There are signs of a growing acceptance in London that a referendum on
unity in the Six Counties will be required in the circumstances of
Britain’s departure from the EU.
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‘Dial moving’ for a border poll
There are signs of a growing acceptance in London that a referendum on
unity in the Six Counties will be required in the circumstances of
Britain’s departure from the EU.
Published February 9, 2019
Minister under pressure over false statements
Pressure is mounting on the 26 County Minister for Health Simon Harris to resign
after he stood accused of misleading parliament about when he was told
about the ballooning cost of a new children’s hospital in Dublin.
Published February 9, 2019
Inquest ordered into murder of special needs man
Britain’s Attorney General for the Six Counties has directed that a
fresh inquest be carried out into the killing of an unarmed Tyrone man
who was shot in the back by the British Army in August 1974.
Published February 9, 2019
Incident 2 - a cold-blooded massacre
Paratroopers “just opened up” on a group of people standing near a
church hall which had they taken over as a British Army base, the
Ballymurphy Inquest has heard.
Published February 9, 2019
Irish-America wakens to Brexit crisis
A committee to protect the 1998 Good Friday Agreement has been
established by a group of leading Irish Americans in the wake of what
they describe as the erosion of the deal by Tories, “almost to the
point of dismissing it as irrelevant even though it is a binding
international peace agreement”.
Published February 9, 2019
The town of Newry is being considered as a location to dispose of
British nuclear waste in a move which is being met with incredulity in a
border town already bracing for the impact of Brexit.
Published February 9, 2019
Help sought from America as Tories bin peace deal
US Congressmen could once again be called on to act in support of peace
in Ireland after the British government openly reneged on a deal to
prevent a hard border after Brexit.
Published February 2, 2019
UVF seen behind brutal killing of east Belfast man
Loyalist paramilitaries have been blamed for the murder of prominent
east Belfast loyalist Ian Ogle, who was killed following a long vendetta
with the east Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force.
Published February 2, 2019
‘Our fight goes on’ - bomb attack claimed
The new IRA has said it carried out a bomb attack on the courthouse in
Derry last weekend. In a statement issued to the media, they said “the
IRA won’t be going anywhere”.
Published February 2, 2019
Derry Four win compensation from the PSNI
Four Derry men wrongly accused of killing a British soldier have
accepted an out-of-court settlement from the PSNI after four decades of
fighting for the truth about police brutality, threats and a shocking
conspiracy to pursue a miscarriage of justice.
Published February 2, 2019
Groups organise as Brexit looms
A ‘civic nationalism’ event has drawn an estimated audience of 1,500 to
a conference in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall to discuss a response to
Brexit.
Published February 2, 2019
‘End the delays - start the prosecutions’
A crowd of thousands took to the streets in this year’s annual Bloody
Sunday march in Derry, supported by a range of republican and civil
rights and justice groups.
Published February 2, 2019
Nurses strike over pay inequality
Some 40,000 nurses have gone on strike in the 26 Counties over salary
scales that are believed to be the lowest among paid workers in Ireland
with degree status.
Published January 30, 2019
A spectacular bomb attack at Derry courthouse last weekend followed by a
series of hoaxes appears designed to deliver a message about the
continuing ability of the ‘new IRA’ to carry on its armed campaign.
Published January 26, 2019
Varadkar in u-turn on Brexit militarisation, Good Friday Agreement
The 26 County Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted that British soldiers
could return to the border through Ireland in the event of a crash
Brexit in March. He also said that in such an event, Britain would have to
reach a new deal with the 26 County state in order to honour its
obligations under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Published January 26, 2019
Dáil passes Bill to ban Israeli settlement products
A bill to outlaw trade in goods from Israeli settlements in Palestine
has been passed by the lower house of the Dublin parliament, a major
step on its journey into law.
Published January 26, 2019
Call for end to prosecution delays after massacre suspect dies
The family of one of those killed on Bloody Sunday has called for a
final decision to be made about prosecutions after one of the British
Army paratroopers who carried out the 1972 massacre died this week.
Published January 26, 2019
Prisoners fight for right to use Irish language
A republican prisoner who is appealing his conviction is also taking a
legal action against the 26 County state in defense of his right to use
the Irish language after the Special Criminal Court in Dublin refused to
provide a transcript of proceedings in the Irish language.
Published January 26, 2019
The first casualty of the Irish War of Independence on the IRA side was
Volunteer Dan McGandy, who died 100 years ago this week.
Published January 26, 2019
Car bomb explodes in Derry; no injuries reported
Derry city courthouse has been apparently targeted tonight in a car bomb
attack. The shock bombing in Bishop Street is being linked to the ‘new
IRA’, its first such attack in years.
Published January 19, 2019
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