Family members of the victims of the Omagh bomb have expressed concern
that a public inquiry, which opened this week, will fail to uncover the
truth of state involvement in the August 1998 attack in which 29 people
were killed.
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Fears ‘appalling vista’ of Omagh will remain hidden
Family members of the victims of the Omagh bomb have expressed concern
that a public inquiry, which opened this week, will fail to uncover the
truth of state involvement in the August 1998 attack in which 29 people
were killed.
Published January 30, 2025
Storm damage to coalition’s reputation
The Dublin government’s weak response to a devastating winter storm has
renewed anger over the role of corruption and croneyism in the
maintenance of national infrastructure.
Published January 30, 2025
Loyalist disturbances in Belfast
Nationalists are living in fear after loyalist violence at a flashpoint
area at the weekend, a community group has warned.
Published January 30, 2025
Protest at extraditions to British jurisdiction
A demonstration is to be held next Saturday to stop the extradition of
Cork Republican Sean Walsh and to call for an immediate end to the
extradition of all Irish Republicans.
Published January 30, 2025
Cross-border harassment of republicans
Saoradh has accused police in the 26 Counties of direct political
harassment after armed members of a ‘Special Detective Unit’
(SDU) entered the house of a party member and seized phones and other
electronic devices.
Published January 30, 2025
Armagh man could be extradited to Colombia
Martin McCauley, one of the ‘Colombia 3’ who were arrested in South
America in 2001, believes the British are plotting to send him back
there after a court ordered his extradition to the north of Ireland.
Published January 23, 2025
Protests as Taoiseach-elect made to wait for Seal of Office
A blistering row over speaking time in the Dublin parliament has
frustrated the new government’s attempt to approve its revamped political
agenda, including a controversial plan to dishonour its pre-election promises on the
issue of Palestine.
Published January 23, 2025
Shock new allegations against MI5 date back to 1960s
A former English career criminal has described how he was recruited to
murder five people in the north of Ireland on behalf of MI5 in the
earliest days of the recent conflict – and worked with an agent who
carried out the 1974 Birmingham bombings.
Published January 23, 2025
Relief in Castlewellan as convictions upheld
Three members of a loyalist death squad have failed to overturn their
convictions for stabbing a Catholic teenager to death.
Published January 23, 2025
The family of a West Belfast man shot dead by a soldier from the Ulster
Defence Regiment (UDR) have held a vigil in his memory to mark his 40th
anniversary.
Published January 23, 2025
Call for ‘pragmatic’ solution to Brexit block on tourists
Stormont’s Economy Minister Conor Murphy is warning that new British
government red tape will have a “devastating impact” on tourism in
Ireland.
Published January 23, 2025
Ireland has been welcoming a ceasefire agreement to end the slaughter in
Gaza after 15 months of horror during which Israel killed tens of
thousands of Palestinians and launched waves of attacks against several other
countries.
Published January 16, 2025
‘Step change’ for Sinn Féin as Lowry seals deal
As a new coalition government was being formed in Dublin without her
party, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she should not be
underestimated, and promised to enter government after the next general
election.
Published January 16, 2025
MI5 disguised as police at Hannaway funeral
Members of the British Army’s intelligence gathering unit disguised
themselves as police as they harassed and surveilled mourners returning
from the wake of Hooded Man Kevin Hannaway last week, it has emerged.
Published January 16, 2025
Protest for justice for the Brown family
A protest is taking place this (Thursday) morning at Belfast High Court
where the London government is seeking to appeal a coroner’s ruling that
it must order a public inquiry into the collusion killing of Gaelic
sports official Sean Brown.
Published January 16, 2025
Adams is Tory hate figure over legacy claims
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has warned of a need for caution
regarding reports that the Labour government in London is to put forward
an alternative to the notorious Legacy Act passed by the previous Tory
administration.
Published January 16, 2025
Francie Green a victim of ‘cruel and calculated assassination’
Fifty years after the murder of a senior IRA Volunteer in County
Monaghan, Sinn Féin has accused the British government of “hiding behind
a veil of secrecy”.
Published January 16, 2025
Another cheap shot at a grieving widow
The British government continues to deny the 88-year-old widow of Sean
Brown the truth of its collusion killing of her husband by appealing a
judge’s mandatory order that it hold a public inquiry into the murder.
Published January 9, 2025
Sinn Féin mourns death of legendary party figure
Ted Howell, a lifelong republican activist who became one of Sinn Fein’s
most senior and trusted officials, is being deeply mourned by his
comrades, friends and family.
Published January 9, 2025
Truth begins to emerge about SAS actions in the Middle East
A public inquiry into British war crimes has heard that the SAS
continues to believe it has a “golden pass” from the British government
“allowing them to get away with murder”.
Published January 9, 2025
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