A pensioner who was attacked while trying to defend her son and grandson
has described being held over a railing and punched in the face by a
unionist paramilitary.
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Pensioner battered by UDA gang
A pensioner who was attacked while trying to defend her son and grandson
has described being held over a railing and punched in the face by a
unionist paramilitary.
Published November 17, 2011
Kelly wins compensation over Martha Pope smear
Senior Sinn Féin politician Gerry Kelly is to be paid a five-figure sum
by a Sunday newspaper which accused him of being involved in an affair
with a US diplomat in a story published 15 years ago.
Published November 17, 2011
The Six-County First Minister, DUP leader Peter Robinson has been
accused of contriving a “stunt” when he threatened to resign over
changes to the North’s prison regime.
Published November 17, 2011
Ireland qualifies for Euro 2012
The Irish national soccer team has qualified tonight for the 2012
European Football Championship, the first major soccer tournament it
will contest since the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea.
Published November 15, 2011
Sinn Fein's pre-budget submission 2012 - summary
The Executive Summary, including an itemised list of
proposed financial measures, savings and stimulus packages from Sinn Féin's pre-budget submission for the year 2012, published today.
Published November 15, 2011
Michael D. Higgins is inaugurated as President
Michael D Higgins was inaugurated as the ninth President of Ireland at a
ceremony in Dublin Castle this afternoon. He was sworn in by the Chief
Justice in front of the Taoiseach, other dignatories and invited guests.
His first address as President Higgins received huge applause and a
standing ovation from the assembled guests. Here is the full
text of that address.
Published November 11, 2011
Over a hundred former government ministers are sharing an annual cash
pot of almost nine million euro, it has been revealed. The figures were
supplied in response to a Sinn Fein parliamentary question.
Published November 10, 2011
Gaza campaigners subjected to Israeli abuse, imprisonment
Irish human rights activists remain imprisoned by Israeli authorities
after they attempted last week to deliver aid to Palestinians trapped
behind an Israeli military blockade.
Published November 10, 2011
PSNI threat to arrest lawyer ‘oppression of the worst kind’
A top human rights lawyer was threatened with arrest on the eve of the
opening of the trial this week of republican Colin Duffy, one of his
highest profile clients.
Published November 10, 2011
Cash bonanza for UDA relatives, prison warders
The son of a notorious unionist paramilitary leader has received a
record payment of 400,000 pounds sterling ($640,000) from the British
government in a move which has angered the families of those he killed.
Published November 10, 2011
Provocative march set for New Lodge interface
A sectarian parade is to be held at a troubled north Belfast
‘peaceline’ tomorrow in memory of a loyalist youth who blew himself up
with a bomb he was about to throw over the wall at Catholics.
Published November 10, 2011
EU/IMF ‘orders’ termination of cross-border peace project
The 26-County government has been accused of reneging on a deal struck
during the North’s peace talks after it pulled the plug on funding for
a major cross-border road link.
Published November 10, 2011
Members of the SDLP today selected Alasdair McDonnell to be their new
leader.
Published November 5, 2011
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams led a walk-out from the Dublin
parliament this week in protest over the coalition government’s
decision to hand over more than 700 million euro (more than 1 billion
dollars) to an unknown private investor in the failed Anglo Irish Bank.
Published November 3, 2011
The ‘Real IRA’ has claimed responsibility for three bomb attacks over
the past few months, and has warned that it will continue to target
economic interests which reinforce British rule in the North.
Published November 3, 2011
Mixed feelings for Sinn Fein over election result
Sinn Fein plans to build on its 26-County presidential campaign by
targeting the local elections in 2014, party officials have said.
Published November 3, 2011
The trial of 22 people charged with holding a sit-down protest against a
sectarian march in north Belfast this summer was quickly enveloped in
controversy after the PSNI police admitted they had no evidence to
present against at least two of those charged, and suggested that much of
their knowledge had come from informers.
Published November 3, 2011
Family welcomes British statement on murder, beatings
The British government has expressed its “deep regret” over the British
army killing of a Catholic man in the Markets area of Belfast.
Published November 3, 2011
The Irish ship MV Saoirse is en route to the Gaza strip as part of its
latest relief mission and has already reached international waters in
the Mediterranean Sea.
Published November 3, 2011
The 30th Amendment to the Irish constitution, to give more powers of
investigation to the Dublin parliament [Oireachtas], has been defeated in
a shock reverse for the coalition government.
Published October 29, 2011
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