The South Antrim UDA have been blamed locally for a pipe bomb which
caused a major alert in a nationalist area of the county this week.
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Pipe bomb attack in County Antrim
The South Antrim UDA have been blamed locally for a pipe bomb which
caused a major alert in a nationalist area of the county this week.
Published January 20, 2022
Crimes of Garda ‘Heavy Gang’ exposed
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Justice Martin Kenny has called for an apology
by the state and a full independent inquiry into the policing and
judicial system in the 26 Counties following an exposé of the Garda
‘Heavy Gang’ in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Published January 20, 2022
Permission granted for ‘destruction’ at Rising site
There has been an angry reaction to the issuance of planning permission
by Dublin City Council for the redevelopment of an area of the city that
was a key rebel stronghold during the 1916 Rising against British rule.
Published January 20, 2022
Tory upheaval complicates Brexit talks
Deepening chaos at the top of the Conservative government in London has
increased uncertainty ahead of key talks on the north of Ireland.
Published January 13, 2022
‘Bullyboy’ tactics of Gardaí at commemoration
Gardaí police set upon republicans in County Monaghan this week as a
commemoration was taking place in honour of Fergal O’Hanlon.
Published January 13, 2022
Dangerous ‘dog whistles’ as election looms
The DUP’s endorsement of a loyalist rant against nationalist activists
who “dominate professional vocations” has set the scene for a polarising
and bitter Stormont Assembly election campaign.
Published January 13, 2022
Torture victim sues over treatment
The last man to receive the death penalty in the Six Counties has begun
an action against the British government for using torture to extract a
false confession from him.
Published January 13, 2022
Stakeknife handler linked to Kenyan slaughter
A British soldier who handled ‘Stakeknife’, an infamous IRA informer,
also gave spy tips to east African wildlife rangers whose shoot-to-kill
anti-poaching policy killed dozens of innocent Kenyans, it has emerged.
Published January 13, 2022
Pogues man is staunch republican – biographer
Interviewed for his upcoming authorised biography, Pogues singer Shane
MacGowan said that the conflict in the north of Ireland “has preoccupied
(his) mind since childhood”.
Published January 13, 2022
There were celebrations for Irish speakers on New Year’s Day as the
Irish language became an official language of the European Union, but it
has piled on pressure for the implementation of rights for speakers in
the north of Ireland.
Published January 6, 2022
‘I thought sectarian attacks were a thing of the past’
A 16-year-old boy was attacked on Wednesday by a number of youths in the
Lower Oldpark area of Belfast in an anti-Catholic hate crime.
Published January 6, 2022
Condemnation of Tory/DUP axis of destruction
Brexiteers are endangering the North of Ireland because of their hard
ideological beliefs, according to the man who was Britain’s chief
negotiator during the Irish peace process.
Published January 6, 2022
Activists taking action on housing
Economic data has revealed that some 300,000 people in the 26 Counties
are facing impoverishment as a direct result of the housing crisis
there.
Published January 6, 2022
Family of Bloody Sunday survivor remember ‘great mother’
Nearly 50 years after their mother was shot on Bloody Sunday, the family
of Peggy Deery have said it feels like it happened “yesterday”.
Published January 6, 2022
A round-up of the statements issued by republican organisations to mark
the New Year.
Published January 6, 2022
British military intelligence escalated its efforts to target Irish
political activists in border areas over the Christmas period.
Published December 30, 2021
Exit of ‘Frosty the ‘No’ man’ yet to boost Brexit talks
The resignation of London’s double-dealing Brexit Minister ‘Lord’ David
Frost has raised hopes of a new direction for Britain and an end to its
refusal to honour its critical agreements with the EU on the north of
Ireland.
Published December 30, 2021
Experimental prison chemicals ‘used to cause slow deaths’
In an interview given before his death, a former IRA PoW said he
believed the chemicals to which he was exposed by the authorities in
Long Kesh prison caused the disease that claimed his life.
Published December 30, 2021
Significant progress for family of Sean Brown
The widow of a murdered Gaelic sports official has received a trial date
in her legal action against the British Crown Forces over the protection
given to the loyalist killers.
Published December 30, 2021
McDonald ready to make compromises for Irish Unity
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said the creation of a Citizen’s
Assembly on reunification will be a top priority if her party is in a
position to form the next government in Dublin.
Published December 30, 2021
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