A former English career criminal has described how he was recruited to
murder five people in the north of Ireland on behalf of MI5 in the
earliest days of the recent conflict – and worked with an agent who
carried out the 1974 Birmingham bombings.
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Shock new allegations against MI5 date back to 1960s
A former English career criminal has described how he was recruited to
murder five people in the north of Ireland on behalf of MI5 in the
earliest days of the recent conflict – and worked with an agent who
carried out the 1974 Birmingham bombings.
Published January 23, 2025
Relief in Castlewellan as convictions upheld
Three members of a loyalist death squad have failed to overturn their
convictions for stabbing a Catholic teenager to death.
Published January 23, 2025
The family of a West Belfast man shot dead by a soldier from the Ulster
Defence Regiment (UDR) have held a vigil in his memory to mark his 40th
anniversary.
Published January 23, 2025
Call for ‘pragmatic’ solution to Brexit block on tourists
Stormont’s Economy Minister Conor Murphy is warning that new British
government red tape will have a “devastating impact” on tourism in
Ireland.
Published January 23, 2025
Ireland has been welcoming a ceasefire agreement to end the slaughter in
Gaza after 15 months of horror during which Israel killed tens of
thousands of Palestinians and launched waves of attacks against several other
countries.
Published January 16, 2025
‘Step change’ for Sinn Féin as Lowry seals deal
As a new coalition government was being formed in Dublin without her
party, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she should not be
underestimated, and promised to enter government after the next general
election.
Published January 16, 2025
MI5 disguised as police at Hannaway funeral
Members of the British Army’s intelligence gathering unit disguised
themselves as police as they harassed and surveilled mourners returning
from the wake of Hooded Man Kevin Hannaway last week, it has emerged.
Published January 16, 2025
Protest for justice for the Brown family
A protest is taking place this (Thursday) morning at Belfast High Court
where the London government is seeking to appeal a coroner’s ruling that
it must order a public inquiry into the collusion killing of Gaelic
sports official Sean Brown.
Published January 16, 2025
Adams is Tory hate figure over legacy claims
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has warned of a need for caution
regarding reports that the Labour government in London is to put forward
an alternative to the notorious Legacy Act passed by the previous Tory
administration.
Published January 16, 2025
Francie Green a victim of ‘cruel and calculated assassination’
Fifty years after the murder of a senior IRA Volunteer in County
Monaghan, Sinn Féin has accused the British government of “hiding behind
a veil of secrecy”.
Published January 16, 2025
Another cheap shot at a grieving widow
The British government continues to deny the 88-year-old widow of Sean
Brown the truth of its collusion killing of her husband by appealing a
judge’s mandatory order that it hold a public inquiry into the murder.
Published January 9, 2025
Sinn Féin mourns death of legendary party figure
Ted Howell, a lifelong republican activist who became one of Sinn Fein’s
most senior and trusted officials, is being deeply mourned by his
comrades, friends and family.
Published January 9, 2025
Truth begins to emerge about SAS actions in the Middle East
A public inquiry into British war crimes has heard that the SAS
continues to believe it has a “golden pass” from the British government
“allowing them to get away with murder”.
Published January 9, 2025
Paddy Hill, an anger that never faded
Paddy Hill, who spent 17 years in prison after being smeared, tortured
and wrongly convicted by a racist British establishment, has been
remembered as “an amazing man”.
Published January 9, 2025
Impatience grows on Irish unity
The Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has insisted that referendums on
Irish unity “must happen in this decade” and called on the Dublin and
London governments to “play a leading role in fostering a mature and
positive conversation about the future”.
Published January 9, 2025
Kevin Hannaway ‘faithful to the last’
A former prisoner of war and one of the tortured ‘Hooded Men’, has died
after a short illness.
Published January 9, 2025
The closure by Israel of its embassy in Dublin has emboldened Irish
support for the International Court of Justice in demanding the arrest
and prosecution of Israeli political leaders for crimes against humanity.
Published December 30, 2024
PSNI’s abuse of children in focus
A PSNI assault on a special needs teenager is the latest sordid
chapter of police violence against children in the north of Ireland and
has renewed calls for the force to be disbanded.
Published December 30, 2024
A new grassroots republican organisation has said it stands for peace
and justice.
Published December 30, 2024
Tributes paid to Gearóid Ó Cairealláin
World-renowned rap group Kneecap led tributes to language activist
Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, father of band member Móglái Bap, who passed away
the night before the band performed at the largest ever Irish language
performance in Belfast.
Published December 30, 2024
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