A hunger protest by republican prisoners ended today after Palestinian
prisoner Dr Issam Hijjawi was transferred to Roe House, the section of
Maghaberry jail where political prisoners are housed.
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Hunger strike ends with transfer of prisoner
A hunger protest by republican prisoners ended today after Palestinian
prisoner Dr Issam Hijjawi was transferred to Roe House, the section of
Maghaberry jail where political prisoners are housed.
Published September 29, 2020
Solidarity camp at Maghaberry gates
Protests in support of hunger striking prisoners are due to take place
in Belfast and outside Maghaberry Prison on Saturday, where a
solidarity camp is to be established.
Published September 25, 2020
New investigation into Ludlow murder
The family of Seamus Ludlow, who was shot dead in County Louth in 1976,
have announced that an independent police investigation is to take place
into his murder.
Published September 25, 2020
Tories treating north of Ireland as a ‘pawn’ - O’Neill
The people of the North are being used as pawns in a political game
by the British government, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill
has warned.
Published September 25, 2020
MI5 to get legal backing for informers’ crimes
Legislation introduced at Westminster is set to shore up the legality of
murders and other crimes committed by state agents and informers in
Britain and the north of Ireland.
Published September 25, 2020
Seán Mac Stíofáin claim ‘propaganda’
An attempt to boost the reputation of the former Fianna Fáil
leader Charles Haughey with an allegation that former IRA leader Seán
Mac Stiofáin was a double agent has been rejected by a former colleague.
Published September 25, 2020
Pressure grows for BBC to sack talk show host
There are fresh protests against the institutional sectarianism of the
BBC in Ireland as infamous radio and TV presenter Stephen Nolan
continues to generate intense anger among nationalists.
Published September 25, 2020
Solidarity hunger strike at Maghaberry
The Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association have said they are
gravely concerned at the “medieval” behaviour of the Maghaberry prison
regime towards Palestinian prisoner Dr Issam Hijjawi.
Published September 19, 2020
US leaders unite to oppose Johnson’s move on border
A transatlantic war of words has broken out over the British
government’s move to break the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and its
protections for peace in the north of Ireland.
Published September 19, 2020
TV broadcast on collusion ‘confronts the narrative’
A historic turning point in the long battle against state censorship in
the 26 Counties was reached this week when ‘Unquiet Graves’, the story
of the loyalist Glenanne Gang and their links to the British Crown
Forces, was finally aired by state broadcaster RTE.
Published September 19, 2020
UDA expel Catholic woman over domestic dispute
A west Belfast Catholic woman has described how the unionist
paramilitary UDA turned up at her door in March to force her out after
her housemate became involved in a dispute with neighbouring residents.
Published September 19, 2020
Barbados leads the way in shedding imperial past
Countries around the world are re-examining their post-colonial identity
after Barbados moved to remove the English queen as the head of state.
The island has said that it is planning to become a republic as it moves
to withdraw from the Commonwealth and “leave its colonial past behind”.
Published September 19, 2020
‘Patriots’ using virus to sow division
There is concern that far-right groups are taking advantage of the
coronavirus crisis to build support for bogus ‘patriot’ organisations
involving fascists, loyalists and English Brexiteers.
Published September 19, 2020
The political clock has been turned sharply back as the world grapples
once again with a British government acting in bad faith on Ireland and
blithely reneging on peace deals.
Published September 11, 2020
A prominent former British MP has hit out at the use of entrapment by
MI5 in Ireland and their attempts to criminalise lawful political
activity.
Published September 11, 2020
PSNI linked to UDA sectarianism
A mother-of-three has had to leave her home in south Belfast after being
assaulted by loyalists when she refused to hand over her child’s
Catholic friends for a punishment shooting.
Published September 11, 2020
Crown refuses to say when it will hand over documents to inquest
A coroner has spoken out over delays by the Crown Forces in providing
information to the inquest of a teenager shot dead by British soldiers
in 1975.
Published September 11, 2020
Family of Gerard McMahon still await inquest
Four years on from his death, the family of a man who died following his
arrest in Belfast city centre have been calling for the truth.
Published September 11, 2020
Parties urged to stand up for Liam Campbell’s human rights
Protests are being organised nationwide in support of Dundalk republican
Liam Campbell, who is facing extradition to Lithuania on arms charges
despite never having been to the country.
Published September 11, 2020
Tories admit to breaking international law on Ireland
The British government has been accused of creating a “rogue state” as
it published a bill to violate the Irish protocol of the Brexit
Withdrawal Agreement, an international treaty.
Published September 9, 2020
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