A member of Sinn Fein has described how he was set upon as he videoed a
loyalist ‘kick the Pope’ band deliberately circling and playing
sectarian tunes outside a Catholic church during the Orange Order’s
main Belfast ‘Twelfth’ parade.
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A member of Sinn Fein has described how he was set upon as he videoed a
loyalist ‘kick the Pope’ band deliberately circling and playing
sectarian tunes outside a Catholic church during the Orange Order’s
main Belfast ‘Twelfth’ parade.
Published July 20, 2012
The fallout from the decision to force an anti-Catholic parade through
Catholic north Belfast on July 12th continued this week with a series
of arrests.
Published July 20, 2012
SF challenges British on prisoner issues
Sinn Fein’s party leader Gerry Adams has challenged the British Direct
Ruler, Owen Paterson during a meeting at the Dublin parliament over
political prisoners in the North, including the continued imprisonment
of Marian Price and Martin Corey.
Published July 20, 2012
Loyalists extend bonfire message of hate
The Polish community in the North have reacted angrily after it emerged
that Polish national flags were placed on loyalist bonfires alongside
Irish tricolour flags in a public display of racism and bigotry.
Published July 20, 2012
IMF demands more cuts as protest councillor jailed
The International Monetary Fund has ordered the Dublin government to
slash dole payments, cut child benefit, and take medical cards away from
more old age pensioners.
Published July 20, 2012
Opposition walkout over anti-democratic action
All Opposition members of the Dublin parliament walked out of the Dail
chamber on the last day of parliamentary session in a rare protest at the
government’s handling of legislation on Gaeltacht (Irish language
speaking) areas.
Published July 20, 2012
The sound of gunfire echoed across north Belfast on Thursday night
following disturbances over an incendiary and bitterly opposed sectarian
parade.
Published July 13, 2012
Legal turmoil as Martin Corey’s bail release overturned
Irish political dissident Martin Corey remains in jail this weekend
after a Belfast High Court decision to release him was initially
blocked by the British government before being controversially
overturned by the Court of Appeal.
Published July 13, 2012
Problems mount for Boston College journalists
Efforts to prevent a peace process ‘research project’ being used to
prosecute and jail senior republicans suffered a setback this week
following a court ruling in Boston.
Published July 13, 2012
Violence follows ‘Eleventh Night’ bonfires
The annual period of sectarian strife surrounding the July 12th marches
saw an increased number of loyalist ‘Eleventh Night’ bonfires.
Published July 13, 2012
Attempt to recuit informer at Derry hospital
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement has condemned what it said was a
recruitment attempt by British MI5 agents which took place at the breast
cancer unit at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.
Published July 13, 2012
Minister shamed over private hospital deal
Sinn Féin has strongly challenged the leadership of the Labour Party
this week after the 26-County Minister for Health James Reilly was
publicly named in Stubbs Gazette over a 1.9 million euro bad debt.
Published July 13, 2012
Rioting in Ardoyne after Orange parade forced through
Trouble has erupted in Ardoyne today after the republican area was
cleared by the PSNI police to allow an incendiary Orange march pass
through.
Published July 12, 2012
Corey ordered held until appeal hearing tomorrow
The British government is to bring an appeal tomorrow against Martin
Corey’s legal victory against his internment, it has emerged. Mr Corey
was released on bail yesterday [Monday], but his release was
dramatically blocked at the request of the British Direct Ruler, Owen
Paterson.
Published July 10, 2012
Outrage as Martin Corey’s release is blocked
A veteran republican today won his court challenge against his internment
-- but his release was dramatically blocked by the
British government.
Published July 9, 2012
A provocative sectarian parade by the anti-Catholic Orange Order has
again been given permission to march past the nationalist Ardoyne shops
area of north Belfast.
Published July 6, 2012
McGeough's challenge to imprisonment rejected
The Court of Appeal in Belfast has rejected political prisoner Gerry
McGeough’s attempt to secure his release on the grounds of discrimination in the
issuance of pardons.
Published July 6, 2012
Councillor quits Sinn Féin over queen decision
One of Sinn Féin’s most senior councillors has quit the party in protest
at Martin McGuinness’s meeting with English queen Elizabeth Windsor.
Published July 6, 2012
Family forced out of Magherafelt home
A Catholic mother-of-five says she has been forced out of her County
Derry home after a five-year campaign of sectarian abuse.
Published July 6, 2012
O’Hagan family ‘left in limbo’
SDLP deputy leader Dolores Kelly has called on the Six-County justice
minister to probe the investigation into the murder of journalist Martin
O’Hagan, describing the lack of action as “unacceptable”.
Published July 6, 2012
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