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Professor threatened after research on Irish unity

Belfast academic Colin Harvey continues to receive widespread support as he endures an escalating unionist hate campaign.

Published November 3, 2022

Secrecy over PSNI database breach raises collusion fear

Concerns have been raised regarding possible collusion involving a former PSNI member who is facing charges over the use of a police database “to obtain information on a series of individuals”.

Published November 3, 2022

Sailortown attack remembered, 50 years on

The sectarian killing of two young Catholic girls in a loyalist bomb in Belfast on Halloween has been remembered as one of the darkest days of the conflict.

Published November 3, 2022

Noah inquest to take place before a jury

The family of Noah Donohoe have welcomed a Coroner’s decision that the inquest into his disappearance and death should be held before a jury.

Published November 3, 2022

Paramilitary influence pushing DUP towards election

A Six County election appears set to be called on Friday as the DUP, the main unionist party, continues to boycott the power-sharing institutions of the Good Friday Agreement.

Published October 27, 2022

Support for joint rule to end political deadlock

Demands are growing in the North for joint rule from Dublin and London as unionist politicians continue to refuse to operate the power-sharing institutions in Belfast.

Published October 27, 2022

Language legislation passes final stages at Westminster

Irish language activists have hailed another major step towards comprehensive language rights as new legislation passed through its final stages at Westminster.

Published October 27, 2022

Republican released after three years on remand

Fermanagh Republican Peter Granaghan has been set free after enduring three years of internment by remand.

Published October 27, 2022

Football authorities condemned over vile anti-Irish abuse

Derry-born soccer player James McClean has accused English football authorities of turning a blind eye to what he says is “eight years of sickening abuse” over his nationality.

Published October 27, 2022

Bono makes headlines with false IRA claim

Claims by U2 frontman Bono that he was once targeted by the IRA have been rejected.

Published October 27, 2022

New British PM Sunak faces uphill task

Despite signs he knows little about Ireland, the selection of former Chancellor Rishi Sunak as the next British Prime Minister has been greeted as preferable to the return of Boris Johnson, who ended a bid for a shock return to power last night.

Published October 24, 2022

British PM quits as Tory chaos reaches new level

British prime minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation after 44 disastrous days in office, becoming the shortest-serving British prime minister in history.

Published October 20, 2022

Liam Campbell is back home

Dundalk republican Liam Campbell, extradited to Lithuania earlier this year, is back in Ireland after a court there terminated the criminal case against him. It is likely the final chapter in a 12-year saga of politically motivated state harassment directed against the prominent republican.