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.
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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
Marian Price being held is ‘internment’ - Msgr Murray
A prominent Catholic priest has agreed that the continuing detention of veteran
republican Marian Price is internment without trial.
Published February 17, 2012
Support for Palestinian hunger striker
Republican groups of all hues have rallied in support of Palestinian
hunger striker Khader Adnan, who is said to be near death while shackled
to a bed in an Israeli hospital.
Published February 17, 2012
Cearta Gael á n-éileamh [Irish speakers demand their rights]
Ba bheag an t-iontas a bhí ar phobal Gaeilge nuair a
rinneadh tagairt d’Acht na Gaeilge i gcuimhní cinn Peter Hain.
[There was little surprise in the Irish language community when the Irish Language Act was referenced in Peter Hain’s memoirs.]
Published February 17, 2012
‘Inform or we’ll have you executed’
A well-known County Derry pub-owner has had a gun held to his head by a
member ofthe British Crown forces who threatened to have him killed if
he did not become an informer.
Published February 10, 2012
SF’s appeal for Paisley infuriates nationalists
A call by Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness for people to “give prayerful
support” for an unwell Ian Paisley has led to a backlash against the
party by some of its own supporters.
Published February 10, 2012
Militants claim intelligence success
Breakaway IRA group Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH) has said it has recovered
intelligence on the PSNI and British Army in the North from a mobile
phone dropped by a member of the PSNI during an arrest operation.
Published February 10, 2012
Loyalist murders ‘could have been stopped’
The family of a victim of the Shankill Butchers is taking a case
against the PSNI chief constable, arguing that the murder could have
been prevented.
Published February 10, 2012
Groups work together to oppose fracking
Hundreds of environmental activists took part in the first national
meeting in Ireland against efforts by multinational energy companies to
extract gas by using high-powered jets of water to fracture the earth’s
crust, a process known as ‘fracking’.
Published February 10, 2012
A war of words has erupted between the British government and Argentina
over the icy and remote British colony known in English as the Falkland
Islands, which lie 290 miles off the coast of Argentina.
Published February 10, 2012
Amid outrage over the government’s intensive efforts to avoid a
referendum, the leader of the main opposition groups in the 26 Counties
have issued separate calls for the people to have a say on Europe’s
draconian new finance plan.
Published February 3, 2012
Thousands marched through heavy rain showers in Derry on Sunday to mark
the 40th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre and to appeal for
justice for the victims.
Published February 3, 2012
Deception around the Ormeau Road massacre
The families of five men killed in a unionist paramilitary gun attack
20 years ago have uncovered new evidence which shows that the killers
had been pre-armed by the RUC police -- and there was no genuine
attempt to bring those responsible to justice afterwards.
Published February 3, 2012
Criminalisation policy hasn’t changed - Duffy
State harassment victim Colin Duffy says current conditions on
Maghaberry prisons Roe House wing “could be equated to the harshness of
what took place in the late 70s and early 80s” in the notorious
H-Blocks.
Published February 3, 2012
PSNI ‘picking man’s life apart’
A Derry man has said the PSNI attempted to recruit him as an informer
against dissident republicans or “ruin his life” if he refused.
Published February 3, 2012
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