Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted the 26 County State ‘didn’t have a
leg to stand on’ in relation to disability payments deliberately
withheld from people in care.
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Successive governments cheated most vulnerable citizens
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted the 26 County State ‘didn’t have a
leg to stand on’ in relation to disability payments deliberately
withheld from people in care.
Published February 2, 2023
Loyalist power struggle erupts on the Shankill
UDA gangsters smashed up a pub belonging to the daughter of a veteran
loyalist amid a broadening feud over loyalist crime rackets.
Published February 2, 2023
Bloody Sunday rally hears condemnation of ‘amnesty by attrition’
Nationalists and republicans joined in events to mark the anniversary of
the Bloody Sunday massacre and to renew demands for justice for the
victims.
Published February 2, 2023
‘Bill of Shame’ could protect serial killers
The 90-year-old mother of a Catholic schoolboy brutally beaten and shot
dead by loyalists 50 years ago has told of how she strongly believes
there was British state collusion in his killing.
Published February 2, 2023
British agent was behind ‘romper room’ murder gang
The son of a man killed by loyalists fifty years ago believes he was the
victim of a ‘counter gang’ set up by the British Army to carry out
atrocities.
Published February 2, 2023
Report on arrest of journalists suppressed
An official report on an infamous arrest operation against two
journalists investigating collusion in 2018 has been withheld, with only
a small summary released into the public domain.
Published January 26, 2023
Britain shows little motivation for ending North’s stalemate
The British government could face court action if it “stalls and delays”
in calling a vote on Irish reunification, according to Sinn Féin leader
Mary Lou McDonald.
Published January 26, 2023
‘Hooded Men’ working to bring an end to torture methods
A BBC documentary on the ‘Hooded Men’ has cast a new light on the
treatment of the group of 14 innocent young men who were arrested,
interned and subjected to extreme and experimental cruelty by their
British Army captors.
Published January 26, 2023
Sinn Féin calls for Legacy summit
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to British Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak and 26 County Taoiseach Leo Varadkar asking that they call
an urgent summit on issues dealing the the past conflict.
Published January 26, 2023
Dramatic gun attack on Gardaí recalled
A court action has been launched in a case in which a former 26 County
policeman escaped death in a border gun attack he describes as a murder
bid carried out by the British Army.
Published January 26, 2023
A candlelight vigil will be held on Friday to mark the anniversary of
the death of Fergal McCusker, shot dead as he made his way home from a
night out 25 years ago this week.
Published January 26, 2023
Reports that close-up images of the bodies of eight IRA Volunteers
postered the wall of a British Army training camp, and the tooth of one
of the victims extracted as a ghoulish souvenir, have been described as
“disgusting”.
Published January 19, 2023
Human rights group ‘sabotaged’ justice campaign
New details have emerged about a human rights organisation allegedly set up
by an MI5 agent to penetrate and undermine Irish justice campaigns.
Published January 19, 2023
Donation row hints at deeper cronyism scandal
Ireland’s Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe is under
pressure to resign after it emerged he violated election law over
donations and concealed it for years.
Published January 19, 2023
If passed, legacy bill could be repealed
A pledge by the leader of the British opposition, Labour Party leader
Keir Starmer, to repeal the Tory government’s controversial legacy
legislation has been widely welcomed.
Published January 19, 2023
US focus grows as Protocol talks drag on
A group of influential congressmen have introduced a resolution calling
for the full implementation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and
expressing hope for the “continued success” of the peace process amid
growing doubts over the commitment of hardline unionists to the North’s
powersharing institutions.
Published January 19, 2023
Action to remove loyalist intimidation
Republican Sinn Féin has said its activists have removed loyalist
posters which it said had been used “to stoke up sectarian fear”.
Published January 19, 2023
The British government has created a huge obstacle in efforts to restore
powersharing in the north of Ireland after it dramatically excluded Sinn
Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald from multi-party talks on Wednesday.
Published January 12, 2023
Inhuman treatment of bereaved prisoner
The handling by the authorities of a republican prisoner who tragically
lost his twin baby grandchildren last week ranks among the worst of any
stage of the conflict.
Published January 12, 2023
Focus on amnesty plan ahead of Bloody Sunday anniversary
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has threatened to name all the British
soldiers who murdered civilians on Bloody Sunday if a controversial
legacy bill is passed in Britain.
Published January 12, 2023
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