The former Ulster Unionist First Minister David Trimble has accused DUP
leader Peter Robinson of cynically stoking tensions over the flying of
the Union flag at Belfast City Hall in order to win back his
parliamentary seat in its former East Belfast stronghold from the
Alliance Party.
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Unionists feud in flags blame-game
The former Ulster Unionist First Minister David Trimble has accused DUP
leader Peter Robinson of cynically stoking tensions over the flying of
the Union flag at Belfast City Hall in order to win back his
parliamentary seat in its former East Belfast stronghold from the
Alliance Party.
Published December 14, 2012
Nationalists arrested amid loyalist disorder
A PSNI operation against the nationalist residents of Ardoyne has
heightened tension at a time when the Six-County police have openly
facilitated loyalist roadblocks and disturbances.
Published December 14, 2012
The chairman of the 26-County Labour Party Colm Keaveney has called for
a special party conference amid upheaval within the organisation,
founded by Irish socialist heroes James Connolly and Jim Larkin, over
its support for a swingeing right-wing Fine Gael budget.
Published December 14, 2012
Protestants decline as ‘Northern Irish’ are tallied
The Protestant population is continuing to fall with the gap between the
two religious traditions narrowing further.
Published December 14, 2012
Finucane family reject de Silva report
The widow of murdered Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane today
dismissed the report into his death by British barrister Desmond de
Silva as “a sham” and “a whitewash”
Published December 12, 2012
Cameron admits collusion, denies conspiracy in Finucane murder
The British Prime Minister has admitted the assassination of Pat
Finucane was “an appalling crime” which involved three state agents, the
RUC police and the British Army, but he has stopped short of ordering a
public inquiry.
Published December 12, 2012
Unionism in ‘identity crisis’ as violence expands
The leaders of the two main unionist parties held urgent meetings on the
unionist identity tonight following a week of violence and disorder in
the North of Ireland.
Published December 10, 2012
Unionist intimidation and violence continue
Trouble has broken out again in Belfast this evening after more than a
thousand loyalists, including a number of masked paramilitaries,
marched to the city centre to demand the Union Jack flag be reinstated
year-round atop Belfast City Hall.
Published December 8, 2012
A wave of unionist violence and intimidation has followed a vote in the
Belfast City Council on Monday to sharply reduce the number of days the
British Union Jack flag flies over the City Hall.
Published December 7, 2012
Unionists seeking flags ‘revenge’
Unionist politicians are to try to turn the tables after a vote to
reduce the flying of the British Union Jack flag above Belfast City Hall
-- with a motion that the ‘Butcher’s Apron’ flies 365 days a year above
Stormont, the seat of the Six County Assembly.
Published December 7, 2012
Politics behind decision to charge éirígí activist
The PSNI has been accused of “a crude attempt at political censorship”
after Newry-based eirigi representative Stephen Murney was remanded
without bail on charges that he had information “likely to be of use to
terrorists”.
Published December 7, 2012
Carers’ nightmare after cruel coalition budget
The inequity and sheer viciousness of the Dublin government’s Budget for
2013 has come as a shock to the Irish public.
Published December 7, 2012
Emergency heart procedure for Gerry McGeough
Fears over the health of jailed former Sinn Fein Ard Chomhairle member
Gerry McGeough have grown after he was removed for emergency heart
treatment last week.
Published December 7, 2012
Unionists urged to attend Irish constitutional convention
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has urged unionists to reconsider an
invitation to join the 26-County constitutional convention.
Published December 7, 2012
Horrific Budget for poor, elderly, students, workers
There were scuffles this evening between protestors and 26-County Garda
police at the Dublin parliament following arguably the harshest budget
in living memory.
Published December 5, 2012
Loyalists slash guard, storm City Hall over Belfast flag vote
A loyalist mob which had gathered outside Belfast City Hall this evening
erupted into violence following a vote to limit the days on which the
British Union Jack flag flies above the building.
Published December 3, 2012
Republican socialist group éirigí is being subjected to a concerted
smear campaign following the arrest of one of its members this week.
Published November 30, 2012
Hopes increase for Maghaberry resolution
The remaining block of republican prisoners have ended their protest in Maghaberry prison after getting what they say was a
“goodwill gesture” from Six-County justice minister David Ford.
Published November 30, 2012
15,000 march in pre-Budget demonstration
The Dublin government’s fiscal ‘kite flying’ season is well and truly
underway ahead of next month’s annual 26-County Budget announcement.
Published November 30, 2012
‘End impunity’ for Bloody Sunday killings
A number of relatives of those murdered by British paratroopers on
Bloody Sunday say they will continue to march until those responsible
for the 1972 massacre are held to account.
Published November 30, 2012
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