A loyalist march has incredibly been given permission to march directly
through the centre of Armagh next Saturday, on a night when thousands of
people will have descended on the city for its annual St Patrick’s Day
celebrations.
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Loyalists to march into St Patrick’s Day celebrations
A loyalist march has incredibly been given permission to march directly
through the centre of Armagh next Saturday, on a night when thousands of
people will have descended on the city for its annual St Patrick’s Day
celebrations.
Published March 9, 2012
Ford claims spirit of prison agreement adhered to
The Six County ‘Minister for Justice’ David Ford has clashed with a
prisoner recently released from Maghaberry over the treatment of
political prisoners and the ongoing ‘dirty protest’ at the jail.
Published March 9, 2012
Marian Price campaign gains momentum
A packed meeting in Belfast on Thursday night heard prominent speakers
denounce the continued internment of veteran republican Marian Price.
Published March 9, 2012
Tom Elliott quits as UUP leader
The Ulster Unionist leader Tom Elliott is quitting as party leader.
Elliot said tonight he would not seek re-election to the position at the annual
general meeting, in just over three weeks time.
Published March 8, 2012
Fine Gael leader and 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny provoked the wrath
of a large swathe of Irish public opinion this morning when he signed
the EU’s Fiscal Compact Treaty, without waiting for a referendum of the
people of the State.
Published March 2, 2012
A new opinion poll has suggested that Sinn Féin is now the most popular
political party on the island of Ireland.
Published March 2, 2012
A former member of the Sinn Féin leadership has been refused a pardon
used to free other republicans at the end of the conflict.
Published March 2, 2012
Centenary events should unite - Stormont
Unionists should attend republican events -- and nationalists turn out to
mark unionist anniversaries -- in a bid to prevent historical centenaries
such as the 1916 Easter Rising fuelling public unrest, Sinn Féin has
said.
Published March 2, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has told Britain’s Direct Ruler, Owen Paterson, that his government cannot rule out
an independent international Truth Commission for the North of Ireland.
Published March 2, 2012
On the eve of his party’s annual Ard Fheis conference, Fianna Fáil
leader Micheal Martin has suddenly sacked his deputy leader and the
grandson of party founder Eamon de Valera, over his stance on the EU
Treaty referendum.
Published March 2, 2012
Govt forced to hold Treaty referendum
The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has just confirmed in the Dáil that the
people of the 26 Counties will be asked in a referendum to ratify the
Brussels Treaty.
Published February 28, 2012
The end of a loyalist ‘supergrass’ trial, which saw twelve alleged
unionist paramilitaries cleared of the murder of UDA leader Tommy
English in 2000, has again raised fresh question marks over the
credibility of the so-called ‘justice system’ in the North of Ireland.
Published February 24, 2012
Vicious treatment for terminally ill prisoner
Republican prisoner Brian Shivers, who was controversially handed a
25-year sentence by a Diplock court earlier this month, was brutally
assaulted by prison staff while attending Belfast City Hospital last
week.
Published February 24, 2012
The sale of 26-County State assets is to begin next year, the Taoiseach
Enda Kenny has confirmed.
Published February 24, 2012
Human rights ignored as govt pursues Chinese cash
Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins has criticised what he calls the
“obsequious welcome of the political, business and media establishments”
of the Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping who has been visiting Ireland.
Published February 24, 2012
Deery family dismiss investigation
The family of a Derry teenager killed by the British army in 1972 have
rejected the findings of a police Historical Enquiries Team (HET)
investigation into his death.
Published February 24, 2012
A statement was released to the Pat Finucane centre in Derry today
[Friday] regarding the tragic death of Gordon Gallagher in 1973.
Published February 24, 2012
More than 500 bullets were fired at four IRA Volunteers who were killed
in an undercover British army ambush 20 years ago this week, it has
emerged.
Published February 17, 2012
Sinn Féin has condemned the government’s Finance Bill for the year 2012,
which has intentionally created a new tax loophole for highly paid
workers from outside the state.
Published February 17, 2012
Shivers appeals Massereene conviction
Brian Shivers has launched an urgent appeal against his wrongful
conviction for the 2009 Real IRA attack at Massereene British Army base.
Published February 17, 2012
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