There were brief but intense clashes north of Belfast
last weekend when loyalists invaded a nationalist area to tear down
Irish flags and symbols and then left a bomb outside a Catholic church.
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Glengormley terror after loyalists attack Irish flags
There were brief but intense clashes north of Belfast
last weekend when loyalists invaded a nationalist area to tear down
Irish flags and symbols and then left a bomb outside a Catholic church.
Published March 15, 2013
Oglaigh na hEireann escalate campaign
Breakaway IRA group Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH) has claimed responsibility
for a bomb attack on the PSNI police on the northern outskirts of
Belfast on Saturday night.
Published March 15, 2013
‘Whistle blower’ TD condemned in corruption furore
An independent member of the Dublin parliament has admitted that he
availed of a backroom process by which prominent public figures and
other well connected individuals can avoid motoring offence penalties in
the 26 Counties.
Published March 15, 2013
Frazer bailed as Bryson enters UVF wing
In contrasting developments, one high-profile loyalist flags protest
leader has received bail after claiming to suffer from terminal cancer,
while another has moved into the UVF paramilitary landing of Maghaberry
Prison.
Published March 15, 2013
Protest against social injustice on St Patrick’s Day
The deepening social inequality in both parts of Ireland is being
highlighted as the island’s political leaders are again jetted off to
exotic destinations for the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Published March 15, 2013
‘Infiltrated’ claims follow mortar bid
An attack apparently planned by the ‘new IRA’ against the PSNI’s Strand
Road base in Derry bore the hallmarks of a similar attack in 1991 by
the Provisional IRA on Downing Street, according to security experts in
the North.
Published March 8, 2013
Robinson attacks police, judges
The First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson has attacked the
policing and judicial system in the North after three ringleaders of
the recent flags disturbances were arrested last week.
Published March 8, 2013
Coalition in media push ahead of Meath by-election
A two-year coalition ‘progress report’ published by the 26 County
government has been described as an attempt by the coalition to give
itself a ‘pat on the back’.
Published March 8, 2013
‘Broken promises’ to republican prisoners
Republican Sinn Fein have said that promises of a breakthrough in ending
full-body strip-searching of prisoners in Maghaberry jail in County
Antrim “have come to nought” following the announcement last month that
the electronic scanning machine will not now be installed in the jail.
Published March 8, 2013
Pressure mounts for Price’s release
Fermanagh District Council has passed a motion calling for the immediate
release of interned political activist Marian Price. It agreed to write
to the current British Direct Ruler, Theresa Villiers, calling for her
release.
Published March 8, 2013
DUP finds offence in Korean concept car
The DUP has drawn international amusement and scorn after claiming to be
offended by the name given to a proposed new car by Korean manufacturer
Kia.
Published March 8, 2013
Molloy retains Mid-Ulster seat for Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein’s Francie Molloy has won the Mid Ulster by-election to fill
the seat at Westminster vacated by the party’s Deputy First Minister
Martin McGuinness.
Published March 8, 2013
Two prominent loyalists and a British right-wing extremist have been
arrested and charged in the first action so far against the alleged
ringleaders of the recent disturbances in Belfast and across the North.
Published March 1, 2013
Unionists out to stop Sinn Féin ‘walk in the park’
A television debate planned as the climax of the Mid-Ulster by-election
campaign went awry this week with only two of the four candidates
attending.
Published March 1, 2013
Omagh victims seek judicial review
Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims are launching a legal action in a
bid to force the Dublin and London governments into granting a full
cross-border inquiry into the horror.
Published March 1, 2013
‘Warhead’ revealed as abandoned rocket
PSNI press officers grabbed international headlines this week when they
declared they had found a “warhead” in west Belfast.
Published March 1, 2013
Arrest of Armagh republican condemned
The arrest of a prominent South Armagh republican this week was
described by Sinn Féin as an act of “political policing”.
Published March 1, 2013
Today marks the anniversary of the start of the 1981 Long Kesh hunger
strike against the criminalisation of republican policical prisoners. Another prisoner who has followed the same path is Samer Issawi.
Published March 1, 2013
Bryson ‘on the run’ after abortive PSNI arrest
Jamie Bryson, one of the key organisers of the recent flag “protests”,
is being described as on the run tonight after the PSNI police said they
were seeking to question him.
Published February 27, 2013
New pay ‘deal’ declared despite trade union walkout
The Dublin government has today announced a ‘deal’ on 26-County public
sector pay despite four major trade unions walking out of negotiations
last night.
Published February 25, 2013
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