Threatening graffiti warning that “anyone who touches these flags does
so at their own risk” scrawled beside a children’s playground in east
Belfast is the latest example of loyalist intimidation dressed up as
“culture”.
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Loyalist threat over flags at playground
Threatening graffiti warning that “anyone who touches these flags does
so at their own risk” scrawled beside a children’s playground in east
Belfast is the latest example of loyalist intimidation dressed up as
“culture”.
Published March 25, 2026
New political party condemns harassment
Glór na hÓglaigh, a new “revolutionary” republican party, has slammed
recent PSNI stop-and-searches and airport interrogations of its members
as blatant state intimidation designed to silence political dissent.
Published March 25, 2026
Irish language activists making strides for equality
Queen’s University Belfast students have delivered a crushing mandate
for Irish language equality, with 91% of over 5,000 voters backing
bilingual signage and an official Irish language policy – a resounding
rejection of decades of unionist efforts to block Ireland’s native
tongue from university life.
Published March 25, 2026
Cuba in focus as Irish call for peace
Kneecap have helped lead an international aid convoy to Cuba to confront
a brutal oil blockade and show Irish solidarity with the island’s
“resilient people” in the face of a siege by US President Donald Trump.
Published March 25, 2026
Fianna Fáil ‘sidestepping’ Irish unity challenge
Sinn Féin has sharply criticised Taoiseach
Micheál Martin and his coalition government for stalling progress on
Irish unity, accusing them of “hesitation, avoidance and a refusal to
lead”.
Published March 25, 2026
Adams wins as civil case is halted early

Published March 20, 2026
Trump’s silver lining after White House horror show
An expression of support for Irish unity by US President Donald Trump
was a pleasant surprise at the end of an enervating day in Washington DC
which will be remembered for Taoiseach Micheal Martin’s kowtowing to Trump at the
annual St Patrick’s Day shamrock ceremony.
Published March 19, 2026
Britain ‘was handed peace process on a plate’ - Adams
Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has mounted a robust defence in
London’s High Court, rejecting a politically driven attempt to rewrite
history rather than a serious search for truth.
Published March 19, 2026
Saoradh said it “utterly condemns” the “latest provocative incursion” by
heavily armed British Army personnel into nationalist communities in
Derry.
Published March 19, 2026
PSNI’s high-tech war on Irish public
The PSNI are under growing pressure over a secret seven-year £5.5
million contract with an unnamed Israeli security firm. Campaigners warn
that the “tools of apartheid” have been used to wage a high-tech war on
political activism in the northeast.
Published March 19, 2026
Starmer’s contempt on show as genocide expands
In an unheralded visit to Belfast and Cork this week, the British Prime Minister Keir
Starmer sought to normalise his government’s colonial relationship with
Ireland while making an absurd swipe at the “intolerable” politics of
Irish-language rap trio Kneecap.
Published March 19, 2026
Court of Appeal fails to halt controversial extraditions
The Court of Appeal in Dublin has upheld a decision to extradite two
republicans, now both in their 70s, to British jurisdiction for offences
related to an INLA attack on the Crown Forces over 50 years ago.
Published March 19, 2026
Kneecap defeat last-gasp censorship
Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh has vowed that the group “will not be
silent” after a London court ruling confirmed he will not face a new
trial over allegations he displayed an illegal flag at a London
gig.
Published March 12, 2026
Adams facing spurious show-trial
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has vowed to defend himself as a
civil case in London seeks a court ruling that he was a leading member
of the Provisional IRA and personally liable for attacks over three
decades.
Published March 12, 2026
Finucane inquiry advances amid state secrecy fights
The London government has published terms of reference for a public
inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane by
British state agents at his north Belfast home.
Published March 12, 2026
‘No Shamrock for Trump’ campaign grows
A strong intervention by President of Ireland Catherine Connolly over
the US–Israeli war on Iran has sparked an escalating political clash in
Dublin, Belfast and Washington over violations of international law.
Published March 12, 2026
‘Clear’ case of collusion spelled out in uncovered documents
An on-duty member of the British Army’s Ulster Defence Regiment used his
own car to deliver a death squad that killed a republican in County
Tyrone. Later, he flew in a British army helicopter as part of the
follow-up ‘security’ operation.
Published March 12, 2026
Questions over MI5 activity in Spanish jurisdiction
An Irish republican political party has warned that British military
intelligence approached and attempted to intimidate one of its members
while he was on a family holiday in Spain.
Published March 12, 2026
A sudden and unprovoked US/Israeli aerial bombing campaign against Iran
has erupted into a giant war stretching from the eastern Mediterranean
to the Indian Ocean.
Published March 5, 2026
UVF issues mural ‘enforcement order’
UVF unionist paramilitaries have issued a warning to anyone who might
damage a mural at the home of Irish soccer team Crusaders.
Published March 5, 2026
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