A report by Prisoner Ombudsman Pauline McCabe could finally pave the way
for a resolution of the dispute at Maghaberry jail.
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Hopes for progress on prison dispute
A report by Prisoner Ombudsman Pauline McCabe could finally pave the way
for a resolution of the dispute at Maghaberry jail.
Published May 24, 2013
Census figures highlight plight of northern Catholics
Catholics in the north of Ireland are in poorer health, are more likely
to be unemployed and live in more crowded households compared to
Protestants, latest census figures show.
Published May 24, 2013
BBC labels Sinn Fein Minister as IRA representative
The BBC has been forced to apologise for a sinister incident that saw a
Sinn Fein spokesperson labelled as a representative of “Sinn Fein IRA”
while Ian Paisley Jr, son of infamous unionist hardliner Ian Paisley,
labelled as ‘DUP Goodies’.
Published May 24, 2013
G8 security operation ‘designed to intimidate’
Work is underway to erect a massive security fence to keep political
activists far away from a summit of the world’s most powerful leaders in
County Fermanagh.
Published May 24, 2013
‘High level’ collusion admitted
Senior British government officials permitted a campaign of state-backed
killings by unionist paramilitaries and the RUC (now PSNI) police to be
conducted at the height of the conflict, a senior security adviser for
the British government has finally admitted.
Published May 17, 2013
Catholic teen and friends attacked in south Belfast
A loyalist mob carried out a savage sectarian attack on a Catholic
teenager, her Protestant friend and her friend’s sister in a south
Belfast ‘Rangers supporters club’, it has emerged.
Published May 17, 2013
Garda scandal rumbles on as Minister ‘names and shames’ TD
A row over the cancellation of thousands of motoring offences continues
unabated in the 26 Counties, despite the report of an internal Garda
police investigation which cleared the force of corruption.
Published May 17, 2013
PSNI ‘attacking families’, shots fired
The PSNI have been accused of using excessive violence against whole
families, including young children, amid increased concerns over
heavy-handed policing in republican areas.
Published May 17, 2013
McKevitt appeal decision ‘another injustice’
The Republican Network for Unity has condemned the decision of a court
in Dublin not to allow an appeal by Michael McKevitt to proceed,
describing the case as a miscarriage of justice.
Published May 17, 2013
Bus strike ends as unions win concessions
The threat of serious industrial unrest in the 26 Counties has receded
following progress in public service pay talks and a separate deal to
end a two-day stoppage early last weekend at the state-funded bus
company, Bus Eireann.
Published May 17, 2013
Bus Éireann crippled by industrial action
Workers at the state-owned bus company have called a nationwide
industrial action which has severely reduced public transport services
across the 26 Counties.
Published May 12, 2013
A decision to allow the anti-Catholic Orange Order to gather in a
public park surrounded by Catholic homes in Portadown has been
described as ‘an act of unionist political madness’ by the Garvaghy
Road Residents Coalition (GRRC).
Published May 10, 2013
IRA leaders divided on armed struggle, say Thatcher memos
The British government was aware before the 1981 hunger strike that some
senior Provisional IRA figures were privately opposed to the use of
physical force, according to secret documents found in the papers of
Margaret Thatcher.
Published May 10, 2013
Fears for prisoner ‘under terrible pressure to inform’
The mother of a remand prisoner has said she fears for his mental
health after attempts were made to recruit him as an informer while
under 24-hour lock-up behind bars.
Published May 10, 2013
Prosecutors condemned after retrial acquittal
Brian Shivers has been fully vindicated after the terminally ill
Magherafelt man walked out of Belfast Crown Court last Friday, his
lawyer said this week.
Published May 10, 2013
Interned republican Martin Corey has been refused permission to appeal
to Britain’s Supreme Court the refusal to provide his lawyers with the
‘closed intelligence’ used as an excuse to keep him behind bars for the
past three years.
Published May 10, 2013
The harassment of republicans through ‘Section 21’ stop and search
operations has been found to be illegal by the Court of Appeal in
Belfast.
Published May 10, 2013
Craigavon Two appeal ‘sabotaged’
An appeal by two men convicted of a Continuity IRA attack in 2009 was
dramatically derailed this week after the PSNI arrested and
interrogated a key witness in an apparent attempt to pressure him into
withdrawing his evidence.
Published May 3, 2013
Fresh loyalist provocation as parades crisis mounts
The Stormont administration in Belfast has been accused of engaging in a
‘charade’ after a sectarian Orange parade once again ignored a ruling of
the Parades Commission against playing music outside a Catholic church
in Belfast.
Published May 3, 2013
Flags not our problem - Baggott
PSNI police chief Matt Baggott has washed his hands of the controversy
over UVF paramilitary flags and other loyalist symbols across Belfast,
insisting that the North’s politicians introduce new laws on the issue.
Published May 3, 2013
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