Lawyers for prominent republican Gerry McGeough argued for his
entitlement to release under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for more
than four hours this week.
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McGeough case could set precedent
Lawyers for prominent republican Gerry McGeough argued for his
entitlement to release under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for more
than four hours this week.
Published January 13, 2012
A step forward for the Finucane family
The family of murdered Belfast defence lawayer Pat Finucane has been
granted a judicial review of the decision by the British government not
to hold a public inquiry into his death.
Published January 13, 2012
‘No public interest’ to PSNI’s use of rally footage
The PSNI police have failed in a legal bid to force the
handover of unseen TV news footage from a rally by the 32 County
Sovereignty Committee.
Published January 13, 2012
Betrayal and bloody-mindedness
Participants in Boston College’s ‘Troubles Archive’ project have
demanded the return or destruction of all of its taped interviews after
parts of the archive were delivered to the British Crown forces.
Published January 6, 2012
‘Lucky escape’ for British soldier
Breakaway IRA group Óglaigh na hÉireann says it was behind an attack on
a British soldier in north Belfast on Thursday.
Published January 6, 2012
Rebel Cork versus the NAMA republic
Two protests in Cork have demonstrated the city’s fighting spirit in
the face of social injustice.
Published January 6, 2012
Released prisoner recounts Maghaberry nightmare
A republican prisoner on dirty protest in Maghaberry jail has warned the
North’s highest security prison is fast deteriorating into a cesspit of
disease.
Published January 6, 2012
A round-up of the revelations from the historical papers, mostly
pertaining to 1981, which were released over the New Year period.
Published January 6, 2012
Messages issued by three republican political organisations on the
occasion of the New Year 2012.
Published January 6, 2012
The publication of declassified papers from thirty years ago has
brought new controversy over the British view of the 1981 hunger
strike, in which ten men, including Bobby Sands, died.
Published December 30, 2011
Demand abides for Bloody Sunday justice
The annual march commemorating the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre will take
place under the theme ‘March for Justice’, despite calls by some
relatives of the victims that the campaign should come to an end.
Published December 30, 2011
University to give up confidential IRA files
Boston College has agreed to turn over research interviews recorded in
confidence by a former IRA member to the PSNI police.
Published December 30, 2011
Loyalist paramilitaries are being blamed for an arson attack which
badly damaged a GAA clubhouse in Derry on Wednesday.
Published December 30, 2011
No right to protest for nationalists
A residents’ group whose members were convicted this week for protesting
against a sectarian parade said the case highlighted the one-sided
nature of the justice system in the North of Ireland.
Published December 30, 2011
Dublin government confirms water tax
Every drop of clean water in the 26 County state is to be metered and
taxed as part of a new government fundraising drive which emerged over
the Christmas break.
Published December 30, 2011
Pressure is growing for the immediate release form jail of former
republican spokeswoman Marian Price after it was admitted that a royal
pardon central to her case has been shredded by the British government.
Published December 23, 2011
Duffy-Shivers trial ends in further controversy
A lawyer told Belfast Crown Court this week that the trial of Colin
Duffy and Brian Shivers for the March 2009 Real IRA attack on a British
Army base in Antrim has “miscarriage of justice all over it”.
Published December 23, 2011
Armagh man Martin Corey has won High Court permission to mount a
challenge to his re-imprisonment.
Published December 23, 2011
History made as coroner recommends prosecution
A prosecution in the case of a Derry teenager killed in 1972 could pave
the way for cases to be brought against those responsible for Bloody
Sunday and other British military atrocities in the North of Ireland.
Published December 23, 2011
In an unusually frank statement, Sinn Fein strategist Declan Kearney has
said his party’s support for the PSNI is “not unconditional”.
Published December 23, 2011
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