A new book published this week reveals details of controversial
interviews given by legendary IRA figure Brendan ‘The Dark’ Hughes to
Boston College in 2001 and 2002.
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A new book published this week reveals details of controversial
interviews given by legendary IRA figure Brendan ‘The Dark’ Hughes to
Boston College in 2001 and 2002.
Published March 29, 2010
Unionism stretched by election
The Ulster Unionist Party’s only MP has confirmed she is to stand as an
independent in the upcoming Westminster elections, further complicating
the election picture for the three competing unionist parties.
Published March 29, 2010
The Protestant Orange Order has refused to disassociate itself from a
leading member who is due to stand in the Westminster election as a
candidate for the racist British National Party.
Published March 29, 2010
Govt urged to recover 1916 tricolour
Sinn Fein’s Barry McElduff has called on the Dublin government to
purchase an Irish tricolour that was captured from the GPO, the
headquarters of the Easter Rising in 1916. The attempted auctioning of
this item went ahead but it did not receive the reserve price last week
at an auction in New York.
Published March 29, 2010
Progress in legal battle over SAS killings
The planning and control of controversial British military operations
in Ireland could be examined by coroners after a landmark ruling
allowed relatives of two IRA men shot dead by the British Army’s
‘elite’ SAS unit to take their case to Britain’s highest court.
Published March 29, 2010
eirigi registers as political party in 26 counties
eirigi chairperson Brian Leeson has announced the registration of the
organisation as a political party within the Twenty-Six Counties. The
registration was formally confirmed by Leinster House officials this
week.
Published March 29, 2010
26-County Taoiseach Brian Cowen is facing a potential rebellion among
his own backbenchers after a reshuffle of his cabinet of Ministers was
widely criticised as inadequate in the face of Ireland’s economic
crisis.
Published March 25, 2010
Anger at British tactics on Bloody Sunday
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has told British Prime Minister Gordon
Brown that further delays in publishing the Bloody Sunday report are
unacceptable.
Published March 25, 2010
Court to hear amnesty question
A senior loyalist is to be called to give evidence at the trial of a
former IRA prisoner following claims that the British government agreed
a secret ‘amnesty’ for the IRA and loyalist pamilitaties.
Published March 25, 2010
Church struggles with abuse inquiry calls
The resignation of Bishop John Magee as Bishop of Cloyne has been
described as “too little, too late” by victims of clerical child abuse
in Ireland amid calls for a root-and-branch investigation into the
Catholic church.
Published March 25, 2010
‘No more cover-ups’, Policing Board told
Eight families of collusion victims have met with the Policing Board to
express concern at a decision to transfer investigation of the north
Belfast murders away from the Historic Enquiries Team (HET) to the
PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch.
Published March 25, 2010
British practise war on Derry coast
A Sinn Fein councillor is calling on the British Ministry of Defence
(MoD) to pack up and leave Magilligan base in the northwest of county
Derry to let residents live in peace.
Published March 25, 2010
MI5 blocks Bloody Sunday report
The long-awaited report into the British Army Bloody Sunday massacre
will not be released by the current British government, it has emerge
Published March 22, 2010
British MPs criticise Omagh secrecy
A committee of the Westminster parliament in London has criticised
British prime minister Gordon Brown over his refusal to reveal what
British military intelligence knew about the August 1998 Omagh bombing.
Published March 22, 2010
Gun attack follows wave of alerts
There was a burst of activity by republican armed groups across the North at the
weekend. The most serious incident saw a number of shots fired at the
PSNI on Saturday during a bomb alert near the rail line outside Newry.
Published March 22, 2010
Donnelly ends Maghaberry hunger strike
Jailed Derry republican Gary Donnelly was ended his hunger strike
protest after his demand to be housed with other republican prisoners at
Maghaberry jail was granted.
Published March 22, 2010
Miscarriage of justice overturned
A West Belfast man has told how his life was ruined as he struggled to
overturn a miscarriage of justice imposed by a non-jury Diplock court in
a trial 20 years ago.
Published March 22, 2010
Warning over worsening strike situation
A backlog of more than 40,000 passport applications has arisen as a
result of industrial action by public sector workers in the 26 Counties,
which this week is set to be joined by the Garda police.
Published March 22, 2010
Irish leaders meet US President Obama
The North’s political leaders have invited Barack Obama to the Six
Counties after meeting the US president in the White House to discuss
the political situation in the region.
Published March 17, 2010
The head of the Catholic church in Ireland, Sean Brady, is resisting
intense calls for his resignation following revelations about his
involvement in an 1975 church inquiry into child sex abuser Fr Brendan
Smyth, in which two children were forced to take a vow of secrecy.
Published March 15, 2010
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