An inquest has opened in Belfast into Crown Force collusion in the
murder of Sam Marshall by unionist paramilitaries as he left an RUC
police base in Lurgan in 1990.
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An inquest has opened in Belfast into Crown Force collusion in the
murder of Sam Marshall by unionist paramilitaries as he left an RUC
police base in Lurgan in 1990.
Published March 23, 2023
Anti-Catholic slogans target Scottish children
Anti-Catholic slogans painted on the ground just yards from two Scottish
schools have been widely condemned. The graffiti targeted those from
Irish backgrounds on St Patrick’s Day.
Published March 23, 2023
Social media bigot is DUP election candidate
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been criticised for backing a party
election candidate whose actions he admitted were “indefensible”.
Published March 23, 2023
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Lá le Pádraig sona daoibh!
A happy St Patrick to our subscribers, readers and all those who are
with us on our journey. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig romhaibh uilig!
Published March 17, 2023
Documents reveal plastic bullets cover-up
The British Crown Forces hid their role in the deaths of children
killed by rubber and plastic bullets during the conflict, it has
emerged.
Published March 16, 2023
Derry youths attack British forces as harassment rises
There have been disturbances in Derry after British soldiers joined the
PSNI in searches near Magowan Park in the Creggan area of the city.
Published March 16, 2023
President Biden to visit Ireland
US President Joe Biden has confirmed he is set for a
multiple-destination trip to Ireland next month to coincide with the
25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
Published March 16, 2023
MI5 recruitment bid at French airport
Republican party Saoradh has revealed that MI5 texted the partner of a
member of the party’s executive to insist they were not trying to
recruit him after he was detained at a French airport.
Published March 16, 2023
‘Hard border’ legislation condemned
Lawyers for a former republican prisoner have warned that regulations
which established a mile-wide control regime along the British border
through Ireland breach free movement rights for all members of the
public.
Published March 16, 2023
End of eviction ban a matter of life and death
Opposition has grown to a move by the Dublin government to allow renters
to once again be evicted onto the streets amid the continuing housing
crisis.
Published March 16, 2023
Warning over British ‘Dirty Tricks’
PSNI claims that the New IRA collaborated with loyalists in a gun attack
against one of its senior figures has been widely ridiculed and rejected
by the armed group itself.
Published March 9, 2023
London considers unilateral changes to Good Friday Agreement
The British government has been warned against making unilateral changes
to the Good Friday Agreement in order to appease the escalating demands
of the DUP.
Published March 9, 2023
The funeral has taken place of senior Sinn Féin official Rita O’Hare,
who was described by party leader Mary Lou McDonald as an “unstoppable
force for Irish freedom”.
Published March 9, 2023
Anger as loyalist paramilitarism is normalised
A doorbell recording of a casual extortion demand by a unionist
paramilitary gang has highlighted the openness with which these gangs
are now engaging in serious crime across the north of Ireland.
Published March 9, 2023
British forces in ‘gross breach’ of Coroner’s ruling
A preliminary hearing for the Clonoe inquest has heard that it is still
struggling to gather paperwork from the British Ministry of Defence
(MoD) and PSNI police, despite numerous hearings down the decades.
Published March 9, 2023
SF address to Ballyseedy commemoration
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD addressed the party’s centenary
commemoration in honour of the eight Republicans massacred by Free State
forces at Ballyseedy.
Published March 9, 2023
DUP isolated as Tories hail Brexit deal
The DUP is under intense pressure to end their boycott of the
power-sharing institutions in the North of Ireland after British Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak admitted he was a “over the moon” at a deal agreed
with the EU to end seven years of tensions over the implementation of
Brexit.
Published March 2, 2023
PSNI reprisal raids after New IRA gun attack
A bitter conflict between the New IRA and British state forces has
deepened after the armed group claimed responsibility for a targeted gun
attack against a prominent and senior PSNI figure, John Caldwell.
Published March 2, 2023
Plastic bullet injury goes unpunished
A British soldier who fired a plastic bullet which partially blinded a
Catholic schoolboy in 1997 used “reasonable force”, a High Court judge
has ruled.
Published March 2, 2023
Attitude to loyalist gangs condemned
The vastly different approach of the British Crown Forces to loyalist
paramilitaries vis-a-vis republican armed groups has been condemned by
the Alliance Party.
Published March 2, 2023
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