The announcement that stop and search powers under Section 44 of the
British government’s ‘Terrorism Act’ are to be suspended will not mean
any decrease in the use of draconian legislation by the PSNI, it has
been claimed.
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Repressive powers ‘still available’
The announcement that stop and search powers under Section 44 of the
British government’s ‘Terrorism Act’ are to be suspended will not mean
any decrease in the use of draconian legislation by the PSNI, it has
been claimed.
Published July 16, 2010
Legal effort to demand by-election
Sinn Fein Senator Pearse Doherty has brought a High Court challenge to
the refusal by the Dublin government to hold an overdue byelection in
the Donegal South West constituency.
Published July 16, 2010
The number of people emigrating from Ireland this year and next is
predicted to reach 120,000, according to the latest statistics.
Published July 16, 2010
Derry has been chosen as the “UK Capital of Culture” for 2013, ahead of
steel capital Sheffield and mustard centre Norwich.
Published July 16, 2010
Orange parade forced through Ardoyne
The controversial Orange Parade has been forced through Ardoyne in
north Belfast after a non-violent sit-down protest was brutally forced
off the road.
Published July 12, 2010
A peaceful protest against a provocative anti-Catholic parade in north
Belfast is being subjected to a violent PSNI assault this evening.
Published July 12, 2010
Heavy rioting took place in north and west Belfast overnight arising from
loyalist bonfires ahead of today’s climax of the marching season.
Published July 12, 2010
There are concerns that potential violence could erupt if an Orange
Order parade is forced through the republican Ardoyne area of north
Belfast.
Published July 12, 2010
Huge bomb marks ‘dissident’ development
A bomb which blew a large crater in a south Armagh road on Saturday was
intended for a passing PSNI police patrol.
Published July 12, 2010
SAS soldiers who shot dead a man in Derry In 1984 will be ordered to
give evidence at a fresh Inquest, it has been announced.
Published July 12, 2010
Ombudsman urged to quit over botched report
Al Hutchinson’s job as the Six-County Police Ombudsman is in doubt after
being forced to cancel publication of an official report by his office
into the 1971 McGurk’s bar massacre.
Published July 12, 2010
Queen’s visit ‘good for peace’ - Britain
The planned visit to the 26 Counties by Elizabeth Windsor, the ‘Queen of
England’, will not harm the peace process but could benefit it,
Britain’s newly-appointed Minister of State at the Northern Ireland
Office, Hugo Swire, has claimed.
Published July 12, 2010
Ombudsman suspends report publication
A report into one of the worst attacks of the conflict was put on hold
today after bereaved relatives condemned its findings.
Published July 9, 2010
Families of those killed in the loyalist bombing of McGurk’s Bar in
north Belfast have branded an independent report into the atrocity,
which found no evidence of Crown force collusion, a “whitewash”.
Published July 8, 2010
Euro court slaps down repressive PSNI powers
The British government has been forced to reconsider stop-and-search
powers following a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling.
Published July 8, 2010
The Orange Order has rejected draft legislation to deal with
coat-trailing sectarian parades just days before the ‘Twelfth’ Battle of
the Boyne marches.
Published July 8, 2010
Families sue over murder weapon handed back
The families of five men shot dead by loyalists in a Belfast bookmaker’s
are suing the head of the PSNI police for failing to prevent their
deaths.
Published July 8, 2010
As 26-County Ministers gave themselves three months vacation this
week, thousands marched in protest against new cuts to services for
disabled people and carers.
Published July 8, 2010
Ex-Green councillor joins Sinn Fein
A Cork-based councillor Chris O’Leary, formerly of the Green Party,
joined Sinn Fein today.
Published July 8, 2010
A Catholic teenager is in a serious condition in hospital after being
hit by a plastic bullet fired by the PSNI in west Belfast at the
weekend.
Published July 6, 2010
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