Former Ulster Unionist MP Ken Maginnis has announced his resignation
from the Ulster Unionist Party amid a row over his attitude to gay men.
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Former Ulster Unionist MP Ken Maginnis has announced his resignation
from the Ulster Unionist Party amid a row over his attitude to gay men.
Published August 31, 2012
Clashes after loyalists, PSNI ignore Parades Commission
Trouble broke out in Belfast city centre this afternoon after a
loyalist band was permitted to march past a Catholic church to the same
spot where it had conducted a provocative sectarian ritual last month.
Published August 25, 2012
The family of interned political dissident Marian Price have hit out at
the North’s prison authorities after warders refused to leave the room
while the veteran republican underwent an invasive medical procedure.
Published August 24, 2012
UDA threat to Belfast journalist
The unionist paramilitary UDA is believed to be behind a death threat
against a Belfast journalist, despite a belated denial issued on behalf
of the group.
Published August 24, 2012
Rasharkin victim of loyalist attack arrested
A member of a County Antrim nationalist residents’ group has said the
PSNI took him “off the streets” ahead of a contentious loyalist -- by
arresting him over an attack on his wife’s car.
Published August 24, 2012
Dublin commemoration for the RIC
An attempt to rehabilitate members of pro-British police militias who
brutally opposed the Irish struggle for freedom during the War of
Independence has provoked outrage in the 26 Counties.
Published August 24, 2012
Loyalist defiance feared over RBP parade
A notorious loyalist band has called on other unionists to join it in
defying a Parades Commission ruling over a contentious sectarian parade
tomorrow [Saturday August 25].
Published August 24, 2012
Demand for genuine inquest into teen’s death
The family of a teenager shot dead by soldiers during Operation Motorman
has called for a new inquest into his death.
Published August 24, 2012
Nationalists told: 'Stay indoors'
A Catholic pub was attacked by loyalists during a ‘feeder’ Apprentice
Boys parade in County Down last week -- but the DUP has said there would
have been no violence if nationalists had stayed indoors.
Published August 17, 2012
Price handcuffed during hospital switch
A lawyer acting for internee Marian Price has accused the Six County
prison authorities of being “inhumane” after she was handcuffed while
travelling in an ambulance between two Belfast hospitals.
Published August 17, 2012
PSNI slammed for child riot propaganda
The PSNI has been strongly criticised for making absurd claims that
children as young as seven were involved in petrol bomb attacks in
Derry.
Published August 17, 2012
Villagers concerned as parade tensions escalate
There have been fears that a loyalist parade through the strongly
nationalist village of Rasharkin in County Antrim this evening could
provoke disorder.
Published August 17, 2012
Campaign for Kelly’s bar inquiry
The police ombudsman Michael Maguire has been asked to investigate a
bombing and shooting incident of the early years of the recent conflict
that bears strong similarities to the McGurk’s bar atrocity.
Published August 17, 2012
Irish athletes cheered by large crowds
Ireland’s Olympians for 2012, including gold medal winner Katie Taylor,
were welcomed home like heroes on Dawson Street in Dublin on Wednesday.
Published August 17, 2012
Serious clashes over internment bonfires
A 13-year-old girl was among those arrested after the PSNI attacked
nationalist anti-internment bonfires this week.
Published August 10, 2012
Sinister agenda seen behind Belfast evacuation order
Securocrats have been strongly criticised for a ham-fisted attempt to
evacuate over a hundred homes in west Belfast last week -- before
declaring that a claimed rocket attack on a PSNI police landrover,
which prompted the evacuations, had been a hoax.
Published August 10, 2012
Nationalist cities forced to host sectarian festivals
Concerns have been expressed over major Protestant marching season
events planned for the overwhelmingly nationalist cities of Derry and
Newry this month.
Published August 10, 2012
UUP inflames nationalists with road signs, comments
“Welcome to Northern Ireland” road signs have been provocatively raised
in border areas of the North by the Ulster Unionist minister for
regional development, Danny Kennedy.
Published August 10, 2012
Murder of West Belfast boy to be investigated
The brother of a Ballymurphy boy who was shot in the back by a British
Army sniper 35 years ago has appealed for witnesses to come forward as
the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) looks into his death.
Published August 10, 2012
British soldier’s message of hate
The SDLP has said a serving British soldier has desecrated the memory of
those who died on Bloody Sunday by posting an offensive slogan on the
internet.
Published August 10, 2012
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