There are widening fears that Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil party leader Micheál
Martin is being motivated by foreign interests and not by Irish ones.
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Fianna Fáil crisis grows over Martin’s leadership
There are widening fears that Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil party leader Micheál
Martin is being motivated by foreign interests and not by Irish ones.
Published July 2, 2026
Weak response to threats and abuse
A Sinn Féin councillor says sectarian abuse directed at his family has
exposed a “deafening” silence from other political figures, while a
separate case involving threats against the family of a victim of the
Bloody Sunday massacre has also underlined how intimidation still
haunts daily life in the north of Ireland.
Published July 2, 2026
Questions for Orange Order after Donaldson conviction
The conviction of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson for serious child
sex offences, including rape, has sent shockwaves across Irish and
British politics and opened questions about those who surrounded a man
who is now one of the most notorious figures in northern politics.
Published June 25, 2026
Hopes for ‘reboot’ after Starmer departure
It is not yet clear if Keir Starmer’s resignation as British Prime Minister
and his likely replacement with former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
will finally bring movement on a border poll to end the British
occupation of Ireland.
Published June 25, 2026
Racist intimidation spreads across loyalist areas
Fresh racist intimidation has appeared across several loyalist areas in
the wake of the recent anti-immigrant violence that swept through parts
of the north, with new incidents in Newtownards, Moygashel, Dungannon,
Derry and Rathcoole underlining the organised nature of the campaign
directed against migrant communities.
Published June 25, 2026
Families driven from homes as masked loyalists re-erect flags
Families were forced to leave their homes with their children after a
group of around 20 masked men descended on the Drumnagoon area of
Craigavon and re-erected union and Israeli flags that local residents
had already removed.
Published June 25, 2026
Paramilitary displays and asbestos mark loyalist bonfire season
An image of a man carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher hanging
from a loyalist bonfire in east Belfast has once again put the spotlight
on paramilitary intimidation and public safety concerns
that continue to surround the annual bonfire season.
Published June 25, 2026
Families win long-awaited recognition
The families of two victims of the British state and its forces during
the conflict have secured major legal victories after decades of
campaigning for justice.
Published June 25, 2026
Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of rape and sexual abuse offences
Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party,
was convicted Monday of 18 rape and sex abuse charges involving two
girls from 1985 to 2008.
Published June 22, 2026
Keir Starmer resigns as British Prime Minister
Keir Starmer has resigned as British Prime Minister and leader of the
British Labour Party.
Published June 22, 2026
Thousands of people took to the streets of Belfast and Derry last
weekend in a clear rejection of the loyalist intimidation and violence
that have terrified ethnic minority families across the North.
Published June 18, 2026
Anger at PSNI submission to loyalist gangs
Disturbing questions have arisen over the behaviour of the PSNI during
the violence of the last week amid allegations that there is still
effective collusion with loyalist paramilitary gangs.
Published June 18, 2026
Shock developments in collusion civil case
Almost fifty years after the murder of the Reavey brothers, the British
state is again facing questions over its efforts to cover up its role in
one of its worst crimes of the conflict.
Published June 18, 2026
The sentencing of four Palestine Action activists to a combined total of
more than 25 years in prison has been condemned as another major
escalation in the British state’s use of ‘terrorism’ legislation to
silence political dissent.
Published June 18, 2026
Fine Gael moves on unity amid emerging consensus in Dublin
There has been a cautious welcome for an announcement by Fine Gael
leader and Tánaiste Simon Harris that his party will publish a blueprint
for a ‘unified Ireland’ at its Ard Fheis in November, amid calls for
urgent action on constitutional change.
Published June 18, 2026
Pressure for all-Ireland immigration checks
The fallout from the stabbing of Stephen Ogilvie in north Belfast has
brought attention to long-standing problems in the immigration system in
Ireland, with calls for an island-wide strategy for migration control.
Published June 18, 2026
Racist pogrom forces families from their burning homes
Loyalist terror has once again brought shocking scenes to the north of
Ireland and recalled some of the worst events of the recent conflict.
Published June 11, 2026
Republicans respond to intimidation, reject racism
Republicans from a number of different organisations across Belfast have
been mobilising and organising in response to efforts to bring racist
intimidation into nationalist areas.
Published June 11, 2026
Questions for DUP after Scarva disgrace
Pressure has mounted on the DUP following events near the village of Scarva on Saturday, after DUP MP Carla Lockhart stood with masked men, some of whom engaged in threats, intimidation and physical assaults during a loyalist
mobilisation against a peaceful protest march for Gaza.
Published June 11, 2026
Pat Finucane inquiry opens after decades-long campaign
A long-awaited public inquiry into the murder of Belfast defence lawyer
Pat Finucane has formally opened, marking a major milestone in the
legendary campaign by his family to expose the full extent
of British state involvement in his killing.
Published June 11, 2026
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