The 26-County Finance Minister Michael Noonan infuriated the Irish public on Thursday
when he described emigration as “a choice of lifestyle”.
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Emigration is ‘lifestyle choice’, says Noonan
The 26-County Finance Minister Michael Noonan infuriated the Irish public on Thursday
when he described emigration as “a choice of lifestyle”.
Published January 20, 2012
No arrests have been made and no searches carried out, two weeks after
the brutal sectarian attack on Catholic teenager James Turley.
Published January 20, 2012
Derry explosions raise tensions
Two explosions in Derry last night [Thursday night] appeared to target
government offices and have again ratcheted up concerns for the political process
in the North.
Published January 20, 2012
Politicians clash as poverty deepens
Over 80,000 children in the Six Counties are living in poverty,
according to a new report published this week, with nationalist areas
such as west Belfast experiencing the highest figures.
Published January 20, 2012
Appeal for republican prisoner
The wife of a Derry republican prisoner has appealed to the city’s
political leaders to do something about the crisis at Maghaberry prison
before someone dies.
Published January 20, 2012
PSNI silence over film set nightmare
A vicious attempt to murder Catholic teenagers last Friday was covered
up by the North’s police for over three days before details finally
emerged.
Published January 13, 2012
Cameron may pre-empt Scottish independence move
British prime minister David Cameron has dramatically attempted to
hijack moves towards a referendum on Scottish independence. The move has
accelerated a British constitutional crisis which could have profound
implications for London’s rule in the north of Ireland.
Published January 13, 2012
SF ‘not interested’ in all-Ireland efforts
Both the Dublin government and the Six-County executive have been
accused of turning their back on cross-border co-operation, one of the
cornerstones of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Published January 13, 2012
McGeough case could set precedent
Lawyers for prominent republican Gerry McGeough argued for his
entitlement to release under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for more
than four hours this week.
Published January 13, 2012
A step forward for the Finucane family
The family of murdered Belfast defence lawayer Pat Finucane has been
granted a judicial review of the decision by the British government not
to hold a public inquiry into his death.
Published January 13, 2012
‘No public interest’ to PSNI’s use of rally footage
The PSNI police have failed in a legal bid to force the
handover of unseen TV news footage from a rally by the 32 County
Sovereignty Committee.
Published January 13, 2012
Betrayal and bloody-mindedness
Participants in Boston College’s ‘Troubles Archive’ project have
demanded the return or destruction of all of its taped interviews after
parts of the archive were delivered to the British Crown forces.
Published January 6, 2012
‘Lucky escape’ for British soldier
Breakaway IRA group Óglaigh na hÉireann says it was behind an attack on
a British soldier in north Belfast on Thursday.
Published January 6, 2012
Rebel Cork versus the NAMA republic
Two protests in Cork have demonstrated the city’s fighting spirit in
the face of social injustice.
Published January 6, 2012
Released prisoner recounts Maghaberry nightmare
A republican prisoner on dirty protest in Maghaberry jail has warned the
North’s highest security prison is fast deteriorating into a cesspit of
disease.
Published January 6, 2012
A round-up of the revelations from the historical papers, mostly
pertaining to 1981, which were released over the New Year period.
Published January 6, 2012
Messages issued by three republican political organisations on the
occasion of the New Year 2012.
Published January 6, 2012
The publication of declassified papers from thirty years ago has
brought new controversy over the British view of the 1981 hunger
strike, in which ten men, including Bobby Sands, died.
Published December 30, 2011
Demand abides for Bloody Sunday justice
The annual march commemorating the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre will take
place under the theme ‘March for Justice’, despite calls by some
relatives of the victims that the campaign should come to an end.
Published December 30, 2011
University to give up confidential IRA files
Boston College has agreed to turn over research interviews recorded in
confidence by a former IRA member to the PSNI police.
Published December 30, 2011
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