Interviewed for his upcoming authorised biography, Pogues singer Shane
MacGowan said that the conflict in the north of Ireland “has preoccupied
(his) mind since childhood”.
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Pogues man is staunch republican – biographer
Interviewed for his upcoming authorised biography, Pogues singer Shane
MacGowan said that the conflict in the north of Ireland “has preoccupied
(his) mind since childhood”.
Published January 13, 2022
There were celebrations for Irish speakers on New Year’s Day as the
Irish language became an official language of the European Union, but it
has piled on pressure for the implementation of rights for speakers in
the north of Ireland.
Published January 6, 2022
‘I thought sectarian attacks were a thing of the past’
A 16-year-old boy was attacked on Wednesday by a number of youths in the
Lower Oldpark area of Belfast in an anti-Catholic hate crime.
Published January 6, 2022
Condemnation of Tory/DUP axis of destruction
Brexiteers are endangering the North of Ireland because of their hard
ideological beliefs, according to the man who was Britain’s chief
negotiator during the Irish peace process.
Published January 6, 2022
Activists taking action on housing
Economic data has revealed that some 300,000 people in the 26 Counties
are facing impoverishment as a direct result of the housing crisis
there.
Published January 6, 2022
Family of Bloody Sunday survivor remember ‘great mother’
Nearly 50 years after their mother was shot on Bloody Sunday, the family
of Peggy Deery have said it feels like it happened “yesterday”.
Published January 6, 2022
A round-up of the statements issued by republican organisations to mark
the New Year.
Published January 6, 2022
British military intelligence escalated its efforts to target Irish
political activists in border areas over the Christmas period.
Published December 30, 2021
Exit of ‘Frosty the ‘No’ man’ yet to boost Brexit talks
The resignation of London’s double-dealing Brexit Minister ‘Lord’ David
Frost has raised hopes of a new direction for Britain and an end to its
refusal to honour its critical agreements with the EU on the north of
Ireland.
Published December 30, 2021
Experimental prison chemicals ‘used to cause slow deaths’
In an interview given before his death, a former IRA PoW said he
believed the chemicals to which he was exposed by the authorities in
Long Kesh prison caused the disease that claimed his life.
Published December 30, 2021
Significant progress for family of Sean Brown
The widow of a murdered Gaelic sports official has received a trial date
in her legal action against the British Crown Forces over the protection
given to the loyalist killers.
Published December 30, 2021
McDonald ready to make compromises for Irish Unity
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said the creation of a Citizen’s
Assembly on reunification will be a top priority if her party is in a
position to form the next government in Dublin.
Published December 30, 2021
Irish tributes to South African social justice campaigner
There have been accolades in Ireland to the late Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, who famously fought against the apartheid regime in South Africa
and against oppression around the world.
Published December 30, 2021
PSNI lies exposed at the highest level
A historic legal victory has been achieved with a ruling at the Supreme
Court in London against the PSNI police for its refusal to investigate
the torture of a group of civilians known as the ‘Hooded Men’.
Published December 18, 2021
Bittersweet conclusion to Miami Showband case
A survivor of the Miami Showband massacre has spoken out against British
lies as he and other victims of the atrocity agreed to a historic
settlement of £1.5m in damages for Britain’s collusion with loyalist
paramilitaries in the massacre.
Published December 18, 2021
SF tension after Ó Broin outburst
Prominent Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin is being urged to withdraw an attack
on former party leader Gerry Adams and other party colleagues who he has criticised for being unapologetic for causing “hurt or pain or trauma”.
Published December 18, 2021
Release of Palestinian activist welcomed
Dr Issam Hijjawi Bassalat, the Palestinian Scottish doctor imprisoned
since August 2020 on political charges in a British jail in the north of
Ireland, was released on bail on Monday, 13 December after 15 months of
imprisonment.
Published December 18, 2021
Hundreds gathered on Tuesday for a Mass and a candlelit vigil in
Coalisland, County Tyrone to mark the 50th anniversary of the murder of
Martin McShane, a 16-year-old boy shot in the back by the British Army.
Published December 18, 2021
PSNI ‘fatigued’ by disappearance of Noah Donohoe
An internal PSNI review into the death of a young Catholic boy in 2020
has revealed that police chiefs cited “financial constraints” and
“missing person fatigue” in connection with their response to his
disappearance.
Published December 18, 2021
A British government plan for ‘electronic visas’ could be one of the
most significant attempts to enforce its control on the north of Ireland
since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Published December 11, 2021
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