Sinn Féin First Minister Martin McGuinness has challenged unionists to
confront the paramilitary UVF in east Belfast, who he accused of being
closely linked to the anti-Catholic Orange Order.
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UVF must be ‘faced down’ over violence, marches - SF
Sinn Féin First Minister Martin McGuinness has challenged unionists to
confront the paramilitary UVF in east Belfast, who he accused of being
closely linked to the anti-Catholic Orange Order.
Published October 4, 2013
British troops in sectarian display
There has been strong criticism of an official British Army event in
which soldiers were filmed clapping and dancing to loyalist tunes at
Ibrox Park football stadium in Glasgow.
Published October 4, 2013
Controversial inquests delayed again
Relatives of three IRA Volunteers shot dead by the SAS have expressed
frustration after being told it will be another year before a full
inquest is heard.
Published October 4, 2013
One of the leading figures in the republican movement in Ireland over
the past 50 years died late Wednesday night in hospital.
Published October 4, 2013
Michael Campbell’s conviction overturned by Lithuanian court
The Court of Appeal of Lithuania on Wednesday cleared Irish citizen
Michael Campbell, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for trying to
buy weapons for the Real IRA in 2008.
Published October 2, 2013
A sectarian outburst by the DUP leader Peter Robinson has
disgusted nationalists and escalated the sense of crisis in the North’s
political process.
Published September 27, 2013
Loyalists marching into absurdity
Attempts to prevent loyalist flag- and march-related violence took a
bizarre turn this Friday, September 27th, as accused loyalist ringleaders
Willie Frazer, Jamie Bryson and Jim Dowson wore fancy dress costumes to
a Belfast court appearance.
Published September 27, 2013
Paramilitaries blamed for sectarian assaults
A man beaten unconscious in a suspected random sectarian attack has been
told by doctors his facial injuries are permanent.
Published September 27, 2013
Bloody Sunday soldiers ‘off the hook’
Fourteen months after the PSNI announced they were launching a murder
inquiry into the Bloody Sunday shootings, none of the soldiers who
killed 14 civilians in Derry and injured a further 22 have been
interviewed by the police.
Published September 27, 2013
Honohan linked to banking crisis cover-up
Statements by the governor of the 26-County Central Bank, Patrick
Honohan, have placed him at the centre of a blame game over the banking
crisis which collapsed the Irish economy.
Published September 27, 2013
PSNI seeking to recruit GAA fans
The inclusion of a recruitment ad for the Six-County PSNI in the match
programme for last weekend’s GAA All-Ireland Football Final has outraged
Irish nationalists and republicans.
Published September 27, 2013
Garda police resorted to pepper spray and brute force on Wednesday in
one of the most violent days of protest yet seen on the streets of
Dublin against the austerity program of the 26 County state.
Published September 20, 2013
Haass comments on talks, sets December deadline
The five main Stormont Assembly parties took part in round-table talks
with US diplomat Richard Haass for the first time today [Friday,
September 20th] as part of discussions to deal with parades, flags and
justice issues.
Published September 20, 2013
Republicans removed from electoral register
The British government has issued electoral forms to voters in the Six
Counties which have left tens of thousands of nationalists and
republicans without their votes through a new requirement to declare
themselves as residents of ‘Northern Ireland’.
Published September 20, 2013
Irish vote linked to Scottish referendum
Sinn Fein has said next year’s vote on Scottish independence has boosted
the party’s calls for a ‘border poll’.
Published September 20, 2013
New hopes for victims of state killings
A new inquest has been ordered into the killing of a mother-of-six shot
dead in Derry by the British army in 1971.
Published September 20, 2013
Good to see you, Dr Haass. We are a naturally hospitable people but
consider your welcome as double the usual. Anyone who can help us deal
with flags, parades and the past gets the mother and father of all cead
mile failtes.
Published September 20, 2013
Tense exchanges ahead of talks
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has accused the British Direct Ruler
Theresa Villiers of an “unacceptable intervention” ahead of talks about
dealing with the past as well as the issues of parades and flags.
Published September 13, 2013
Kids targeted by loyalist paramilitaries
School-children as young as five had to get police protection as they
arrived at three Catholic schools in north Belfast this week.
Published September 13, 2013
Seanad referendum clash between Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail
The referendum campaign on abolishing the Seanad sprang into life this
week with an attack by Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams on Fianna Fail’s
position, while Taoiseach Enda Kenny blankly refused to enter a
televised debate on the matter.
Published September 13, 2013
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