The families of a number of civilians killed by the British Crown forces
won the first round this week in a legal battle over a decision to
suspend their inquests.
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Inquest families granted judicial review
The families of a number of civilians killed by the British Crown forces
won the first round this week in a legal battle over a decision to
suspend their inquests.
Published November 23, 2012
Family challenges PSNI’s refusal to investigate
Systematic and repeated failures by the PSNI police led to the murder of
a Catholic teenager in north Belfast, a new investigation into the
shooting has revealed.
Published November 23, 2012
Sinn Fein praised for progressive budget alternative
Expenditure and taxation proposals for the 26 Counties unveiled by Sinn
Féin this week have presented a serious challenge to the Dublin
government’s own plans ahead of its annual budget announcements early
next month.
Published November 23, 2012
Maghaberry prisoners end protest
A statement was issued today by the group of protesting
prisoners on Roe 4 landing in Maghaberry prison, announcing the end of
their current protest action
Published November 21, 2012
Israel is feared to be planning a scorched-earth invasion of the
besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza after days of heavy bombardment
reduced large areas of the territory to rubble and killed dozens of men,
women and children.
Published November 16, 2012
British state security ‘threatened by inquests’
New inquests into the deaths of a number of nationalists killed by
British Crown forces in the north of Ireland have been blocked on the
grounds that the security of the British state may be implicated.
Published November 16, 2012
Coalisland man ‘records recruitment bid’
An attempt by Special Branch police to recruit a republican as an
informer has been captured on camera for the first time, it is believed.
Published November 16, 2012
Famine Song played again near interface
A sectarian song banned in Scotland was played by loyalists in their
latest march past a church which has become the focal point of unionist
intimidation of Catholics in north Belfast.
Published November 16, 2012
Finucane family address review claims
A British declaration that a review into the murder of high-profile
Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane will reveal substantial new
information on his assassination have been dismissed by his family.
Published November 16, 2012
Sinn Féin calls for ‘X’ case legislation
Sinn Féin is to bring forward a motion before the 26 County parliament
that seeks to prevent pregnant women falling into a medical and
legislative limbo, such as that which led to the death of Galway dentist
Savita Halappanavar last month.
Published November 16, 2012
Death of pregnant woman reopens Irish abortion debate
The death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant at University Hospital
Galway last month has created a storm of protest after it emerged that a
potentially life-saving termination of her miscarrying pregnancy had
been refused.
Published November 14, 2012
Statement claims responsibility for attack
A statement has been issued in the name of the IRA, claiming
responsibility for the attack on a prison warder earlier this month.
Published November 12, 2012
Children’s referendum passes by 57% to 43%
The children’s referendum passed narrowly on a near-record low turnout in
counting today, but the unconvincing manner of the victory has added to
doubts over the validity of the result.
Published November 11, 2012
Padraic Wilson, a former leader of IRA prisoners at Long Kesh jail and
now a senior Sinn Féin figure, was released on bail on Tuesday after the
party strongly protested a court decision to remand him on IRA
membership charges.
Published November 9, 2012
Duffy to challenge ongoing PSNI harassment
Lurgan republican Colin Duffy is to sue the PSNI for unlawful arrest
after a judge ordered his release from custody following his latest
detention last week.
Published November 9, 2012
A republican prisoner has sustained multiple injuries in what was
described as a “savage” attack by prison warders at Maghaberry Prison.
Published November 9, 2012
‘Arrogant’ government provokes constitutional crisis
The validity of Saturday’s constitutional referendum on child protection
has been put in doubt after the Supreme Court ruled that information
provided by the 26 County government was biased and misleading.
Published November 9, 2012
Sinn Féin calls for release of Price, McGeough
Sinn Féin party president Gerry Adams and Six-County Deputy
First Minister Martin McGuinness have written to US political leaders
urging them to support calls to free Marian Price from prison.
Published November 9, 2012
Border poll campaign heads to USA
Sinn Féin’s campaign for a border poll is to intensify next year, party
president Gerry Adams has said.
Published November 9, 2012
The shooting of a senior British prison official has drawn attention to
the conflict in the north of Ireland and the increasingly bitter dispute
over the treatment of republican prisoners at Maghaberry jail.
Published November 2, 2012
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