More than four in ten children in West Belfast are living in poverty, it
has emerged.
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Stark figures reveal deprivation and discrimination
More than four in ten children in West Belfast are living in poverty, it
has emerged.
Published February 22, 2013
Taoiseach to address internment issue
The 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he will raise Marian Price’s
plight in Maghaberry prison when he meets the British Prime Minister
David Cameron early next month.
Published February 22, 2013
Justice for family of Eileen Doherty
A loyalist killer was jailed for life last week after a judge convicted
him of the sectarian murder of a Catholic teenager.
Published February 22, 2013
Concerns at British plan to despoil Irish midlands
British and Irish ministers have signed an agreement that could see the
world’s largest wind turbines built across the Irish midlands.
Published February 22, 2013
Kenny finally apologises for Magdalene laundries
After an initially dismissive response to the McAleese report on the
Magdalene laundries, 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny has fully apologised
to those who were incarcerated in the unofficial women’s prisons.
Published February 19, 2013
Two senior figures have quit the Ulster Unionist Party and are set to
form a rival political organisation after a row with party leader and
former television presenter Mike Nesbitt suddenly erupted into a full
party split.
Published February 15, 2013
Ardoyne man returns to political spotlight
An incident involving senior republican Sean Kelly caused a furore this
week when he was arrested but swiftly released in connection with an
apparent ‘punishment attack’ in north Belfast.
Published February 15, 2013
Relief for families as inquests to proceed
Over 20 inquests into controversial killings by British and pro-British
forces in the north of Ireland can proceed after a suspension on the
probes was lifted this week.
Published February 15, 2013
Unions hold giant protests, but significance questioned
On Saturday February 9, up to 100,000 people took to the streets of the
26 Counties in a display of mass opposition to austerity, with
demonstrations taking place in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Sligo, Galway and
Waterford.
Published February 15, 2013
Anti-Irish racism reported on the increase
Irish community activists in Britain have sought high-level political
discussions following an increase in attacks on Irish events by
far-right organisations and loyalists.
Published February 15, 2013
Frazer suggests republican horsemeat cheats behind attack
Loyalist hardliner Willie Frazer has blamed “criminal elements in the
republican movement” after his car was set on fire last weekend.
Published February 15, 2013
Public demonstrations are to be held around the 26 Counties tomorrow
(Saturday) to demand a fairer deal on the state’s banking crisis, which
will now leave taxpayers paying €60 billion for one bank alone.
Published February 8, 2013
Kenny expected to make full apology to Magdalene women
The survivors of the Magdalene laundries have demanded a meeting with
the Taoiseach after a report showed the state had heavy involvement in
the unofficial detention centres.
Published February 8, 2013
Loyalist violence in Belfast and Antrim
There have been a series of attacks against Catholic church goers in
County Antrim.
Published February 8, 2013
Detentions fuelling prison crisis
Overcrowding in the North’s jails has reached a crisis point with the
prison population at its highest in three decades.
Published February 8, 2013
Judge’s frustration at inquest hearing delays
The British ministry of defence has uncovered up to 100 new documents
linked to the police investigation into the UVF murder of a Catholic
pensioner in 1994.
Published February 8, 2013
Acknowledging grief and trauma
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams clarifies his apology last week
for the death of Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996.
Published February 8, 2013
Emergency legislation on bank debt rushed through Dáil
After a wretched day for the Dublin government, the Fine Gael/Labour
coalition has this morning forced emergency legislation through the Dáil
to liquidate the Irish Bank Resolution Corp, formerly the failed
Anglo Irish Bank.
Published February 7, 2013
State involved in Magdalene laundry workhouses - report
An offical report has found the 26 County state was heavily involved in
the religious-run workhouses known as the Magdalene laundries.
Published February 5, 2013
The funeral of Dolours Price on Monday was a seminal event for Irish
republicans as they paid their last respects to an IRA heroine.
Published February 1, 2013
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