There have been calls for a criminal investigation into the failure to
protect residents of Irish nursing and care homes from the coronavirus
disease after a prominent County Dublin doctor resigned from the Irish
Medical Council over the government’s mishandling of the
crisis.
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Doctor quits Medical Council over state blunders
There have been calls for a criminal investigation into the failure to
protect residents of Irish nursing and care homes from the coronavirus
disease after a prominent County Dublin doctor resigned from the Irish
Medical Council over the government’s mishandling of the
crisis.
Published April 24, 2020
Two-speed island response jeopardising public health efforts
A growing disparity between the coronavirus death rates in the north and
south of Ireland is proof that two different approaches to the crisis
are causing lives to be lost, according to academics.
Published April 24, 2020
Republican dies in fight against virus
A republican healthcare worker from County Tyrone has died from
coronovirus following a 40-year career saving lives as a nurse.
Published April 24, 2020
Campaigner urges caution against ‘indescribable’ illness
Prominent Belfast lawyer and campaigner Niall Murphy has paid tribute to
the medical staff who helped save his life after he became infected with
the Coronavirus.
Published April 24, 2020
Online exhibition of Easter Rising materials
The best-known flag of the Easter Rising is not the Tricolour that flew
over the GPO in 1916 but the Irish Republic one currently on display by
the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, Dublin, in an exhibition that can be viewed online.
Published April 24, 2020
‘New IRA’ vows to continue struggle
In an Easter statement, the New IRA has said it remains committed to
bringing the British government’s undemocratic rule in occupied Ireland
to an end. It dismissed the idea of a border poll in the aftermath of Brexit, and
warned the British establishment listens only to “physical force”.
Published April 17, 2020
Concern over plan to deploy British Army ‘help’
There are fears the Coronavirus could be used as a cover for the renewed
deployment of British soldiers on the ground in the north of Ireland.
Published April 17, 2020
Scandal of rising virus death toll
It has emerged that two in three of coronavirus deaths in Ireland have
taken place in residential homes at a rate significantly higher than
anywhere else in the world.
Published April 17, 2020
‘Grand coalition’ plan slithers on
A historic but deeply unpopular coalition government between Fianna Fáil
and Fine Gael appears to be on the cards after the Green Party failed to
reject a bizzare manifesto issued in a desperate plea for support to
prop up the improbable alliance.
Published April 17, 2020
Haggarty prison sentence extended, but no return to jail
A unionist paramilitary double agent who admitted the murders of five people and a
catalog of other atrocities has had his prison sentence nominally
increased by three-and-a-half years.
Published April 17, 2020
Republican prisoners spat at by warders
Republican Prisoners at Maghaberry prison have said that prison warders
have been caught deliberately spitting on doors during night checks.
Saoradh has demanded an end to what it said was a “barbaric activity”
which has threatened a coronavirus outbreak.
Published April 17, 2020
Mary Lou McDonald recovering after virus diagnosis
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has tested positive for coronavirus, she has confirmed in a statement today.
Published April 14, 2020
Jackboots follow public health failure
Police in the 26 Counties have been given unprecedented powers as state
efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus are being displaced by an
authoritarian crackdown set to last well into the summer.
Published April 10, 2020
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael told to learn lessons of the GFA
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has marked the anniversary of the
Good Friday Agreement with a rebuke of continuing efforts by right-wing
politicians in Dublin to exclude his party from office.
Published April 10, 2020
‘Casual collusion’ in military logs of Springhill massacre unit
A British Army unit responsible for the murders of five unarmed Catholic
civilians, including a 13-year-old schoolgirl, handed a loyalist gunman
over to the UDA, according to a report published last weekend in the
Sunday World.
Published April 10, 2020
PSNI to investigate republican funeral over social distancing
The Catholic church has backed calls for the PSNI to stop policing
funerals after a colour party at a republican funeral was targeted for
the novel crime of marching too close together.
Published April 10, 2020
The former Canadian Supreme court judge who led an investigation into
allegations of British state collusion with unionist paramilitary death
squads has died. He passed away in Canada on Tuesday aged 94.
Published April 10, 2020
Grey skies lift as North’s weather warnings included in map
After years of criticism for excluding the Six Counties, the Irish
weather forecasting service is to include all of Ireland on its weather
warning maps.
Published April 10, 2020
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the restrictions across Ireland, many republican and community organisations have abandoned plans for commemorations to mark the 1916 Easter Rising.
Published April 9, 2020
British PM in intensive care as condition worsens
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is currently being treated in an intensive care unit with the coronavirus after being rushed to a London hospital last night.
Published April 6, 2020
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