The family of a County Derry man shot dead in an SAS ambush in 1986 have
been denied justice after a coroner decided the killing was
“reasonable”.
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Family considers challenge to inquest findings
The family of a County Derry man shot dead in an SAS ambush in 1986 have
been denied justice after a coroner decided the killing was
“reasonable”.
Published October 31, 2024
PSNI’s support for loyalism called out
The PSNI is under pressure to end its ‘kid gloves’ treatment of unionist
paramilitaries after a surge in unchecked hate crimes brought a response
from a leading human rights organisation.
Published October 31, 2024
A litany of Crown harassment of Republicans
Saoradh has condemned an increase in the harassment of young Republicans
at the hands of the British Crown Forces as an “intimidation tactic” and
an effort to “terrorise our youth”.
Published October 31, 2024
Authorities urged to come clean on double agents
A £40 million police investigation into Freddie Scappaticci has been
further exposed as a sham after documents emerged which show that
British military intelligence operated the double agent to spy on the
IRA, decades before it admitted it was aware of his status.
Published October 31, 2024
Kneecap film channels anti-imperialist energy
Kneecap’s new Irish language movie is proving to be a hit across the
globe, resonating with post-colonial societies and breaking barriers for
minority language films.
Published October 31, 2024
Support for British rule falls below 50%
Support for the North of Ireland remaining in a Union with Britain has
dropped below the key 50% level for the first time in a state-funded
survey of the Six Counties, adding to pressure for an end to partition
and the complete decolonisation of the island of Ireland.
Published October 24, 2024
Funeral of IRA Volunteer Roy Walsh
Republicans have paid tribute to Óglach Roy Walsh, a highly regarded
Volunteer of the Belfast Brigade of the Irish Republican Army.
Published October 24, 2024
Unionist media shamed into deleting IRA claims
The Belfast Telegraph and other unionist media organisations were forced
into an embarrassing u-turn this week after publishing absurd claims
about the supposed continuing actions of the Provisional IRA, which
ended its armed campaign in 2005.
Published October 24, 2024
Judge rules against further delay in Brown cover-up
The family of murdered Gaelic sports official Sean Brown believe the new
British government has shown bad faith after it sought to challenge
an appeal court ruling on new legislation for dealing with the legacy of
the conflict.
Published October 24, 2024
New revelations in book on Loughinisland collusion
A South Down member of a loyalist murder squad, suspected of a sectarian
killing in Belfast more than 30 years ago, is believed to have been
recruited as a Crown informer a year before the same gang carried out the
infamous Loughinisland massacre.
Published October 24, 2024
Portrait of Ó Donnghaile removed from City Hall
Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has said she thinks it is
appropriate that a portrait of disgraced former Sinn Féin Mayor of
Belfast, Niall Ó Donnghaile, be removed from Belfast City Hall, but
tensions have continued in the wake of scandals to beset the party.
Published October 24, 2024
Death of British Army’s massacre general
Mike Jackson, the former head of the British Army and the adjutant of
the Parachute Regiment during the Bloody Sunday massacre, has died aged
80.
Published October 17, 2024
Disaster for Sinn Féin as TDs quit over disputes
Sinn Féin’s problems in the 26 Counties have exploded ahead of an
impending general election, with the departure of two TDs, including the
shock resignation of party veteran, Laois/Offaly TD Brian Stanley.
Published October 17, 2024
Loyalists ‘adding fuel to the fire’
A former loyalist leader has said unionist paramilitary groups are in
the background “waiting on a time they may be called upon” to return to
large-scale conflict.
Published October 17, 2024
Sinn Féin ‘frank and transparent’ over Senator’s departure
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has denied orchestrating an
“elaborate cover-up” after the party failed to divulge the real reason
for former Sinn Féin Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile’s sudden resignation
from the Seanad last year.
Published October 17, 2024
Sectarian hate gets all clear from PSNI
In the wake of a number of incidents of loyalist flute bands and their
supporters openly engaging in hate and intimidation, the PSNI have said
that anti-Catholic chanting and singing is not illegal in the north of
Ireland.
Published October 17, 2024
Huge Shannon protest opposes Ireland’s complicity
There were scuffles at a major national protest at Shannon Airport on
Saturday as a Garda riot squad confronted a demonstration against the
airport’s servicing of NATO warplanes and the illegal transport of
munitions to the Middle East and other war zones.
Published October 17, 2024
Sun sets on the British empire
Britain is to return its last African colony to Mauritius, ending
decades of abuses of the Chagos island and its residents, whom it
forcibly expelled from the islands in the 1960s and 1970s.
Published October 10, 2024
US govt advisor urges Israel to ‘carpet bomb the Irish’
A top US government advisor has urged Israel to ‘carpet bomb’ and ‘napalm’ Irish peace-keeper troops who failed to comply with Israel’s demand to withdraw from positions in south Lebanon.
Published October 10, 2024
Sinn Féin to undergo ‘complete overhaul’
Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she has ordered “a complete overhaul of governance procedures” for the party after it provided references for former party press officer Michael McMonagle, who has
admitted a number of child sex offences.
Published October 10, 2024
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