Crowds not seen in several years have demonstrated against water
charges on the streets of Dublin city centre this afternoon as voters
delivered a stunning message of no confidence in two by-elections to
the Dublin parliament.
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Govt thrashed in by-elections as 100,000 protest water charges
Crowds not seen in several years have demonstrated against water
charges on the streets of Dublin city centre this afternoon as voters
delivered a stunning message of no confidence in two by-elections to
the Dublin parliament.
Published October 11, 2014
With two by-elections to the Dublin parliament taking place this week, a
poll has shown that Sinn Fein’s support has risen to become the joint
largest political party in the 26 Counties.
Published October 11, 2014
Gardai attempt to break up water protests
The Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke, has been forced to seek a meeting
with Garda police chiefs over what he described as the excessive force
being used against anti-water charge protestors in the city.
Published October 11, 2014
A breakaway IRA group has claimed responsibility for a grenade-style
bomb thrown at the PSNI in north Belfast this week.
Published October 11, 2014
Councillor burned out of Ballycastle home
The UDA is being blamed for an arson attack on the home of a nationalist
councillor in County Antrim. Extensive smoke damage was caused to
Padraig McShane’s home in the town of Ballycastle early on Saturday.
Published October 11, 2014
Budget showdown as parties diverge on tax rates
The 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny has promised that next week’s budget
will see the first step in reducing the top rate of tax for the state’s
highest earners, but that any move to abolish the new charges and taxes
on the general public would amount to “economic and social madness”.
Published October 11, 2014
New British nuclear threat after Commissioner goes missing
A decision by the European Commission to give Britain approval to build
a nuclear plant just 150 miles from Rosslare is generated considerable
concern.
Published October 11, 2014
‘No funds’ for war crimes investigations
Plans to abandon or scale down a number of investigations into past
British atrocities in the north of Ireland are being blamed by
Stormont ministers on a cut in the British exchequer’s annual block
grant for the Six Counties.
Published October 4, 2014
Low expectations as new talks are announced
A fresh round of talks aimed at reviving the Stormont Assembly and the
other political institutions of the peace process are expected to begin
next month.
Published October 4, 2014
Bobby Sands’ deathbed featured in documentary
Unionists have reacted badly to news that the bed in which IRA
hunger-striker Bobby Sands died remains intact inside the former Long
Kesh prison.
Published October 4, 2014
Orange halls and Protestant church attacked
A series of attacks on Orange halls in Donegal and Armagh has
been widely condemned.
Published October 4, 2014
‘Direct action’ after mural is painted over
A Housing Executive van has been burned out after it removed a
republican mural a wall in the Ligoniel area of north Belfast.
Published October 4, 2014
Tensions mount over water meter protests, corruption
A public campaign against the installation of water meters in the 26
Counties has further escalated following the official start of billing
of the public by Irish Water, the new state-owned water utility board.
Published October 4, 2014
Files destroyed as RUC team vet shoot-to-kill reports
Top secret files relating to the killing of nine men in County Armagh
more than 30 years ago were destroyed just weeks before an inquest into
the deaths was due to begin, it has emerged. Other files are still being
edited for ‘sensitive’ information by former members of the murderous
RUC Special Branch.
Published September 27, 2014
Recruitment, harassment ‘justified’, says Ombudsman
The PSNI police was justified in attempting to recruit a high-profile
County Antrim nationalist as an informer, the Police Ombudsman in the
North has found.
Published September 27, 2014
Radicalised Scots transform political map
A surge of support for Scottish independence following that country’s
referendum last week has seen nearly 40,000 people swell the ranks of
the Scottish National Party (SNP). The party’s membership is now the
third largest in Britain, behind only the Conservative and Labour
parties.
Published September 27, 2014
Robinson ousts dissidents in reshuffle
An internal split within the DUP has exploded into the open after party
leader Peter Robinson sacked two DUP Ministers and lashed out at
colleagues who he said had the “strategic vision of a lemming”.
Published September 27, 2014
Giant British Army exercise contrary to demilitarisation claim
The biggest British Army training exercise to be held in the north of
Ireland since before the conflict is being held in the north west next
week. About 500 British soldiers are taking part in areas around County
Derry.
Published September 27, 2014
Kenny battles party dissent over cronyism
The 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been forced to apologise after
appointing a Fine Gael insider to an arts board in order to boost his
claim to a seat in the Irish Senate, ahead of three more qualified women
candidates.
Published September 27, 2014
Loyalists have engaged in a violent ‘show of strength’ in the centre of
Glasgow as Britain faces unprecedented constitutional change following
a narrow defeat for Scottish independence in Thursday’s referendum.
Published September 20, 2014
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