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History made as Michelle O’Neill installed as Six County First Minister

Published February 3, 2024
The DUP has secured significant concessions on Brexit and “safeguards”
for the Union in return for agreeing to a return of the Stormont Assembly
and Executive.
Published February 1, 2024
A ‘historic turning of the wheel’
Sinn Féin has denied suggestions that it sought to provoke unionists
with a claim by Mary Lou McDonald that a united Ireland is “within
touching distance”.
Published February 1, 2024
Thousands of people took part in the annual Bloody Sunday March for
Justice, which this year was dedicated to the people of Palestine.
Published February 1, 2024
Nationalism split by St Patrick’s invites
A decision by the SDLP’s Colum Eastwood not to take part in the annual
St Patrick’s Day event at the White House, when a bowl of shamrock is
due to be presented to US President Joe Biden as part of the annual
event, has piled pressure on other Irish political leaders to stay away.
Published February 1, 2024
Home of senior RSF figure raided
The home of the 80-year-old honorary Vice President of Republican Sinn
Féin was raided by the PSNI police on the evening of January 25th in
Dungiven County Derry.
Published February 1, 2024
Britain planned to ‘toast’ Sinn Féin in peace talks
Communications from 1996 marked “confidential” argued that Sinn Féin
would have to bring the Provisional movement with them by remaining
“faithful to the Republican myth” and claimed the party appealed to “Her
Majesty’s Government” for “help” in moving towards a peace agreement.
Published February 1, 2024
DUP agrees deal to revive Stormont

Published January 30, 2024
Donaldson battles ‘those who point the finger’
A bid to revive power-sharing in the North of Ireland hangs in the
balance following attempts by loyalists and their supporters in the
media to sabotage a potential deal between the British government and
the DUP.
Published January 25, 2024
Sinn Féin to ‘pursue peace’ in Washington trip
Sinn Féin representatives will travel to Washington DC for the annual St
Patrick’s Day events despite strong pressure to boycott the trip over
the US role in the conflict in the Middle East.
Published January 25, 2024
Success of Irish language film infuriates unionists
An Irish-language film Kneecap, the story of the Belfast rap trio of the
same name, is to be released in North America and other major markets
around the world.
Published January 25, 2024
No justification for abandoning Irish signage
Members of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon council have rejected
residents’ request for a street sign to include the Irish language in
the overwhelmingly nationalist Garvaghy Road area of Portadown.
Published January 25, 2024
International Wall rededicated to Palestine
A new mural in Belfast designed by artists in Palestine is underway
as the International Wall on Divis Street is to be fully reimagined.
Published January 25, 2024
The Bloody Sunday March Committee says Palestine will be at the centre
of a packed programme of events lined up for the 52nd anniversary
commemoration of Bloody Sunday.
Published January 25, 2024
Ahead of a huge one-day general strike over the failure to deliver
backdated pay increases and funding for services, the North’s first
minister designate, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill, has told the Stormont
Assembly she fears the democratic institutions of the Good Friday
Agreement are in “free fall”.
Published January 18, 2024
Ireland demands peace with justice for Gaza
An Irish lawyer has received global praise for making the case against
Israel at the International Court of Justice at the Hague, only to be
undermined by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
Published January 18, 2024
Suspect in Brown murder is serving British soldier
An inquest into the murder of Gaelic sports official Sean Brown which
was due to resume this month has now been put back until March after it
emerged that a suspect in the killing is believed to be a serving member
of the British Army’s Royal Irish Regiment (RIR).
Published January 18, 2024
Ugly scenes as immigration crisis deepens
Terrified asylum seekers, mostly women and children, were forced to run
a gauntlet through an anti-immigrant protest in County Tipperary this
week.
Published January 18, 2024
Anger as republican prisoner subjected to scan punishment
A republican prisoner has been forced into a punishment block at
Maghaberry jail after supposedly failing a body scan.
Published January 18, 2024
Inquest welcomed after almost 50 years
A new inquest has been ordered into the murder of a County Fermanagh man
Jim Murphy after the original RUC police investigation into the 1974
killing was discredited.
Published January 18, 2024
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