The Police Ombudsman’s office has been condemned after it emerged it
failed to tell relatives of the McGurk’s Bar bombing that fingerprints
were found on a car used by the loyalist killers.
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Police Ombudsman withheld fingerprint evidence
The Police Ombudsman’s office has been condemned after it emerged it
failed to tell relatives of the McGurk’s Bar bombing that fingerprints
were found on a car used by the loyalist killers.
Published August 17, 2023
Violence erupts after ‘disastrous’ PSNI action
Two nights of disturbances in the Galliagh area of Derry have been
squarely blamed on an oppressive swoop by the PSNI and council
authorities on material which had been collected by local youths for a
traditional nationalist bonfire.
Published August 10, 2023
Inquest ordered into UDR killings
Fresh inquests have been ordered into the murders of five Catholic men
involving the British Army’s Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) in County
Tyrone between the years 1988 and 1991.
Published August 10, 2023
Alternatives to Stormont must be discussed - Varadkar
The 26 County Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has met leaders of the five main
political parties in Belfast in the latest efforts to end 18 months of
collapsed government in the north of Ireland.
Published August 10, 2023
Harris under pressure over crime failures
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, the head of police in the 26 Counties,
is facing a vote of no confidence from Gardaí themselves amid rising
strains within the force and public disquiet over rampant violent crime
in Dublin city centre.
Published August 10, 2023
‘Bad faith’ prosecution of pensioner
A 70-year-old County Tyrone man is facing trial on historic IRA charges,
despite concerns that the prosecution amounts to an abuse of process, as
prosecutions of British soldiers remain suspended or effectively
abandoned ahead of pending legislation for conflict-related amnesty.
Published August 10, 2023
Loyalists blamed for racist and sectarian attacks
Loyalists carried out a shocking attack on a Polish man whose
home in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, was attacked by masked men with
stone slabs and hammers.
Published August 10, 2023
DUP egotists ‘damaging unionism’ - Donaldson
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has accused some of his own party
colleagues of damaging the party with “manufactured” attacks driven by a
desire “to gain media coverage or advance their personal agenda”.
Published August 3, 2023
Shock as anti-eviction activists handed 15-year sentences
Republicans and housing activists have condemned the extraordinary
sentences handed down to three anti-eviction activists in relation to an
eviction in Strokestown, County Roscommon, in 2018.
Published August 3, 2023
Victims of British double-agent speak out
Peter Keeley was a British soldier planted within the Provisional IRA in
South Down. Now, almost 30 people who say his actions or inactions have
caused them harm are suing him and his Crown Force bosses.
Published August 3, 2023
Prosecutors avoid bringing Daniel’s killer to justice
The family of Daniel Hegarty, a 15-year-old boy shot dead by the British
in Derry in 1972, is being ignored by prosecutors, despite a court
ordering them to bring his killer to trial.
Published August 3, 2023
US fund demands end to discrimination
A powerful US-based pension fund has challenged the owners of a Belfast
aerospace manufacturer to provide ‘information on its hiring practices.’
Published August 3, 2023
Anti-slavery campaigner celebrated
A statue of the anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass has been
unveiled in Belfast.
Published August 3, 2023
PSNI harvested journalists’ phones for cover-up plot
The phone records of a respected Belfast-based journalist were secretly
searched by the PSNI police during an investigation into
allegations against the force.
Published July 27, 2023
Loyalists threatens judge after children hit by feud gunfire
A unionist paramilitary gang is threatening to kill a senior district
judge over his refusal to grant bail to gang members caught up in a
long-running feud.
Published July 27, 2023
Shock at unionist tribute to Shankill Butchers
There has been strong local condemnation of a tribute to the notorious
‘Shankill Butchers’ who terrorised Belfast with their infamously brutal
‘romper room’ sectarian killings.
Published July 27, 2023
Charges linked to stop-and-search harassment of families
A member of the PSNI is to be prosecuted over an assault on prominent
republican Brian Carron, it has emerged. The PSNI man will appear in court
later this month in connection with the incident, which came after a
campaign of state harassment against the prominent republican.
Published July 27, 2023
Republicans challenge sinister ‘debanking’ strategy
Saoradh’s national chairperson Stephen Murney and his family are the
latest republicans to have their bank accounts frozen at the apparent
behest of the British state.
Published July 27, 2023
Prison protest forces MI5 climbdown
Four republican prisoners announced a dirty protest at Maghaberry jail
last week in an effort to end their isolation at the prison away from
their comrades.
Published July 27, 2023
Ireland is mourning the loss of Sinéad O’Connor, arguably its most
famous singer, who became known for her fearless political activism as
much as her haunting voice and stirring live performances.
Published July 26, 2023
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