The family of Sean Downes, who was killed by a plastic bullet almost 35
years ago, has asked the Six County Attorney General John Larkin to hold
an inquest. It comes after concerns were raised about the role of top
Sinn Féin informer Denis Donaldson in events leading up to the August
1984 killing.
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Informer’s role linked to rally killing
The family of Sean Downes, who was killed by a plastic bullet almost 35
years ago, has asked the Six County Attorney General John Larkin to hold
an inquest. It comes after concerns were raised about the role of top
Sinn Féin informer Denis Donaldson in events leading up to the August
1984 killing.
Published July 5, 2019
Tensions high at Maghaberry prison
A threat to Maghaberry prison warders warning them to “beware (the) IRA”
has appeared on a wall in Derry. A target sign has also been painted
beside the three names on the wall in the Bligh’s Lane area of Creggan.
Published July 5, 2019
SF pays tribute to PIRA ceasefire leader
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams delivered the graveside
oration at the funeral of the former chief of staff of the Provisional
IRA, Kevin McKenna, who passed away earlier in the week at the age of
74. In his address, Mr Adams hailed the pivotal figure as “a
republican soldier who had the politics to know when to fight, and the
political vision to know when to talk”.
Published June 28, 2019
Soldier evidence ‘not worthy of belief’
A former senior military figure who was a commander in the Parachute
Regiment during the Ballymurphy massacre in West Belfast has told an
inquest that he has no recollection of the regiment shooting ten people
dead.
Published June 28, 2019
Loyalists flag up interface attacks
Sinn Féin has said unionist flags and banners are being used by loyalist
paramilitaries to mark out territory as homes in east Belfast came under
attack ahead of the anti-Catholic marching season.
Published June 28, 2019
Shameless Paisley further exposed as MP for hire
Attention has returned to the issue of corruption in the north of
Ireland after it emerged that DUP veteran MP Ian Paisley could be
suspended from Westminster for a second time over his lavish
foreign-funded vacations.
Published June 28, 2019
Discrimination over IRA convictions is ‘transgenerational’
The children of some former IRA Volunteers are being barred from
entering the United States because of their parents’ background.
Published June 28, 2019
Hope for proper investigation into attack on Kilcoo pub
A campaign to secure a new investigation into a gun attack by a loyalist
paramilitary death squad on a village pub has received a boost after a
judge included it in a group to be advanced through the courts.
Published June 28, 2019
Unite Ireland so we can have Brexit, say Tory members
There has been a welcome in Ireland for the result of a survey of
Britain’s ruling Conservative Party which revealed that most of its members would be willing to
see Irish reunification if it meant that England could leave the
European Union. The poll puts the Tories completely at odds with their DUP
allies in the London government.
Published June 22, 2019
Bloody Sunday soldier to be tried in Derry
As tensions rise over the case, it has been confirmed that the only
British soldier to be charged with a crime in relation to Bloody Sunday
will be summonsed to appear at Derry courthouse next month.
Published June 22, 2019
Talks in limbo after ‘summer drinks reception’ falls flat
Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill has said British Direct Ruler Karen Bradley
has “failed left, right and centre” after politicians in the five main
parties were bizarrely invited to a “summer drinks reception” at
Stormont. The invitation came as talks Bradley was chairing had stalled
and now appear set to be suspended for the summer.
Published June 22, 2019
Bigoted council to sue granny over Irish placename sign
A council in the north of Ireland has threatened a pensioner with a
conviction and fine for placing the Irish name for her estate on a sign
beside the one with the English language version.
Published June 22, 2019
PSNI chief to face judicial review over McGurk’s Bar case
Despite new evidence that the massacre was the subject of disinformation
by the British state, families of fifteen people killed in a Belfast
bomb attack have begun a legal challenge against a decision not to order
an independent investigation.
Published June 22, 2019
26-County soldiers sent on imperial mission to Africa
In a new blow to Irish neutrality, the Dublin government is planning to
send 14 ‘special operations’ soldiers into an African war zone in
support of a French post-colonial agenda.
Published June 22, 2019
Thousands lined the streets of west Belfast today as republicans from
across Ireland gathered to pay tribute to Provisional IRA founder Billy
McKee, a man who dedicated most of his life to the cause of freedom and
lead the defence of the nationalist people at a time of their greatest
need.
Published June 15, 2019
‘Boris the Buffoon’ set to be next British PM
Boris Johnson is on the cusp of becoming the new British Prime Minister
and Conservative Party leader following an initial ballot of the party’s
MPs.
Published June 15, 2019
Time for truth as British run down the clock
Several thousand people took the streets of Belfast city centre last
Saturday to call for action on dealing with the legacy of the past.
Families bereaved by the actions of the British state told a rally that
they deserve the right to truth and justice.
Published June 15, 2019
PSNI help erect Para banner in Armagh
The PSNI police were accused of helping to erect a banner in support of
killer British soldiers of the Parachute regiment at a busy junction in
Armagh this week.
Published June 15, 2019
Collusion precedent as British military pays out
A man who was shot after a British Army spy targeted him for murder is
to receive £90,000 in damages. Eamon Heatley was shot up to five times
by a death squad at his home in north Belfast in August 1988 in a
state-planned assassination, but survived.
Published June 15, 2019
Elderly suffering most in trolley crisis
More than 4,000 people aged over 75 endured distressing waits of more
than 24 hours in crowded hospital emergency departments in the first
three months of this year alone, according to figures released by the 26
County Health Service Executive (HSE).
Published June 15, 2019
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