An IRA Volunteer killed after he was accused of being an informer by the
IRA’s internal security unit was later exonerated, the victim’s brother
has revealed.
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Volunteer accused of informing exonerated by IRA
An IRA Volunteer killed after he was accused of being an informer by the
IRA’s internal security unit was later exonerated, the victim’s brother
has revealed.
Published June 15, 2023
Family fears inquest could be halted
The family of a Catholic man killed by loyalists almost 30 years ago
believe they will never find out the truth after the British
government revealed plans to end inquests.
Published June 15, 2023
South Armagh remembers its heroes
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane responded to criticism of his participation
in the annual commemoration for the IRA South Armagh Volunteers with a
powerful and dignified speech in which he defended “the right to
remember, and the right to commemorate”.
Published June 15, 2023
Torture victims receive PSNI apology
The Hooded Men have received an apology from the PSNI over their treatment after they were interned more than 50 years ago.
Published June 13, 2023
Focus on commemoration a distraction
Unionists are piling pressure on Sinn Féin MP John Finucane to
withdraw from a commemoration of IRA Volunteers who died in the conflict
as part of their unending campaign to depict Irish resistance to British rule as
“terrorism”.
Published June 8, 2023
Saoradh condemns use of child informers amid Derry clashes
Saoradh representatives in Derry have been contacted by concerned
parents following revelations that young people between the ages of
13-16 have been working as what has been termed “Juvenile Covert Human
Intelligence Sources”.
Published June 8, 2023
Video captures harsh reality of loyalist gangs
A shocking video of a taxi driver believed by the PSNI police to be an
‘enforcer’ for drug deals by the East Belfast UVF has brought attention
to their failure to tackle loyalist crime.
Published June 8, 2023
Partition’s tombstone is delivered
After years of wrangling, unionists have said a monument to the
partition of Ireland will be placed at the Stormont Assembly buildings
later this summer, despite it being condemned by nationalists as a
testament to a century of bloody division and conflict.
Published June 8, 2023
MI5 isolation strategy ‘defeated’
Three republican internees have been been removed from isolation at
Maghaberry prison after what supporters denounced as “harassment,
intimidation and Kitson-like tactics” of the prison administration and
their British overseers.
Published June 8, 2023
O’Neill wins further US backing for Good Friday Agreement
Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill is in Washington, DC in a bid to persuade
the US government to urge British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to
prioritise the restoration of the North’s powersharing political
institutions.
Published June 8, 2023
DUP ‘dinosaur’ predicts political ice age
After an election in which the nationalist share of the vote overtook
the unionist one for the first time, a senior DUP figure has admitted it
could be an “ice age” before powersharing ever returns to Belfast.
Published June 1, 2023
Saoradh has slammed what is says is the internment of three Tyrone
republicans.
Published June 1, 2023
Failure to investigate murder ‘shocking and disgraceful’
The failures of the RUC/PSNI to properly investigate the sectarian
murder of a north Belfast woman 47 years ago are “shocking and
disgraceful”, the High Court has ruled.
Published June 1, 2023
Compensation Board insults victims
One of the survivors of the infamous 1975 Miami Showband massacre has
said he has been retraumatised after a British government victims board
assessed his suffering at “3.8 out of 10” and offered him “insulting”
compensation.
Published June 1, 2023
UDA stakes out new homes against Catholics and rivals
UDA bosses have shrouded the outskirts of a new social housing complex
with paramilitary flags as a means of marking territory for the loyalist
gang.
Published June 1, 2023
End of civil war marked, but no closure for families
A ceremony to mark 100 years since the end of the Irish Civil War took
place in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin last weekend.
Published June 1, 2023
Call to set unity vote as support for union fades
The political dynamic in the north of Ireland has changed significantly
after nationalism vaulted ahead of unionism in Thursday’s council
elections.
Published May 25, 2023
Sinn Féin seen as political juggernaut
Final results from the North’s latest elections have confirmed Sinn Féin
as again the big winner, with its share of the vote jumping almost 8% to
31%, and winning 144 of the 462 council seats available, up 39 on the
2019 result.
Published May 25, 2023
The 26 County Tánaiste Micheál Martin has begun to erode Ireland’s
long-standing and internationally respected policy of military
neutrality.
Published May 25, 2023
Judicial review sought after inquest refusal
An inquest into the assassination of independent councillor and civil
rights activist Patsy Kelly almost 50 years ago has been refused.
Published May 25, 2023
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