The largest ever number of nationalist candidates are standing in
council elections in the north of Ireland, will all three main
nationalist parties fielding additional candidates.
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Nominations close for May local elections
The largest ever number of nationalist candidates are standing in
council elections in the north of Ireland, will all three main
nationalist parties fielding additional candidates.
Published April 27, 2023
Loyalists threaten election candidates and workers
Three political parties have been targeted by loyalists ahead of local
elections next month.
Published April 20, 2023
Conference organisers get wires crossed
Two prominent hardline unionists who serially obstructed the peace
process in the north of Ireland have absurdly been hailed as
‘peacemakers’ at events organised by Queen’s University, Belfast.
Published April 20, 2023
English media embittered by Biden visit
The visit to Ireland by US President Joe Biden provoked a bout of
anti-Irish and anti-American xenophobia in the English media which has
confirmed the country’s increasingly insular and backward outlook.
Published April 20, 2023
Relatives of British agent’s victims seek clarification on death
The reported death of west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci has been
treated with suspicion by the families of those he killed.
Published April 20, 2023
Human rights concerns over new body scanners
The British prison authorities at Maghaberry have been accused of
“laying down a marker” by abusing new body scanners intended to
replace strip searches.
Published April 20, 2023
Anger at warning of ‘IRA taxi drivers’
Several black taxi drivers in Belfast are set to take legal action
following a memo issued by security firm responsible for a leading tech
conference which suggested they are operated by the IRA.
Published April 20, 2023
PSNI ‘plant bombs’ after trashing cemetery
Britain’s ‘dirty tricks’ department has been accused of planting bogus
devices at Derry city cemetery in order to attract international
condemnation for the New IRA.
Published April 13, 2023
America is ‘invested in your success’
US President Joe Biden delivered a significant speech on Wednesday in
support of the political process, addressed to the North’s young people
as much as its deadlocked political leadership.
Published April 13, 2023
Large turnouts for Easter commemorations
There were big attendances for events to mark the Easter Rising across
Ireland, including parades at which colour parties defiantly wore
traditional combat-style clothing.
Published April 13, 2023
Calls for supports to be withdrawn from feuding gangs
The PSNI stood and watched last week as a mob of 50 masked loyalists
attacked murals and plaques belonging to a rival outfit in the ongoing
feud among unionist paramilitary gangs in north Down.
Published April 13, 2023
Anger at refusal to prosecute killer soldiers
The family of an unarmed Catholic man shot dead by the British Army have
expressed their anger after a decision was taken not to prosecute the
British soldier who fired the shots that killed him.
Published April 13, 2023
Statements issued by republican groups to mark the
anniversary of the Easter Rising.
Published April 13, 2023
US President begins Irish visit
US President Joe Biden has landed at Aldergrove airport in Belfast as he
begins a four-day visit to the island of Ireland.
Published April 11, 2023
British agent Scappaticci ‘dead and buried’
Freddie Scappaticci, the high-ranking IRA informer known as Steak-Knife
or Stakeknife, died in England earlier this month, it has been
reported.
Published April 11, 2023
Petrol bombs thrown as PSNI harass Easter parade
Petrol bombs have been thrown at PSNI vehicles who descended on an
estate in Derry where an Easter commemoration linked to traditional
republicans was being held.
Published April 10, 2023
DUP boycott undermines peace deal anniversary
Confirmation that US President Joe Biden is to visit Ireland next week
to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement will
bring international attention to the unionist boycott of the political
institutions set up under the peace deal.
Published April 6, 2023
The prosecution of prominent republican Alex McCrory has been condemned
as a “farce” after the former internee was found not guilty almost ten
years after he was detained along with two other prominent republicans.
Published April 6, 2023
Collusion feared as car torched outside PSNI base
A car belonging to a feuding loyalist gang which was seized by the PSNI
was destroyed, along with evidence of criminality, when it was left
outside a PSNI station in north Down. The incident has renewed fears of
continuing collusion between the police and unionist paramilitaries.
Published April 6, 2023
Sectarian assaults blamed on political failures
Three young men were subjected to a “vicious” sectarian attack in
Belfast city centre after one was discovered to be wearing a Gaelic
sports top, a court has heard.
Published April 6, 2023
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