The Republican Network for Unity held an event last weekend called “What
is the Truth Behind the Hunger Strike?” to examine issues which have
arisen in recent years regarding the negotiations which took place in
1981.
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Emotional hunger strike debate
The Republican Network for Unity held an event last weekend called “What
is the Truth Behind the Hunger Strike?” to examine issues which have
arisen in recent years regarding the negotiations which took place in
1981.
Published May 29, 2009
Election campaigning intensifies
Sinn Féin launched the final stage of the party’s EU and local election
campaigns on Wednesday with the unveiling of billboards, advertisements
and new posters across Dublin.
Published May 29, 2009
A list of Sinn Fein and other republican candidates
in the forthcoming elections across Ireland on June 4th and 5th.
Published May 27, 2009
PSNI ‘never moved’ during fatal Coleraine attack
The Police Ombudsman is to investigate reports that a PSNI unit stood by
and watched as Catholic father-of-four Kevin McDaid was beaten to death
on Sunday evening.
Published May 26, 2009
Man dies after loyalist mob attack
A 49-year-old Catholic man has been killed in a loyalist rampage in
Coleraine, County Derry.
Published May 25, 2009
A press photographer was badly beaten at a unionist paramilitary funeral
for a notorious mass murderer on Thursday afternoon.
Published May 22, 2009
Inquiry hears of investigation failings, PSNI distrust
Blood samples on the clothing of Catholic murder victim Robert Hamill
were not analysed, the inquiry into into his murder has heard.
Published May 22, 2009
Westminster scandal reaches Ireland
In an ironic outburst, British Conservative leader David Cameron has
used an electioneering visit to the north of Ireland to threaten to cut
expenses from Sinn Féin’s Westminster MP
Published May 22, 2009
First official famine commemoration
The first Irish Famine Memorial Day commemoration took place in
Skibbereen in west Cork last Sunday, May 17th.
Published May 22, 2009
Dublin/Monaghan victims remembered
Relatives of those who lost their lives in the Dublin and Monaghan
bombings marked the 35th anniversary of the atrocity with a
wreath-laying ceremony in Dublin this week.
Published May 22, 2009
Journo stands up to the police state
Belfast journalist Suzanne Breen and her newspaper, the Sunday Tribune,
have received widespread support for their refusal to comply with
demands by the PSNI police to identify journalistic sources within the
‘Real IRA’.
Published May 15, 2009
Report identifies institutional sectarianism
Young Catholics are far more likely to face prosecution than
Protestant youths in the North, a new equality study has revealed.
Published May 15, 2009
Furore after attack on home of Mitchel McLaughlin
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Derry has denied that dissident
republicans were behind a petrol bomb attack on the home of Sinn Féin
leadership figure Mitchel McLaughlin at the weekend.
Published May 15, 2009
Deadlock as prison protest goes on
A dirty protest at Portlaoise prison is entering its sixth week, with
prison warders admitting they see no signs that the ‘Real IRA’ men
involved will soon end their demonstration.
Published May 15, 2009
UDA leader fined £1 after life of crime
A former unionist paramilitary ‘brigadier’ has been fined just one pound
after prosecutors agreed a deal with the defence in a Belfast courtroom
over the proceeds of his crimes.
Published May 15, 2009
Dismay as Ballymena killers receive light sentences
The family of Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen have criticised the
lenient sentences given to seven people convicted in connection with his
savage killing.
Published May 8, 2009
North election campaign underway
Sinn Féin’s European candidate Bairbre de Brun has emerged as the
bookies’ favourite to top the poll at next month’s election but is
facing a hard battle against the DUP’s Diane Dodds.
Published May 8, 2009
Coalition frays as election looms
The Green Party has moved to distance themselves from their Fianna Fail
Coalition partners by refusing to call on their supporters to transfer
their votes in the three sets of elections scheduled in hte 26 Counties
for June 5th.
Published May 8, 2009
Court overturns Fianna convictions
In a landmark ruling, two men convicted in relation to IRA-related
charges 30 years ago when they were teenagers have had their records
cleared.
Published May 8, 2009
Queen moves closer to 26-County visit
A visit by the Queen of England to Derry has been condemned by
Republican Sinn Féin.
Published May 8, 2009
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