Members of the two main nationalist parties in the North are to join the
partner of critically ill prisoner Brendan Lillis in a meeting with the
Six-County Justice Minister later today [Wednesday] to plead for his
release from Maghaberry jail on compassionate grounds.
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McGuinness backs Lillis release
Members of the two main nationalist parties in the North are to join the
partner of critically ill prisoner Brendan Lillis in a meeting with the
Six-County Justice Minister later today [Wednesday] to plead for his
release from Maghaberry jail on compassionate grounds.
Published August 3, 2011
Shell ‘goons’ battle protestors as pipe construction begins
A day of action by environmental protestors was greeted with violence as
full construction work on a gas pipeline by Shell and contractors in
north County Mayo began at the weekend.
Published August 3, 2011
Housing project spiked by new DUP minister
A project to build 200 houses at a former north Belfast British Army
barracks has been blocked by unionists for naked territorial and
sectarian reasons.
Published August 3, 2011
Child abuse scandal hits Presidential campaign
Senator David Norris yesterday withdrew his candidacy from the
26-County presidential election in the autumn after a scandal erupted
over his intervention on behalf of an Israeli man, a former lover, who
was convicted of the statutory rape of a 15-year-old boy in 1992.
Published August 3, 2011
SDLP’s Ritchie facing leadership threat
The deputy leader of the SDLP has said he will stand against current
leader Margaret Ritchie for the post at the party’s annual conference in
November.
Published August 3, 2011
Policing in ‘cloud-cuckoo-land’
A heavy-handed series of arrest operations against families of prominent
republicans backfired significantly on the PSNI this week as public
opinion turned against them.
Published July 29, 2011
No compassion for dying prisoner
The Life Sentence Review Commission has refused release of critically
ill republican prisoner Brendan Lillis on compassionate grounds as a
growing human rights campaign continues to demand his release.
Published July 29, 2011
PSNI ignoring loyalist violence - SF
Sinn Fein has accused the PSNI of an “obvious disparity” between how riots in loyalist and nationalist areas are policed.
Published July 29, 2011
Orangemen attempt Garvaghy march
The Orange Order yesterday [Wednesday] attempted to stage a march along
part of the nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
Published July 29, 2011
New tax inspires public boycott
Householders in the 26-County state face hundreds of euro in new
charges, starting with a flat-rate charge in January and separate water
and property charges by 2014.
Published July 29, 2011
Presidential election date named
The coalition government in Dublin has named Thursday, October 27th, as
the date for the presidential election and two constitutional referenda.
Published July 29, 2011
The Six-County administration is still resisting intense pressure to
release dying prisoner Brendan Lillis, who remains critically ill at
Maghaberry prison despite having the charges which put him there
withdrawn.
Published July 24, 2011
Marian Price charged over 2009 attack
Veteran republican Marian Price has been charged by the PSNI in a move
widely seen as a political response to the growing controversy over
selective internment and the plight of Brendan Lillis.
Published July 24, 2011
A Ballycastle man assaulted on the Twelfth of July has said he was set
upon only because he had walked across the road during a contentious
parade by the anti-Catholic Orange Order.
Published July 24, 2011
No justice for abuse victims as Kenny blasts Vatican
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has mounted a strong verbal attack on the
Catholic church as pressure again grows in Ireland for action to be
taken in the wake of the latest child abuse scandal.
Published July 24, 2011
EU forced to cut Irish interest rate
A lowering of the interest rate being charged by the European Union for
its share of the current 85 billion euro bailout loan will not deflect
the Dublin government from implementing further cuts to services as well
as new stealth taxes, the government has said.
Published July 24, 2011
PSNI invade wedding, arrest couple, question guests
The PSNI in Derry have been accused of mixing sectarianism with racism
as they interrupted a wedding ceremony between a local man and a woman
who had moved to Ireland from China, and arrested the couple.
Published July 24, 2011
Supporters of critically ill Maghaberry prisoner Brendan Lillis are to
stage a hunger protest in a last-ditch attempt to convince the Stormont
and British authorities to release him from prison before he dies.
Published July 19, 2011
Mid-Ulster UVF blamed for Portadown attack
Over 100 loyalists were involved in a serious mob assault at a
‘peaceline’ in Portadown on Friday night, throwing bricks, bottles,
paint-bombs, fireworks and at least one blast bomb.
Published July 19, 2011
Stormont buries its head after riots
The Six-County administration at Stormont has been criticised for
adopting a ‘securocrat’ response to the marching season.
Published July 19, 2011
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