Loyalist paramilitaries have issued threats against the Ulster Unionist
Party (UUP) in a bid to force it to withdraw from the Westminster
election in north Belfast against Nigel Dodds, the Deputy leader of the
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
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UDA’s election coercion for DUP
Loyalist paramilitaries have issued threats against the Ulster Unionist
Party (UUP) in a bid to force it to withdraw from the Westminster
election in north Belfast against Nigel Dodds, the Deputy leader of the
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Published November 2, 2019
Arsonist wrecks car of Sinn Féin justice spokesperson
The home of a Sinn Féin TD has come under firebomb attack after he
defended the rights of immigrant asylum-seekers. Party leader Mary Lou
McDonald condemned what she said was a “very deliberate and targeted
attack” which she described as a “deeply serious and sinister
development.”
Published November 2, 2019
Election provides opportunities, risks for SF
Sinn Féin is set to contest all 18 Westminster constituencies after its
efforts to form a pact of parties opposed to Brexit failed to get a
positive response from other party leaders.
Published November 2, 2019
Protest after dawn operation to arrest elderly woman
Sinn Féin has hit out after a 63-year-old woman was arrested by the PSNI
police on Thursday following an early-morning operation in the Creggan
area of Derry. Sadie Callan, an active Sinn Féin party member, was taken
to Belfast for interrogation under new “terror” legislation.
Published November 2, 2019
PSNI accused of delaying reports on collusion killings
The Police Ombudsman in the north of Ireland has again delayed
publication of three reports on loyalist murders after previously
undisclosed files were uncovered. The material was found due to a recent
computer upgrade, according to the PSNI.
Published November 2, 2019
Desperate scenes in Waterford hospital
Overcrowding at University Hospital Waterford has been described as
unacceptable after photographs emerged this week of dire conditions in
the psychiatric unit.
Published November 2, 2019
Westminster election confirmed for December 12
Legislation for an early British general election on Thursday, December
12 has been passed by the House of Commons. It brings down the curtain
on a deeply divided parliament in which the hardline unionist DUP held
the balance of power for almost two and a half years.
Published October 29, 2019
EU extends Brexit to January; election looks set for December
The deadline for Britain to leave the EU has been extended until January
31st, or earlier if the Westminster parliament passes legislation to
implement the Withdrawal Agreement.
Published October 28, 2019
The leaders of a number of loyalist paramilitary factions have held
talks to discuss how to force the British government into a u-turn over
a draft Brexit deal agreed this month between British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and the European Union.
Published October 26, 2019
Unionist demands for return of veto rejected
The issue of a unionist veto over political change has become central to
politics in the north of Ireland after attempts were made by unionists
to include it in the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Published October 26, 2019
Brexit deadline set to be extended amid election call
A failure of Westminster MPs to support British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson’s timetable for passing legislation on a Brexit deal has left
the project in a new limbo, although one which is likely to be resolved
this coming week.
Published October 26, 2019
New controls ‘a breach of fundamental rights’
There is growing concern about a draconian new registration procedure for
former republican prisoners which requires those targeted to notify the
Crown Forces of an extensive list of personal details, activities and
movements.
Published October 26, 2019
McGuinness tape was spiked by MI6 - claim
British military intelligence withheld documentary footage from 1972 of
the late Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness engaging in IRA activity,
according to an investigation by the BBC Spotlight team.
Published October 26, 2019
New images of IRA martyr Bobby Sands
New photographs of hunger striker Bobby Sands have been discovered in an
archive of French photojournalist Gérard Harlay. Taken at a rally in
August 1976, they are believed to be the last photographs taken of him before his arrest and imprisonment at Long Kesh.
Published October 26, 2019
Theatrical walk-outs as Stormont resurrection fails
A bizarre publicity event organised by the hardline unionist DUP at the
defunct Stormont Assembly ended quickly today when an attempt to revive its lawmaking
powers failed.
Published October 21, 2019
Nationalists told they are British, not Irish
The British government has been accused of deliberately failing to
implement the provisions of Good Friday Agreement in its domestic law
following an appeals court ruling which found that an Irish woman from
County Derry is legally British and not Irish.
Published October 18, 2019
Vindictive treatment of John Downey
The treatment by the PSNI of a Donegal pensioner has been widely
condemned after he was seen to be dragged around in handcuffs following
his extradition into British jurisdiction last week.
Published October 18, 2019
UVF ‘don’t want Catholics here’
Escalating anti-Catholic attacks in a ‘shared’ housing development in
south Belfast have left a disabled man fearing for his life as well as
the life of his four-year-old son.
Published October 18, 2019
How ‘King Rat’ targeted family members of republicans
The police in the north of Ireland provided unionist paramilitary kingpin
Billy Wright with information to help his murder gang target Catholics,
one of his former associates has admitted.
Published October 18, 2019
New INLA armed group claims attacks
Images have emerged of a show of strength by an apparent INLA unit amid
increasing tension in the Derry area.
Published October 18, 2019
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