The loyalist paramilitary who shot dead Catholic taxi driver Michael
McGoldrick in 1996 was a Crown Force agent, it has been reported.
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Notorious serial killer was RUC agent
The loyalist paramilitary who shot dead Catholic taxi driver Michael
McGoldrick in 1996 was a Crown Force agent, it has been reported.
Published February 13, 2025
Poll shows demand for unity soaring
The percentage of those in favour of Irish reunification in the Six
Counties has jumped by more than a quarter within the past two years,
according to a survey carried out by the Royal Irish Academy.
Published February 13, 2025
PSNI ordered to reveal source of lies on McGurk’s Bar massacre
The PSNI has been ordered to disclose evidence in police files regarding
the McGurk’s Bar bombing following a Freedom of Information battle that
has lasted over four years.
Published February 13, 2025
Former RUC men working in cover-up roles
Former members of the murderous RUC police are playing a major part in
the ‘truth body’ set up by the British government to help conceal its
legacy of war crimes in the north of Ireland, it has emerged.
Published February 13, 2025
Fear and loathing in Ireland as Trump ‘finds out’
Irish politicians are experiencing uncertainty over their annual St
Patrick’s Day junkets to the US as they face a Trump administration
which shows little appetite for good international relations with
Ireland.
Published February 13, 2025
UDA shoot pensioner in smoke-and-mirrors attack
A disabled pensioner was shot five times in the arms and legs by the UDA
following a police raid at a brothel they operated.
Published February 6, 2025
Veteran republican Martin McCauley has been handed over to British
forces after ending an appeal against his extradition from the 26
Counties.
Published February 6, 2025
Solidarity at the Bloody Sunday march
The 53rd anniversary of the British massacre of Irish civil rights
demonstrators was commemorated in Derry on Sunday with the Bloody Sunday
March for Justice.
Published February 6, 2025
Calls for an end to internment by remand
Republican prisoners at Maghaberry jail have demanded an end to the
ongoing use of internment by remand to incarcerate republicans without
trial.
Published February 6, 2025
Sinn Féin to counter bid to sideline Irish unity
Sinn Féin has warned the 26 County government not to put its head in the
sand on Irish reunification after Tánaiste Simon Harris declared that
Irish unity is not a priority for him.
Published February 6, 2025
Family and friends of Hooded Man Pat Shivers marked the 40th anniversary
of his death this week.
Published February 6, 2025
Attack leaves pensioner clinging to life
The UVF has been blamed for a shocking attack at the home of an elderly
woman in Antrim in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Published January 30, 2025
Fears ‘appalling vista’ of Omagh will remain hidden
Family members of the victims of the Omagh bomb have expressed concern
that a public inquiry, which opened this week, will fail to uncover the
truth of state involvement in the August 1998 attack in which 29 people
were killed.
Published January 30, 2025
Storm damage to coalition’s reputation
The Dublin government’s weak response to a devastating winter storm has
renewed anger over the role of corruption and croneyism in the
maintenance of national infrastructure.
Published January 30, 2025
Loyalist disturbances in Belfast
Nationalists are living in fear after loyalist violence at a flashpoint
area at the weekend, a community group has warned.
Published January 30, 2025
Protest at extraditions to British jurisdiction
A demonstration is to be held next Saturday to stop the extradition of
Cork Republican Sean Walsh and to call for an immediate end to the
extradition of all Irish Republicans.
Published January 30, 2025
Cross-border harassment of republicans
Saoradh has accused police in the 26 Counties of direct political
harassment after armed members of a ‘Special Detective Unit’
(SDU) entered the house of a party member and seized phones and other
electronic devices.
Published January 30, 2025
Armagh man could be extradited to Colombia
Martin McCauley, one of the ‘Colombia 3’ who were arrested in South
America in 2001, believes the British are plotting to send him back
there after a court ordered his extradition to the north of Ireland.
Published January 23, 2025
Protests as Taoiseach-elect made to wait for Seal of Office
A blistering row over speaking time in the Dublin parliament has
frustrated the new government’s attempt to approve its revamped political
agenda, including a controversial plan to dishonour its pre-election promises on the
issue of Palestine.
Published January 23, 2025
Shock new allegations against MI5 date back to 1960s
A former English career criminal has described how he was recruited to
murder five people in the north of Ireland on behalf of MI5 in the
earliest days of the recent conflict – and worked with an agent who
carried out the 1974 Birmingham bombings.
Published January 23, 2025
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