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Families driven from homes as masked loyalists re-erect flags

Families were forced to leave their homes with their children after a group of around 20 masked men descended on the Drumnagoon area of Craigavon and re-erected union and Israeli flags that local residents had already removed.

Published June 25, 2026

Paramilitary displays and asbestos mark loyalist bonfire season

An image of a man carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher hanging from a loyalist bonfire in east Belfast has once again put the spotlight on paramilitary intimidation and public safety concerns that continue to surround the annual bonfire season.

Published June 25, 2026

Families win long-awaited recognition

The families of two victims of the British state and its forces during the conflict have secured major legal victories after decades of campaigning for justice.

Published June 25, 2026

Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of rape and sexual abuse offences

Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, was convicted Monday of 18 rape and sex abuse charges involving two girls from 1985 to 2008.

Published June 22, 2026

Keir Starmer resigns as British Prime Minister

Keir Starmer has resigned as British Prime Minister and leader of the British Labour Party.

Published June 22, 2026

Standing together

Thousands of people took to the streets of Belfast and Derry last weekend in a clear rejection of the loyalist intimidation and violence that have terrified ethnic minority families across the North.

Published June 18, 2026

Anger at PSNI submission to loyalist gangs

Disturbing questions have arisen over the behaviour of the PSNI during the violence of the last week amid allegations that there is still effective collusion with loyalist paramilitary gangs.

Published June 18, 2026

Shock developments in collusion civil case

Almost fifty years after the murder of the Reavey brothers, the British state is again facing questions over its efforts to cover up its role in one of its worst crimes of the conflict.

Published June 18, 2026

‘Free The Filton Four’

The sentencing of four Palestine Action activists to a combined total of more than 25 years in prison has been condemned as another major escalation in the British state’s use of ‘terrorism’ legislation to silence political dissent.

Published June 18, 2026

Fine Gael moves on unity amid emerging consensus in Dublin

There has been a cautious welcome for an announcement by Fine Gael leader and Tánaiste Simon Harris that his party will publish a blueprint for a ‘unified Ireland’ at its Ard Fheis in November, amid calls for urgent action on constitutional change.

Published June 18, 2026

Pressure for all-Ireland immigration checks

The fallout from the stabbing of Stephen Ogilvie in north Belfast has brought attention to long-standing problems in the immigration system in Ireland, with calls for an island-wide strategy for migration control.

Published June 18, 2026

Racist pogrom forces families from their burning homes

Loyalist terror has once again brought shocking scenes to the north of Ireland and recalled some of the worst events of the recent conflict.

Published June 11, 2026

Republicans respond to intimidation, reject racism

Republicans from a number of different organisations across Belfast have been mobilising and organising in response to efforts to bring racist intimidation into nationalist areas.

Published June 11, 2026

Questions for DUP after Scarva disgrace

Pressure has mounted on the DUP following events near the village of Scarva on Saturday, after DUP MP Carla Lockhart stood with masked men, some of whom engaged in threats, intimidation and physical assaults during a loyalist mobilisation against a peaceful protest march for Gaza.