One of the most extraordinary displays of contempt by an Irish
government for its own people -- a plan to hold an official state
commemoration for those who oppressed and terrorised Ireland for a
century -- has been “deferred” following a huge public outcry.
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Public rises up against revisionism
One of the most extraordinary displays of contempt by an Irish
government for its own people -- a plan to hold an official state
commemoration for those who oppressed and terrorised Ireland for a
century -- has been “deferred” following a huge public outcry.
Published January 10, 2020
UDA beat man to death after talks with British govt
The unionist paramilitary UDA has been linked to the murder of
Carrickfergus man Glenn Quinn, a former barman who had no paramilitary
connections. His death was due to a severe beating he received after he
fell out with a senior figure from the South East Antrim UDA.
Published January 10, 2020
Justice one step closer for Aidan McAnespie
A former British soldier is to stand trial for the 1988 killing of a
Catholic man at a Crown Force checkpoint. Aidan McAnespie, 23, was
walking through a border checkpoint on his way to a Gaelic football
match when he was struck in the back by gunfire.
Published January 10, 2020
Hospitals crisis could trigger collapse of government
Amid an unprecedented crisis in Irish hospitals and with the Dublin
government staggering towards an inevitable election, a group of
independent TDs have put down a motion of no confidence in the Minister
for Health Simon Harris.
Published January 10, 2020
Republican groups issue New Year statements
The New IRA has issued a New Year statement in which it said it looked
forward to a consolidation of the struggle against the British
occupation and “vowed to meet force with force”.
Published January 10, 2020
Govts publish draft deal for Stormont
A new draft Stormont talks agreement has been presented tonight by the
Dublin and London governments which outlines new measures to reform the
Stormont institutions and calls for support for Irish and Ulster-Scots
culture in the north of Ireland, but falls short of an Irish Language
Act.
Dublin and London governments which outlines new measures to reform the
Stormont institutions and calls for support for Irish and Ulster-Scots
culture in the north of Ireland, but falls short of an Irish Language
Act.
Published January 9, 2020
A century of cover-up for miscarriages of justice
More than 1,000 files on the Guildford Four, Maguire Seven and
Birmingham Six, notorious miscarriage of justice cases involving
innocent Irish civilians living in England, are to remain secret almost
a century longer than they were supposed.
Published January 3, 2020
Dublin had challenged British on threat to lawyers
Revelations around a British government minister’s claim that some
lawyers in the north of Ireland were “unduly sympathetic to the IRA”
have further highlighted the need for a full public inquiry into the
murder of Pat Finucane.
Published January 3, 2020
Politicians to meet Byrne over Christmas ‘show of strength’
PSNI Chief Simon Byrne is to meet a group of Armagh political
representatives amid continuing anger over a picture he published on
Christmas morning of himself posing alongside heavily armed PSNI men
outside their Crown Force base in the village of Crossmaglen.
Published January 3, 2020
Reactionaries seek to derail calls for Irish Unity
With a growing consensus around the need for a border poll to reunite
Ireland in accordance with the Good Friday Agreement, right-wing
politicians in the 26 Counties have been using the Christmas period to
attempt to silence the calls and urge a return of the partitionist
institutions at Stormont instead.
Published January 3, 2020
British bid to ‘control’ internet activism revealed
State papers from the 1990s have shown that the British government’s
Northern Ireland Office sought to suppress and counteract the
increasingly effective use of the media by republicans, including the
world wide web emerging at the time.
Published January 3, 2020
English soccer match halted over anti-Irish abuse
A Championship soccer match in England had to be stopped this week
following an outbreak of anti-Irish racism directed against Irish
international and Stoke City player James McClean.
Published January 3, 2020
Anger as PSNI Chief sends Christmas message of violence
PSNI Chief Simon Byrne has been strongly criticised after releasing a
propaganda photograph of himself in the company of heavily-armed Crown
Force gunmen on Christmas Day.
Published December 26, 2019
The DUP have come under pressure to relinquish their veto over political
change at Stormont following round-table talks over the future of the
Belfast Assembly this week. Both the London and Dublin governments
accused the party of blocking a pre-Christmas deal on restoring the
North’s suspended political institutions.
Published December 21, 2019
MI5 agents get clearance to kill
A tribunal in England has confirmed that British military intelligence
has the legal power to direct unlimited criminal offences by its agents,
including torture, bombings and political assassinations.
Published December 21, 2019
Brexit seen driving Irish reunification
Increasing numbers of mainstream political and media figures have said
they believe a united Ireland could come about within the next decade as
a result of Brexit and other recent political developments.
Published December 21, 2019
Unilateral amnesty included in Tory legislative agenda
The new Conservative government in London has set out its intention to
block future investigations into British soldiers who murdered civilians
in the north of Ireland -- even as a jailed republican was found liable
for a 1982 IRA attack.
Published December 21, 2019
SDLP attempt to fudge royal oath induction
Two new Irish nationalist MPs have made protest statements while
swearing allegiance to the British Crown in the House of Commons, a
process required before they are allowed to speak in debates, vote or
receive their salary at the Westminster parliament.
Published December 21, 2019
Scottish govt seeks referendum, backs ‘legal’ route to independence
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has officially begun the
process of holding an independence referendum, calling on the London
government to transfer the power to do so.
Published December 21, 2019
The north of Ireland has voted for more nationalists than unionists in a
Westminster parliamentary election for the first time after two hardline
unionists were voted out.
Published December 14, 2019
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