Loyalists who hacked down Gaelic football goalposts at a County Down
pitch and branded them ‘British’ are intent on driving Catholics from
the area, a local Sinn Fein councillor has said.
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Loyalists attack GAA pitch; UDA issues Loughinisland warning
Loyalists who hacked down Gaelic football goalposts at a County Down
pitch and branded them ‘British’ are intent on driving Catholics from
the area, a local Sinn Fein councillor has said.
Published June 15, 2012
PSNI assault Newry man; trouble in Craigavon, Belfast
There was a “vicious” assault by the PSNI against a local republican
during a stop and search operation in Newry last week, according to
eirigi.
Published June 15, 2012
Democracy still on hold in some local councils
Amid protests over continuing sectarianism in unionist-controlled
councils, an Ulster Unionist councillor has said “pigs will fly” before
there is a Sinn Fein mayor of Antrim.
Published June 15, 2012
Fine Gael Minister denies ‘Londonderry’ gaffe
The 26-County Justice minister Alan Shatter appeared to confirm his
government’s unionist credentials this week he referred to the city of
Derry as “Londonderry”.
Published June 15, 2012
Martin McGuinness to step down as Mid-Ulster MP
Sinn Fein MP for Mid Ulster Martin McGuinness is to resign his seat,
forcing a Westminster by-election, as part of an overhaul by Sinn Fein’s
of its elected representatives.
Published June 11, 2012
Vigilante group RAAD have claimed responsibility for a grenade-style attack on a
PSNI patrol in Derry during aggressive Crown
force raids in the nationalist Creggan area last weekend.
Published June 8, 2012
New royal visit set to divide nationalists
While Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness appears set to personally welcome a
British monarch to the north of Ireland later this month, others have
said they plan to protest the visit.
Published June 8, 2012
Referendum result hits bank debt negotiations
European officials have already taken advantage of last week’s 26-County
referendum result by curtly dismissing calls by Taoiseach Enda Kenny for
a new deal on the state’s banking crisis.
Published June 8, 2012
McConville family appeals for justice
The family of former Sinn Fein councillor Brendan McConville has called
for the Stormont administration to recognise a miscarriage of justice
following his recent conviction for a Continuity IRA attack three years ago.
Published June 8, 2012
McGurk’s cover-up linked to internment
A former British army information officer has said that a loyalist
massacre was blamed on the IRA in 1971 in order to justify the
internment of Catholics without trial.
Published June 8, 2012
Unionist anger over republican victim appointment
Unionists have reacted with anger at the involvement of a senior
republican in the North’s Victims and Survivors Forum.
Published June 8, 2012
Austerity Treaty passes by three-to-two margin
The Austerity Treaty referendum has been passed in the official result
at Dublin Castle this afternoon.
Published June 1, 2012
Counting of ballots in the referendum on the European fiscal treaty
has begun, and early indications are that the treaty will be approved.
Published June 1, 2012
Half of voters stay away from Austerity referendum
Voting closed in the 26-County Euro Treaty Referendum at 10pm this
evening, and an unusually low turnout has been reported, ranging from
35% to 55% of registered voters at polling stations across Ireland.
Published May 31, 2012
At this time, the people of the 26 County state have already begun
voting in the EU fiscal treaty referendum. They are facing another
crucial decision on the future governance of their state, and rarely
have they been so misinformed or deceived.
Published May 31, 2012
Belfast housing plan linked to H-Block project
A deeply controversial Protestant ‘settlement’ in nationalist north
Belfast is a trade-off for the development of a conflict resolution
centre at the site of Long Kesh prison, it has been claimed.
Published May 31, 2012
Humanitarian appeals for Marian Price
Up to a thousand people showed their support for jailed political
dissident Marian Price at a rally in west Belfast on Sunday.
Published May 31, 2012
The police in Newry, County Armagh have been blamed for provoking a
riot in nationalist areas.
Published May 31, 2012
McGuinness condemns republican opponents
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness launched a blistering attack on
‘dissident’ republicans at his party’s Ard Fheis (annual conference) in
Killarney last weekend.
Published May 31, 2012
Marian Price has been imprisoned for more than a
year on the basis of secret evidence neither she nor her lawyers have
been allowed to see.
Published May 31, 2012
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