People are being urged to remain calm in the face of attempts by unionists and loyalists to force a reversal of Brexit’s Irish Protocol, which they say has created a border down the Irish Sea and could lead to increasing economic unity on the island of Ireland.
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Unionists escalate tensions over Brexit Protocol
People are being urged to remain calm in the face of attempts by unionists and loyalists to force a reversal of Brexit’s Irish Protocol, which they say has created a border down the Irish Sea and could lead to increasing economic unity on the island of Ireland.
Published February 2, 2021
Britain signals readiness for debate on Irish Unity
An acknowledgement by the head of Britain’s government in Ireland that there should be a ‘conversation’ about Ireland’s constitutional future has been welcomed.
Published January 30, 2021
UDA/UVF in talks with Britain over Brexit ‘anger’
A group of loyalist paramilitary representatives have held a meeting with British officials to demand an end to the Irish Protocol of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, raising questions over London’s attitude to loyalist paramilitary violence.
Published January 30, 2021
Warning as unhinged loyalist killer released
Loyalist serial killer Michael Stone has been released from prison despite warnings he could resume sectarian attacks against nationalists and republicans.
Published January 30, 2021
Paisley insists armed struggle was ‘genocide’ by ‘Catholic IRA’
The DUP MP Ian Paisley has doubled down on an absurd remark in which he compared the Nazi Holocaust to the actions of the “Catholic IRA”.
Published January 30, 2021
Family of late republican blast funeral critics
The family of Derry IRA veteran Eamon ‘Peggy’ McCourt have denounced politicians who criticised his republican funeral and made insensitive allegations that it had broken Covid-19 restrictions.
Published January 30, 2021
Loughgall families take action over social media hate campaign
The sister of an IRA Volunteer shot dead by the British Army has called for tighter regulation after images of his remains were repeatedly posted online.
Published January 30, 2021
Pressure on govts to facilitate Irish Unity poll
A clamour for a realignment of borders in the aftermath of Brexit has seen the most senior figure in David Cameron’s former Tory Cabinet join increasing numbers of unionists in admitting that Ireland could soon be reunited.
Published January 23, 2021
British Army Covid stunt rejected by republicans
A deployment of British Army paramedics to hospitals in occupied Ireland has angered nationalists, particularly among families of those killed and injured by British soldiers.
Published January 23, 2021
Relief for family of victim of cold-blooded killing
The family of Paddy McElhone, who was aged 24 when he was shot and killed by a British soldier near his Tyrone home, have said the truth of his 1974 murder has finally been heard at an inquest.
Published January 23, 2021
Further claims of responsibility by armed groups
The Continuity IRA have issued a second statement with specific details of a gun attack on a PSNI helicopter last week.
Published January 23, 2021
Legal challenge to airport harassment
A north Belfast community activist has won High Court permission to challenge a decision by the PSNI to detain and interrogate him at an airport.
Published January 23, 2021
Questions mount over cronyism in Ireland’s health system
Top health officials in Ireland provided doses of Covid-19 vaccine to their own family members and friends ahead of frontline workers, care home residents and other vulnerable people, according to reports this week.
Published January 23, 2021
Helicopter attacked as armed groups remain active
A high powered gun attack took place against a Crown Forces helicopter on Thursday near Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh. The attack took place in the border area near where the Continuity IRA launched a booby-trap attack in 2019.
Published January 16, 2021
‘For God and Asda’ – ‘onslaught’ threat over bare shelves
Unionists have claimed they been “screwed over” by a new regulatory border in the Irish Sea, with senior MPs hitting out at the Tory government in London over shortages of some items in foodstores, and calling for some Brexit regulations to be scrapped.
Published January 16, 2021
Prosecutors refuse to reveal MI5 role in case
A lawyer acting for a group of republican activists held after an MI5 entrapment operation has said that British military intelligence “appears to be ignorant of the rule of law”.
Published January 16, 2021
Wake harassed by PSNI over presence of republicans
Eight PSNI vehicles, including six armoured Land Rovers, swarmed a family home in west Belfast on Thursday night, and harassed mourners attending a wake.
Published January 16, 2021
Report on Mother and Baby homes ‘a cop-out’
A Commission of Investigation has established that some 9,000 babies and children died over eight decades in Irish ‘Mother and Baby’ homes, but a limited report and an official State apology have only increased demands for full redress for a history of murderous neglect and misogyny.
Published January 16, 2021
Signage move brings new hope for Irish language in Belfast
A major policy change by Belfast City Council will make Irish language street signs easier to erect.
Published January 16, 2021
Brexit advances Irish economic unity
The Dublin government is being urged to help facilitate the increasing reality of Irish unity following the end of the Brexit transition period and the creation of an Irish Sea border.
Published January 9, 2021
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