A historic Westminster election has the potential to kill off the hated
Conservative Party while confirming the decline of unionism in the north
of Ireland.
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Election brings long-awaited political pivot
A historic Westminster election has the potential to kill off the hated
Conservative Party while confirming the decline of unionism in the north
of Ireland.
Published July 4, 2024
Republican prisoners protest in response to abuse
Republican prisoners in Maghaberry prison have engaged in days of
protest following abuse inflicted on a republican prisoner, resulting in
tense confrontations with the prison’s riot squad.
Published July 4, 2024
PSNI ‘tapped phone’ of Aontú leader
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibin has said he believes that his phone calls to
a journalist in the north of Ireland may have been secretly recorded by
the PSNI police.
Published July 4, 2024
Peace fund shakedown blamed for attack on home of disabled boy
Unionist paramilitaries have attacked the home of a disabled boy in
their latest move to claim ‘territory’ in County Antrim.
Published July 4, 2024
British legacy body ‘spookfest’ condemned
Republican Sinn Fein have condemned the recruitment of an infamous
former RUC police commander and four other ‘intelligence officers’ to
run the British government’s ironically named ‘Independent Commission
for Reconciliation and Information Recovery’.
Published July 4, 2024
Loyalists turn on themselves at east Belfast parade
After steel fencing was once again used by the Crown Forces to allow the
Orange Order hold a coat-trailing parade past a nationalist community,
violence erupted when some of the heavily intoxicated loyalists turned on
themselves.
Published July 4, 2024
Ugly scenes as loyalists march
The PSNI looked on as loyalists tore down Irish tricolours and
Palestinian flags during a sectarian parade in a predominately
nationalist area north of Belfast on Tuesday evening.
Published June 27, 2024
State funding for loyalist intimidation
The appearance of painted kerbs and flags at a new housing estate in
Antrim has been described as “inflammatory”.
Published June 27, 2024
Unionist election hypocrisy called out
Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has urged against “seizing on the
hurt of the past” in the Westminster General Election campaign.
Published June 27, 2024
Fresh extradition bids as human rights ignored
Three more Irish republicans have been arrested and dragged before
extradition courts in a process which has raised question marks over the
26 County state’s attitude to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Published June 27, 2024
A Catholic man attacked for wearing a Gaelic sports jersey in Portadown
has told how he was “scared for his life”.
Published June 27, 2024
Kneecap gets judicial review into political funding decision
Belfast rap group Kneecap has secured High Court permission to challenge
the British government’s decision to block them from receiving a £15,000
funding award.
Published June 27, 2024
UVF lines up against unity bid
The PSNI effectively headed up a giant ‘show of strength’ by loyalist
paramilitaries in an act of intimidation as a conference on a united
Ireland was being held just a mile away.
Published June 20, 2024
Justice for Hamill family over police collusion
The family of Robert Hamill have called for the publication of a public
inquiry report into his murder after a former RUC policeman was jailed
for colluding with a loyalist suspect.
Published June 20, 2024
Soldier F shielded behind court curtain
A former British soldier accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday has
appeared in court for the first time since he was charged but
controversially can still not be legally named.
Published June 20, 2024
A provocative sectarian parade by the anti-Catholic Orange Order could
once again take place through nationalist areas of north Belfast after
loyalists applied for the parade.
Published June 20, 2024
Green Party leader quits after election setback
The leader of the Irish Green Party, Eamon Ryan, has become the highest
profile casualty of the European and local elections in the 26 Counties
after he announced he is quitting politics.
Published June 20, 2024
Saoradh figure subjected to cross-border harassment
State forces from both parts of Ireland have been accused of combining
to harass a prominent Derry republican who was part of a prisoner
support group involved in talks at Portlaoise jail.
Published June 20, 2024
A score of additional local councillors and the return of a European
parliament seat for Dublin have offered comfort to Sinn Féin after a
bruising election which has forced it to rethink its approach to the
next 26 County general election.
Published June 13, 2024
Abduction among sinister incidents in South Armagh
A number of alarming incidents involving joint PSNI and British Army
operations in South Armagh have been reported in the past few weeks,
including an abduction carried out by a Crown Force gang believed to
include members of the “elite” British Army Special Reconnaissance
Regiment.
Published June 13, 2024
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