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Corruption scandal over Anglo successor’s dodgy deals

A major scandal has erupted in the 26 Counties over the knockdown sale by a state-run bank of the bankrupt firm Siteserv to billionaire Denis O’Brien, a backer of the governing Fine Gael party.

Published April 25, 2015

Election exposes unionist bigotry

Outbreaks of unionist prejudice have dominated the British general election in the north of Ireland, where 18 Westminster parliament seats are being contested.

Published April 25, 2015

Parades issue seen as post-election bargaining chip

As concerns mount over the forthcoming marching season, several thousand unionists and scores of bands brought Newry to a standstill on Friday of last weekend in what was described as “an orgy of sectarian triumphalism”.

Published April 25, 2015

Media war continues in the North

A crude propaganda exercise by the British Crown forces backfired this week when it emerged that damage to a vehicle exhibited at a press conference had been almost entirely faked by British Army operatives.

Published April 25, 2015

Increasing support for ‘Republic Day’ events

Republicans across Ireland marked the calendar anniversary of the Easter Rising on Friday.

Published April 25, 2015

Loyalists escalate race violence

There has been a new spate of racist attacks across Belfast, with the Polish community being particularly targeted by loyalists.

Published April 18, 2015

Inquiry into ‘Stakeknife’ collusion

An investigation is to be launched into the series of killings carried out by the British agent known as Stakeknife and other Crown agents acting secretly inside the Provisional IRA.

Published April 18, 2015

PSNI media campaign opposed

A media blitz by the PSNI police to improve its image among nationalists in the north of Ireland is being challenged by republican activists.

Published April 18, 2015

British warplanes ‘in Irish skies’

The socialist republican party eirigi has voiced their concerns following a recent “training mission” conducted by the British Forces of occupation.

Published April 18, 2015

Gardai abuse austerity protestors

There have been demonstrations against Garda police brutality in Dublin after two women taking part in a peaceful sit-down protest against water charges were injured when Gardai smashed down a glass door.

Published April 18, 2015

Call to find victims of British gun attack

An appeal has been launched to trace a man and a woman who were shot and injured by the British Army in 1972. The pair were wounded in an incident in which a woman was shot dead in West Belfast.

Published April 18, 2015

Adams shifts stance on ‘border poll’

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams made a call for a “referendum on Irish unity” on Easter Sunday as he spoke at a 1916 commemoration in Roslea, County Fermanagh. He did not specify if the referendum should be a national one or the ‘border poll’ within the Six Counties, as Sinn Fein has previously argued for.

Published April 11, 2015

Tories accused over Kincora abuses, sectarian pact

The continuing cover-up over sexual abuse at the Kincora Boys’ Home in the north of Ireland has become a prominent issue in the British general election campaign after a former British Army intelligence officer revealed this week that he was told to drop an investigation into the scandal.

Published April 11, 2015