Attempted cover-up over hospital deaths

The chief of the Health Services Executive (HSE) in the 26 Counties is under pressure to resign after the latest damning report into patient care at Irish hospitals.

Published May 9, 2015

Doing justice to the memory of Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison

More than 60 community groups and organisations from nationalist areas of Belfast have endorsed the following open letter to praise the senior republican Jock Davison and criticise attempts by the media to “criminalise his past”.

Published May 9, 2015

Tories claim victory as seats pile in for Cameron

British prime minister David Cameron now looks certain to return to 10 Downing St after the Conservatives secured the narrowest of victories in the Westminster general election.

Published May 8, 2015

SNP landslide in Scotland; unionist gain in North

The British general election has created massive upheaval for the political system in London, with the Scottish National Party on course for a virtual clean sweep of Westminster seats in Scotland, although the election has produced relatively little change in the north of Ireland.

Published May 8, 2015