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
Images have emerged of a show of strength by an apparent INLA unit amid
increasing tension in the Derry area.
Published October 18, 2019
Unionists are to gather at the mothballed Stormont Assembly chamber in a
symbolic attempt to revive the collapsed Six County institutions. They
intend to discuss the implementation of Direct Rule legislation for
abortion, due to become law on Monday.
Published October 18, 2019
A draft agreement has been reached on Brexit between the European Union
and the British government. However, following consultations with
loyalist paramilitaries earlier this week, the DUP continue to reject
the planned deal.
Published October 17, 2019
Ivor Bell, an 82-year-old veteran republican, has been found not guilty
of involvement in the 1972 IRA execution of informer Jean
McConville.
Published October 17, 2019
The New IRA has said any border infrastructure developed as a result of
Britain’s withdrawal of the north of Ireland from the EU will be
considered a legitimate target for attack.
Published October 16, 2019
The British government and the European Union are being urged to seize
the moment to prepare for peaceful Irish unification after Brexit
negotiators shied away from a disastrous agenda to reinforce partition.
Published October 12, 2019
Willie Frazer, a prominent loyalist who in recent years described
himself as a ‘victims campaigner’, secretly helped funnel weapons to
loyalist paramilitary groups in the early 1990s, according to a BBC
television news investigation.
Published October 12, 2019
British military intelligence removed and destroyed the files of a judge
who was investigating Crown Force involvement in the 1989 murder of
Belfast defence lawyer Patrick Finucane, according to a BBC documentary
aired this week.
Published October 12, 2019
A County Tyrone man has recounted a “horrific” attempt by British MI5 intelligence to recruit him as an informer.
Published October 12, 2019
Members of a colour party in Saoradh’s National Hunger Strike
Commemoration in Newry last weekend were stopped and searched by armed
PSNI police.
Published October 12, 2019
The Dublin government has been slammed for a “do less” Budget despite the
crisis over growing social inequality and homelessness.
Published October 12, 2019
Donegal republican John Downey, who is being pursued in connection with an IRA action in
1972 in which two British soldiers died, handed himself in to Gardaí
police earlier today, according to a report this evening by the Press
Association.
Published October 11, 2019
Preparations are underway for a crash Brexit after British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson revealed a barely believable set of proposals for the
border through Ireland which appeared designed to be instantly rejected
by Dublin and the European Union.
Published October 5, 2019
US author Bonnie Greer has been credited with a significant intervention
in Britain’s Brexit debate by eloquently speaking out for Ireland and
the peace process on a BBC news talk show.
Published October 5, 2019
Suspicions are mounting that a former priest was allowed to sexually
abuse children in return for informing against republican families in
the north of Ireland.
Published October 5, 2019
Families suing over state collusion with a loyalist paramilitary gang behind dozens of
sectarian murders have secured a major breakthrough in their battle to
access documents.
Published October 5, 2019
A former British soldier charged with the attempted murder of a special
needs man shot dead in County Tyrone in 1974 attended a right-wing rally
in London last week despite claiming that he was too ill to attend court
hearings in Belfast.
Published October 5, 2019
A preliminary hearing into the death of a Derry man hit by a rubber
bullet has taken place in Belfast.
Published October 5, 2019
Warlike rhetoric and subtle threats of violence against MPs by British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson drew a furious response and threatened to
overwhelm the return of Westminster this week.
Published September 28, 2019
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