As a Sinn Féin First Minister was historically elected to head the new
power-sharing Stormont Executive tonight, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson
has confirmed he will veto its formation.
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DUP to block formation of Executive after losing election
As a Sinn Féin First Minister was historically elected to head the new
power-sharing Stormont Executive tonight, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson
has confirmed he will veto its formation.
Published May 7, 2022
McDonald calls for Irish unity vote within five years
With counting continuing, Sinn Féin and the Alliance Party remain the
big winners from the Stormont Assembly election, with Sinn Féin’s
Michelle O’Neill now certain to become First Minister-elect.
Published May 7, 2022
Flash: Nationalists outvote unionists in North for first time
First election results across the north of Ireland show that nationalist
candidates have outvoted unionists in the Six Counties for the first
time, triggering a key requirement for a referendum on Irish
reunification.
Published May 6, 2022
Tallies show Sinn Féin on course for historic victory
Sinn Féin could be on its way to becoming the largest party in the
Stormont Assembly. If tallies from count centres are borne out in final
results from Thursday’s election, Michelle O’Neill is set to become
First Minister-elect and the first nationalist to lead a Six County
administration under British rule.
Published May 6, 2022
The increasing confidence of Irish nationalism and the declining power
of unionism has become clear in an election campaign marked by signs of
incremental but irreversible change.
Published May 5, 2022
Pursuit of IRSP election agent ‘as blatant as it gets’
There has been strong condemnation of a threat by the Crown Forces to
seize the election agent of IRSP West Belfast candidate Dan Murphy on
the eve of an Assembly election.
Published May 5, 2022
Pre-election ‘smear’ has opposite effect
A cynical move to publicise an attempt by Sinn Féin to contact Saoradh
as part of a peace effort has seen overwhelming public support for the
gesture.
Published May 5, 2022
Passports swapped as unionists see through Brexit
More Irish than British passports have been issued in the north of
Ireland for the first time since partition.
Published May 5, 2022
Hostel occupied in bid to reopen vacant buildings
Left-wing activists have occupied a vacant former youth hostel in Dublin
in order to provided housing to those in need.
Published May 5, 2022
Blinded peace charity founder recalls tragic shooting
Fifty years ago this week a ten-year-old schoolboy, Richard Moore, was
blinded by a British soldier’s rubber bullet in Derry.
Published May 5, 2022
Noah’s face slashed from posters
Posters seeking justice for schoolboy Noah Donohoe have been attacked in
a predominately unionist area of north Belfast.
Published April 28, 2022
‘Sectarian’ police attack defenceless child
A violent arrest of a 13-year-old boy in Coalisland, County Tyrone on
the 19th of April is the latest abuse alleged to have been carried out
by the PSNI against Catholic children.
Published April 28, 2022
PSNI pile pressure on IRSP as election campaigning continues
There has been outrage in Strabane after the PSNI police attacked a
funeral of a prominent member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party
(IRSP) in the Tyrone town and arrested some of the mourners.
Published April 28, 2022
‘Out of touch’ Tories pave way for move against Protocol
The British government has indicated it will announce legislation in a
speech by the English queen to allow it to formally renege on sections
of the Withdrawal Agreement of Brexit, with the Irish Protocol set to be
the main target.
Published April 28, 2022
Urgent need for collusion inquiry as three family members die
A mother and family members of two other collusion victims have separately passed
away this week without seeing justice for their loved ones.
Published April 28, 2022
An attack on the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Magherafelt,
County Derry is the second such incident in the last year.
Published April 28, 2022
Easter events overshadowed by violent PSNI operation
A PSNI arrest operation at a major Easter commemoration in Derry
resulted in scenes of violence and renewed a controversy over the
force’s handling of traditional republican parades in the north of
Ireland.
Published April 21, 2022
Armed groups issue Easter statements
The New IRA has said it will not abandon its armed resistance, while
another republican armed group, Óglaigh na hEireann, has warned it would
respond to loyalist paramilitary attacks.
Published April 21, 2022
Online ‘black op’ against the IRSP
The main Facebook page of the Irish Republican Socialist Party has been
deleted in its entirety, just two weeks before its first Stormont
Assembly election.
Published April 21, 2022
The family of Official IRA commander Joe McCann have marked the 50th
anniversary of his death.
Published April 21, 2022
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