Renowned film-maker Ken Loach has hit back at British press criticism
of his award-winning film on the War of Independence.
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Film director challenges colonialist critics
Published June 6, 2006
Claims by an MI6 operative in the Sunday tabloids that Sinn Féin
MP Martin McGuinness was a British spy have been rubbished.
Published May 30, 2006
Call for Great Hunger memorial day
Efforts to designate an annual memorial day to remember victims of the
Great Hunger have been boosted following the approval of a motion on the
issue by Dublin City Council.
Published May 30, 2006
Sinn Féin backs Assembly committee
Sinn Fein said today that it would take part in a committee aimed at
preparing for local power-sharing government in the North of Ireland.
Published May 30, 2006
MI5 gets millions to fight republicans
Over 20% of the financial resources of British military intelligence is
being used to battle irish republicanism, it has emerged.
Published May 30, 2006
Loach hailed for cinema triumph
A new film on the Irish War of Independence is set to boost
international understanding of the struggle against British rule
after it scooped top honours at the Cannes Film Festival.
Published May 30, 2006
The killer of Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane is enjoying his freedom after
serving just 18 months of a 22 year sentence for the brutal murder.
Published May 27, 2006
Adams backs Orange right to parade
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has controversially backed the right of
the Protestant Orange Order to hold sectarian parades - despite
American observers reporting 'grotesque anti-Catholic displays' at last
year's parades by the order.
Published May 27, 2006
Hain defiant as appointments row grows
British Direct Ruler Peter Hain has been accused of wasting
money by appealing a High Court ruling which overturned his
appointment of two Orangemen to the Parades Commission.
Published May 27, 2006
US urged to back immigration reform
A US Senate decision to fast-track new immigration measures has been
welcomed in Ireland on behalf of many undocumented Irish citizens
settled in the USA.
Published May 27, 2006
Moving tribute to member of Birmingham Six
Mourners at the funeral of one of the Birmingham Six, Richard
McIlkenny, were told on Thursday that he has 'finally found freedom'.
Published May 27, 2006
The British government encouraged leading organisers of contentious
sectarian parades to apply for posts on the Parades Commission during a
secret meeting last autumn, it has been revealed.
Published May 23, 2006
Tragic death of miscarriage of justice victim
The British government is being urged to apologise to the Birmingham
Six following the death of one of the six, Richard McIlkenny.
Published May 23, 2006
US Congress backs Finucane cause
The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to call on the
British government to reconsider its position on the inquiry into the
murder of Pat Finucane.
Published May 23, 2006
Thousands defied the rain to attend hunger-strike
commemorations for South Armagh IRA man Raymond McCreesh and the Derry
INLA hunger striker Patsy O’Hara.
Published May 23, 2006
A week-long hunger and thirst strike by Afghan asylum-seekers protest
in St Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin was dramatically ended late on
Saturday night as garda police stormed the church.
Published May 23, 2006
Dark day for Ballymena nationalists
Loyalists attacked mourners on their way to the funeral of murdered
Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen today.
Published May 17, 2006
Hypocrisy as UVF allies with UUP
The main political representative of the unionist paramilitary UVF has
joined the assembly group of the Ulster Unionist Party in a move
described both by nationalists and rival unionists as “breathtaking
hypocrisy”.
Published May 17, 2006
Politician, policeman, paramilitary
It has emerged that a former deputy mayor of Ballymena was a leader of
the unionist paramilitary UDA while he was a serving British Army
officer.
Published May 17, 2006
Portadown Orangeman Don MacKay has been forced to resign from the
Parades Commission after being exposed earlier this year for using
false references when joining the commission.
Published May 17, 2006
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