A secret memo written by a British Army general during the early years
of the current conflict refers to Britain needing to find a way to
“gradually escape” from its involvement in the north of Ireland.
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British 1972 memo called for poll to ‘escape’ from border
A secret memo written by a British Army general during the early years
of the current conflict refers to Britain needing to find a way to
“gradually escape” from its involvement in the north of Ireland.
Published September 7, 2019
Election looms as Tory MPs abandon Johnson
Amid continuing political turmoil at Westminster, Boris Johnson’s
control of the Brexit agenda has slipped along with his parliamentary
majority tonight.
Published September 3, 2019
Tories dispense with democracy
The far-right Brexit ‘war cabinet’ under unelected Prime
Minister Boris Johnson has edged closer to outright fascism after it
secured a royal order to shut down the Westminster parliament in London
for over a month.
Published August 30, 2019
British police to be sent into Brexit front line
English and Scottish police could be sent into conflict situations in
the north of Ireland after Brexit, it has emerged.
Published August 30, 2019
New revelations of large-scale child abuse
Two Fermanagh women have said they were abused by members of the
anti-Catholic Orange Order when they were children and that the Order
has covered it up. They say their abusers are “powerful men” and that
the Orange Order has “protected them”.
Published August 30, 2019
British soldier in court over McAnespie killing
A former British soldier accused of killing Aidan McAnespie more than 30
years ago has appeared in court.
Published August 30, 2019
PSNI and courts seen defending loyalist paramilitaries
A man who removed a loyalist hate banner which paid tribute to a
sectarian killer has been sent for trial on charges of theft.
Published August 30, 2019
No weighted advantage for unionists in poll - O’Neill
The notion that a weighted majority should be necessary to secure Irish
unity in a border poll would “turn democracy on its head”, according to
Sinn Féin’s deputy leader.
Published August 30, 2019
Border bomb is Brexit statement
A bomb which exploded less than a mile from the border on Monday has
delivered an IRA message about Britain’s plans to reinforce partition as
a result of Brexit. The blast was heard on both sides of the border.
Published August 23, 2019
PSNI attack home of grieving family
A PSNI raid on the grieving home of a former IRA Volunteer a day after
his funeral has sparked considerable anger in west Belfast.
Published August 23, 2019
Irish unification will solve Brexit problems - France
The French President Emmanuel Macron has said Irish reunification and
integration of the entire island in the EU “would solve all the
problems” of Brexit, “but it is not up to France”.
Published August 23, 2019
Action against Drugs threatens criminals
A vigilante group said to have links to former IRA members has threatened
criminals in what it says is an attempt to tackle an epidemic of drugs and anti-social
activity in north Belfast.
Published August 23, 2019
Handshake meant Adams was ‘tied into peace process’ - papers
A famous public handshake by the late 26 County Taoiseach Albert
Reynolds with the Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and the SDLP leader
John Hume in Dublin was designed “to tie Adams into a process from which
he personally would not be able to escape”, according to previously
classified British government files released this week in Belfast.
Published August 23, 2019
Public Services Card deemed illegal
The findings of a report by the 26 County Data Protection Commissioner
into the government’s ‘Public Services Card’ has vindicated the concern
of campaigners that it was geared towards a right-wing agenda of control
and dehumanisation.
Published August 23, 2019
There have been calls for sectarian parades to be banned from Derry
after an inflammatory display by a loyalist flute band led to three
nights of serious disorder this week.
Published August 17, 2019
Killing of young IRA Volunteer ‘unjustified’
Belfast Coroner’s Court has found that the fatal shooting of
19-years-old Seamus Bradley during Operation Motorman on July 31, 1972,
was ‘unjustified’.
Published August 17, 2019
New Lodge clashes ‘a mistake’ - SF
Sinn Féin has said that the handling of a strongly opposed bonfire built
by nationalist youths which led to a riot in the New Lodge area of
Belfast last week was wrong and that ‘lessons needed to be learned’.
Published August 17, 2019
First child fatality of conflict recalled
A brother of the first child killed in the conflict fifty years ago has
revealed how his dying father asked him to keep fighting for the truth.
Published August 17, 2019
Sinn Féin has called on the leaders of political unionism to condemn the
‘hatemongers’ who placed an image of the late Sinn Fein leader Martin
McGuinness on a bonfire.
Published August 17, 2019
‘Safety’ threat in latest MI5 recruitment bid
A Derry republican has taken a video of a highly sinister attempt to
recruit him as an informer by British ‘military intelligence’ agency,
MI5.
Published August 17, 2019
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