The family of a man shot by soldiers in Derry in 1978 has urged that a
fresh inquest into his death is completed before a potential cut-off
date next year.
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Inquests delayed as deadline looms
The family of a man shot by soldiers in Derry in 1978 has urged that a
fresh inquest into his death is completed before a potential cut-off
date next year.
Published July 13, 2023
Demonstrations have been organised in Belfast and Derry over an Israeli
assault on Jenin refugee camp in Palestine.
Published July 13, 2023
Landmark judgment finds murdered teen was blameless
The family of a teenage boy killed by the British Army in 1975 has
welcomed an inquest judgment that found he was entirely innocent when he
was the victim of a cold-blooded military execution.
Published July 6, 2023
Move to block internment compensation blasted
Sinn Féin has described as “disgraceful” an attempt by the British
government to bring in legislation to retrospectively excuse the
unlawful and illegal detention of hundreds of people during the 1970s,
including former party leader Gerry Adams.
Published July 6, 2023
DUP ‘throwing dead cats on the table’
The DUP has been accused by a Sinn Fein Assembly member of raising
“deflection issues” amid pressure for the largest unionist party to end
its Brexit-related boycott of the Six County political institutions.
Published July 6, 2023
Decision not to prosecute killer soldier overturned
Daniel Hegarty’s sister, Margaret Brady, says her family will keep
fighting for justice after successfully challenging a decision not to
prosecute the British soldier who killed Daniel in Derry in 1972.
Published July 6, 2023
Move to grant inquests ‘inspires victims and survivors’
A fresh inquest has been granted into the death of nationalist
councillor Patsy Kelly in 1974.
Published July 6, 2023
Eighty Afghan civilians summarily killed by SAS, inquiry told
Eighty Afghans may have been victim of summary executions by three
separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and
2013, lawyers representing the bereaved families have told a public
inquiry.
Published July 6, 2023
Orange Order gears up for march madness
There have been condemnations after a member of the infamous Shankill
Butcher gang was seen taking part in a sectarian march and putting up
UVF paramilitary flags.
Published June 29, 2023
Council could move to end ‘pro-Nazi’ loyalist bonfire
The inherently sectarian, racist and violent campaign that lies at the
heart of ‘Eleventh Night’ bonfires in the north of Ireland has been
exposed by the contents of a bonfire builders’ hut in Belfast.
Published June 29, 2023
There has been an outcry by unionists after republican activist
group Lasair Dhearg said that its members had removed a Crown
Force recruitment poster in Derry.
Published June 29, 2023
Fears of cover-up over RTÉ backhanders
There have been calls for a criminal investigation into Ireland’s
state-run broadcaster amid a scandal over secret kickback payments to
media figures believed to have been worth €50 million euro.
Published June 29, 2023
Proposals for Irish membership of military alliances by the coalition
government in Dublin have been overwhelmingly rejected by the Irish
people.
Published June 29, 2023
A letter by Belfast mother Rosemary McKenna-Thompson to US President Joe
Biden, calling on him to consider the impact of Britain’s ‘Bill of
Shame’ ending investigations into its war crimes in the North of
Ireland.
Published June 29, 2023
Top Tory holds talks with loyalist leaders
A senior Tory MP has been accused of holding secret talks with loyalist
paramilitaries in an effort to buy off the terror gangs.
Published June 22, 2023
Innocent nurse becomes prop for PSNI smear
A civil action is to be taken against the PSNI for a shocking experience
endured by a woman in Derry in what may have been an attempt to generate
a lurid anti-republican headline.
Published June 22, 2023
The anti-nationalist and anti-Catholic bigotry of the unionist political
establishment has ramped up as their marching season moves towards its
climax next month.
Published June 22, 2023
Dublin reluctant to push for unity
Sinn Féin has rejected a claim by 26 County Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that a border
poll should be avoided as it could be defeated.
Published June 22, 2023
Call for human rights action over legacy Bill
The 26 County government has a moral and legal obligation to take an
international case against Britain if the Tory government’s effort to
end investigations into its war crimes becomes law, a protest has heard.
Published June 22, 2023
A prisoners’ welfare group has launched a campaign to highlight the
effective internment of Irish republican prisoners who are spending
years in jails on both sides of the border without going to trial.
Published June 22, 2023
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