Unionists and loyalists angered by the removal of the British Union Jack
flag above Belfast City Hall are increasingly turning to violence and
threats as their protests fail to deliver any progress.
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Unionists and loyalists angered by the removal of the British Union Jack
flag above Belfast City Hall are increasingly turning to violence and
threats as their protests fail to deliver any progress.
Published January 4, 2013
PSNI targeted in three bomb incidents
A member of the PSNI police discovered a potential bomb under his
vehicle in east Belfast last Sunday afternoon, and republican militants
are believed to be responsible.
Published January 4, 2013
Loyalist crime wave in the Antrim glens
A loyalist paramilitary gang is engaged in a spate of attacks in the
Glens of Antrim, with little interest shown by the police, according to
Sinn Féin.
Published January 4, 2013
‘Sinister approach’ to man as he worked
A Newry tradesman has been the subject of a failed PSNI attempt to
recruit informers, according to the socialist republican party, eirigi.
The latest such incident occurred just before Christmas.
Published January 4, 2013
Martin McGuinness resigns from Westminster seat
Sinn Féin’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has been awarded an
English aristocratic title in order to secure his resignation as an MP,
it has been confirmed.
Published January 4, 2013
The mother of a Belfast teenager is seeking a judicial review into the
police inquiry into his death at the hands of the British Army in 1972.
Published January 4, 2013
British sought hunger strike 'capitulation'
Official records have revealed that the British government had a plan to
‘brainwash’ Long Kesh hunger strikers to end their protest individually.
Published December 28, 2012
British Direct Ruler Theresa Villiers has won a legal bid to continue
the internment of veteran republican Martin Corey.
Published December 28, 2012
PSNI target Christmas celebrations
A County Derry Sinn Fein councillor has accused the PSNI police of
harassment after his brother’s house was raided on Christmas Eve, while
the family of an eirigi activist were kept apart for the holiday by
bizarre bail demands.
Published December 28, 2012
Protests by loyalists and hardline unionists on the issue of flying the
British flag at Belfast City Hall have sharply decreased in size and
number.
Published December 28, 2012
Coalition targets internet critics
The 26-County government has been accused of planning to introduce
censorship and free speech ‘chilling’ measures following the tragic
death last week of Fine Gael’s junior minister at the Department of
Agriculture, Shane McEntee.
Published December 28, 2012
Arson attack on Catholic church
A Catholic priest has urged those responsible for a suspected sectarian
arson attack on his County Antrim church to leave their Catholic
neighbours in peace.
Published December 28, 2012
The report of the former police ombudsman into the murder of six men in
the Loughinisland massacre has been scrapped after a court hearing on
their judicial review.
Published December 21, 2012
Fresh loyalist disturbances underway
Loyalists are again attempting to bring the North to a standstill this
evening with road closures in Belfast and across the north.
Published December 21, 2012
Family’s nightmare as retrial expected in ‘Micky Bo’ murder
A retrial is to be sought in the case of three Ballymena men whose
convictions were quashed this week for the 2006 sectarian murder of
Catholic teenager Michael McIlveen.
Published December 21, 2012
Progress seen in Bloody Sunday justice campaign
The Bloody Sunday families have welcomed news that former British
soldiers may finally be questioned by the PSNI as part of a murder
investigation into the killings.
Published December 21, 2012
Pan-unionism returns as Stormont flags talks stall
Multi-party talks on the flags issue at Stormont have been suspended
until next year following an announcement that a forum to unite
different forces within unionism has been organised.
Published December 21, 2012
Family of UDA ‘romper room’ victim seek answers
The family of a Catholic murder victim are calling for a new
investigation into his death amid claims that his killers were
informers protected by the police and British intelligence.
Published December 21, 2012
Clashes follow traffic chaos in Belfast
Trouble broke out tonight in several areas after Belfast was again
brought to a standstill by groups of loyalists demanding the return of
the British flag on Belfast City Hall.
Published December 17, 2012
Most of the 500-page review of the 1989 murder of Belfast defence lawyer
Pat Finucane released this week has been heavily censored “in the
interests of state security”, the Finucane family has been told.
Published December 14, 2012
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