Every person born in the north of Ireland is currently regarded as a European Union citizen for immigration purposes after the British government backed down in the face of a marathon campaign by a Derry woman and her US-born partner.
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Every person born in the north of Ireland is currently regarded as a European Union citizen for immigration purposes after the British government backed down in the face of a marathon campaign by a Derry woman and her US-born partner.
Published May 15, 2020
Adams ruling to open door for other internees
Hundreds of those interned without trial in the 1970 could see convictions quashed or receive compensation as a result of a ruling of the Supreme Court in London in favour of Gerry Adams.
Published May 15, 2020
Britain to prepare Irish seaports as Brexit inches forward
There have been conflicting signals over how Britain intends to implement the special status for the north of Ireland in the wake of Brexit.
Published May 15, 2020
Loyalists brutally attack and rob young cyclist
A Catholic teenager who was attacked by loyalists in north Belfast on Sunday evening has recounted a savage sectarian assault as he was out for a cycle.
Published May 15, 2020
UDA behind threats to journalists - PSNI
The PSNI have said loyalist paramilitaries are behind threats against a number of journalists and politicians, and told one journalist he could be the target of an under-car booby trap attack.
Published May 15, 2020
Lockdown clashes with marching season
Four sectarian parades are being planned by loyalists despite the continuing coronavirus lockdown in the north of Ireland.
Published May 15, 2020
Convictions overturned after Adams’s internment ruled unlawful
Convictions against Gerry Adams dating from the 1970s have been overturned by the Supreme Court in London in a judgement which could have consequences for many others who were interned without trial.
Published May 13, 2020
Escapee’s conviction declared miscarriage of justice
The conviction of one of those who escaped Long Kesh in 1983 and who settled in the USA, Kevin Barry Artt, has been quashed two decades after the British government ended its efforts to extradite him.
Published May 8, 2020
Lockdown tensions boil over in the Dáil
Political anxiety overcame caretaker Taoiseach, Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar in the Dublin parliament this week when he suddenly lashed out at Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, who he accused of being “two-faced”.
Published May 8, 2020
All-Ireland opportunity to eliminate virus ‘could be wasted’
A medical expert has said that with infection rates in decline, the island of Ireland now has an opportunity to eliminate the coronavirus.
Published May 8, 2020
Grief as another IRA stalwart passes
A funeral for lifelong republican Jim Scullion, who led IRA prisoners in Long Kesh at the height of the conflict, has provoked criticism from unionists.
Published May 8, 2020
Whistleblower calls for nursing homes inquiry
A whistleblower in a Dublin nursing home where a significant number of patients have died from a coronavirus infection has made serious allegations of failings leading to the deaths of 24 clients.
Published May 8, 2020
A new US Special Envoy to the north of Ireland, Mick Mulvaney, has been sworn into office. Mr Mulvaney is an Irish-American with family roots in County Mayo.
Published May 8, 2020
Divided we fall as lockdowns clash at Border
The Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has spoken out about the danger of having two jurisdictions in Ireland in the current health crisis, saying it is wrong to have an all-island approach to animal care, but not human healthcare.
Published May 1, 2020
Duffy arrest an exercise in persecution
Prominent republican Colin Duffy, currently on bail awaiting trial, has overcome a cynical attempt by the PSNI to return him to jail over an alleged breach of his bail conditions.
Published May 1, 2020
Brexit delay urged over British inaction
The British government has been accused of “foot dragging and vague promises” amid calls for urgent action on preparations on Brexit, including new customs posts to carry out checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea.
Published May 1, 2020
Britain seen gaining control over Irish policing
The 32 County Sovereignty Committee has said appointments of two senior figures from Britain’s PSNI police to An Garda Síochána represent a strengthening of direct control of the police in Ireland by British intelligence.
Published May 1, 2020
‘Inquiry’ seen as bid to give cover to broken promises
A Westminster committee has launched an inquiry to consider British government proposals on legacy, but it does not have the confidence of victims and relatives of people killed as a result of British state violence and collusion.
Published May 1, 2020
Rights being stolen as workers face arrest, fines
The coronavirus was used as an excuse to break up protests by retail workers this week as they sought their legal redundancy rights, despite the protestors adhering to social distancing requirements.
Published May 1, 2020
Colombia three get amnesty, 19 years on
Three Irish republicans once accused of training rebels in Colombia’s civil war
have been granted an amnesty nearly two decades after they were
arrested.
Published April 24, 2020
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