There have been calls for an investigation into a ‘peace-building charity’ after it emerged one of its board members is a loyalist spokesperson who has been linked to recent threats of violence.
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Loyalist mouthpiece works for ‘peace charity’
There have been calls for an investigation into a ‘peace-building charity’ after it emerged one of its board members is a loyalist spokesperson who has been linked to recent threats of violence.
Published June 26, 2021
Signs of acceptance in DUP following turmoil
Outgoing DUP leader Edwin Poots has admitted that unionists have been exaggerating their grievances and that Irish language legislation being opposed by his party is balanced and moderate.
Published June 26, 2021
Loyalists looking to create friction
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly has called for a loyalist bonfire in the New Lodge area of Belfast to be removed from a sectarian interface after golf balls were fired from the site aimed at houses and vehicles in nationalist areas.
Published June 26, 2021
Protest as Dáil renews support for kangaroo courts
Sinn Féin and the Green Party have faced widespread condemnation after they failed to oppose the renewal of the ‘Special Criminal Court’, a court dating from 1939 which is used to deprive republicans and others of the right to a fair trial by jury.
Published June 26, 2021
Gardaí ignore 999 calls, offered powers to search phones
New legislation is being put forward to give police in the 26 Counties the power to search through private phones and other electronic devices, even as it emerged the Gardaí been ignoring more than a thousand emergency phone calls for help every month.
Published June 26, 2021
Jeffrey Donaldson to become next DUP leader
Jeffrey Donaldson has been named as the next leader of the DUP. It emerged today that he was the only candidate to replace Edwin Poots, who announced his resignation following an internal party revolt last week.
Published June 22, 2021
Unionism in turmoil as basic rights asserted
A second collapse of the leadership of the largest unionist party, in the face
of Irish language speakers receiving a commitment that their rights will
be protected, marks a further loosening of the grip on northern politics
by the DUP’s extremists.
Published June 19, 2021
Fine Gael to organise in North, work for ‘inclusive’ reunification
There has been a cautious welcome among nationalists and republicans to
a speech by Fine Gael leader and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in which he said
Irish unification should be part of his party’s mission.
Published June 19, 2021
Angry loyalists threaten Dublin
Loyalist paramilitaries have issued a veiled threat to the Dublin
government that its Ministers “are no longer welcome” in the north of
Ireland.
Published June 19, 2021
Ireland plays key role for British military
A secret defence pact with London has allowed British RAF fighter jets
to operate with complete freedom in sovereign Irish airspace, it has
emerged.
Published June 19, 2021
PSNI forced to cancel PR events
A 13-year-old girl was struck with a bicycle by a PSNI man as republican
activists confronted the British police force at a recent publicity
event in south Armagh.
Published June 19, 2021
The bizarre antics of two of its MPs has provided further evidence of
the disarray within the DUP.
Published June 19, 2021
Edwin Poots has said he will stand down as the leader of the DUP following an internal party revolt against him. He was ratified as party leader less than three weeks ago.
Published June 17, 2021
DUP in crisis over deal to support Irish language
Published June 17, 2021
‘Historic night’ after Britain commits to Irish language act
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has expressed delight early this Thursday morning after receiving a commitment from the British government to legislate for Irish language protections.
Published June 17, 2021
Loyalists march as ‘sausage war’ looms
Scores of masked paramilitaries took part in illegal loyalist parades
this week ahead of a key Brexit deadline for EU safety checks on goods
traded from Britain into the north of Ireland.
Published June 12, 2021
Biden backs Ireland to insist Johnson honours Protocol
US President Joe Biden has made a dramatic intervention in the Brexit
dispute as one EU official accused the British government of acting as a
“coloniser” against Ireland and its place in the EU.
Published June 12, 2021
Showdown expected over installation of new DUP First Minister
Irish language activists are piling pressure on Sinn Féin not to proceed
with the confirmation of the DUP nominee for First Minister, Paul Givan,
until an unstoppable process is set in train for legislation to protect
the rights of Irish speakers.
Published June 12, 2021
Lewis announces unionist ‘envoy to USA’
The British appointment of a minor unionist celebrity as “Northern
Ireland’s special envoy to the United States” is the latest evidence
that the London government is determined to flout the Good Friday
Agreement, and to cause maximum offence in doing so.
Published June 12, 2021
Attacker walks free after sectarian hate crime charge dropped
The wife of a Catholic building contractor brutally assaulted in County
Down two years ago said his family are fearful of going into the town
after his attacker escaped jail.
Published June 12, 2021
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