After years of wrangling, unionists have said a monument to the
partition of Ireland will be placed at the Stormont Assembly buildings
later this summer, despite it being condemned by nationalists as a
testament to a century of bloody division and conflict.
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Partition’s tombstone is delivered
After years of wrangling, unionists have said a monument to the
partition of Ireland will be placed at the Stormont Assembly buildings
later this summer, despite it being condemned by nationalists as a
testament to a century of bloody division and conflict.
Published June 8, 2023
MI5 isolation strategy ‘defeated’
Three republican internees have been been removed from isolation at
Maghaberry prison after what supporters denounced as “harassment,
intimidation and Kitson-like tactics” of the prison administration and
their British overseers.
Published June 8, 2023
O’Neill wins further US backing for Good Friday Agreement
Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill is in Washington, DC in a bid to persuade
the US government to urge British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to
prioritise the restoration of the North’s powersharing political
institutions.
Published June 8, 2023
DUP ‘dinosaur’ predicts political ice age
After an election in which the nationalist share of the vote overtook
the unionist one for the first time, a senior DUP figure has admitted it
could be an “ice age” before powersharing ever returns to Belfast.
Published June 1, 2023
Saoradh has slammed what is says is the internment of three Tyrone
republicans.
Published June 1, 2023
Failure to investigate murder ‘shocking and disgraceful’
The failures of the RUC/PSNI to properly investigate the sectarian
murder of a north Belfast woman 47 years ago are “shocking and
disgraceful”, the High Court has ruled.
Published June 1, 2023
Compensation Board insults victims
One of the survivors of the infamous 1975 Miami Showband massacre has
said he has been retraumatised after a British government victims board
assessed his suffering at “3.8 out of 10” and offered him “insulting”
compensation.
Published June 1, 2023
UDA stakes out new homes against Catholics and rivals
UDA bosses have shrouded the outskirts of a new social housing complex
with paramilitary flags as a means of marking territory for the loyalist
gang.
Published June 1, 2023
End of civil war marked, but no closure for families
A ceremony to mark 100 years since the end of the Irish Civil War took
place in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin last weekend.
Published June 1, 2023
Call to set unity vote as support for union fades
The political dynamic in the north of Ireland has changed significantly
after nationalism vaulted ahead of unionism in Thursday’s council
elections.
Published May 25, 2023
Sinn Féin seen as political juggernaut
Final results from the North’s latest elections have confirmed Sinn Féin
as again the big winner, with its share of the vote jumping almost 8% to
31%, and winning 144 of the 462 council seats available, up 39 on the
2019 result.
Published May 25, 2023
The 26 County Tánaiste Micheál Martin has begun to erode Ireland’s
long-standing and internationally respected policy of military
neutrality.
Published May 25, 2023
Judicial review sought after inquest refusal
An inquest into the assassination of independent councillor and civil
rights activist Patsy Kelly almost 50 years ago has been refused.
Published May 25, 2023
Son bids for new investigations into killings of parents
The only surviving son of INLA figures Dominic and Mary McGlinchey has
launched a court bid in an attempt to compel Gardaí police to reopen the
investigations into their murders six years apart.
Published May 25, 2023
A hoax bomb attack at pitches used by a Gaelic sports team is just the latest
incident in a campaign of intimidation against Irish culture in east Belfast.
Published May 25, 2023
Election piles on pressure for a border poll
Nationalist voters now clearly outnumber unionists according to election
counts which have concluded in the North’s council
elections.
Published May 20, 2023
Unionism 'has lesson to learn' as Sinn Féin makes historic inroads
Local election results show that Sinn Féin continues to power its way to
become the largest party in the north of Ireland at council level, ahead of the
unionist DUP, with some commentators suggesting that nationalist voters
could now outnumber unionist voters for the first time.
Published May 19, 2023
Sinn Féin set for record as nationalist vote up strongly
Sinn Féin are on course to become the largest party at council level in
the North as the party looks set to repeat its success in last year’s
Assembly elections.
Published May 19, 2023
After a low key campaign, today’s council elections in the north of
Ireland could turn the dial against unionist misrule and boost efforts
to tackle inequality and discrimination at council level.
Published May 18, 2023
Refugee failure spills onto streets
A complete collapse in the Dublin government’s immigration policy has
led to homeless asylum seekers being attacked in the streets and a
makeshift camp getting burned out by racists.
Published May 18, 2023
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