Arlene Foster is to step down as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and as Six County First Minister. She made the statement after news emerged yesterday of a number of letters drawn up by DUP elected representatives expressing no confidence in the party leadership.
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Arlene Foster resigns amid DUP heave
Arlene Foster is to step down as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and as Six County First Minister. She made the statement after news emerged yesterday of a number of letters drawn up by DUP elected representatives expressing no confidence in the party leadership.
Published April 28, 2021
Rage in Derry over PSNI shooting
A vulnerable Derry man has been left fighting for his life after the
PSNI used CS nerve spray against him before shooting him at point-blank
range.
Published April 24, 2021
Loyalist disturbances wind down
Loyalist street violence dissipated this week as attempts by loyalist
leaders to hold peaceful protests also failed to attract significant
interest.
Published April 24, 2021
Unity referendum ‘out, out, out’ - govts
As a new poll pointed to a clear demand across Ireland for a vote on
Irish reunification, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week
effectively ruled one out, saying there will be no such referendum for
“a very, very long time to come”.
Published April 24, 2021
McDonald ‘apology’ seen as possible step change
Despite some backtracking, a form of apology by Sinn Féin leader Mary
Lou McDonald for a 1979 IRA attack in which senior British royal Lord
Mountbatten was killed has raised the possibility of a broader
statement of regret for the Provisional IRA’s role in the conflict.
Published April 24, 2021
Victims ‘sickened’ by loyalist mural
A sinister loyalist paramilitary mural has appeared which gloats about the mass
murder of innocent Catholics.
Published April 24, 2021
Child’s plight draws attention to housing crisis
Ireland’s homelessness crisis has been exposed in a striking photograph
of a four-year-old girl sitting on the street eating at a soup kitchen.
Published April 24, 2021
Catholics forced out amid fears of new violence
A loyalist paramilitary crime gang in County Antrim has “ordered” the removal of Catholic families from housing estates in the latest episode of sectarian violence in the north.
Published April 17, 2021
Gun goes ‘missing’ at PSNI base
A gun and ammunition possibly used by a collusion gang and handed into a PSNI station last week went ‘missing’ at the station for four days.
Published April 17, 2021
Jailing of man for IRA membership a miscarriage of justice
The Special Criminal Court in Dublin has admitted that the case of a County Louth man who spent more than a year in prison for IRA membership constitutes a miscarriage of justice.
Published April 17, 2021
Peggy Deery’s family to receive damages
The family of the only woman to be shot on Bloody Sunday, are to be awarded nearly £270,000 in damages.
Published April 17, 2021
Mother of sectarian attack victim to launch action against PSNI
The mother of a north Belfast teenager who was severely beaten in a sectarian attack is to launch a legal action against the PSNI over investigative failures and their ‘breach of duty of care’ to the schoolboy.
Published April 17, 2021
Family of UDA victim call for publication of report
The family of a Catholic man murdered by the UDA has called for the Police Ombudsman report on ‘Operation Achille’, withheld since 2019, to be published.
Published April 17, 2021
Nationalists urged to remain calm
Sinister efforts to involve nationalists in the current wave of loyalist violence are continuing after a week of some of the worst disturbances seen in the north of Ireland in over eight years.
Published April 10, 2021
Loyalist claims to ‘peaceful protest’ rejected
The British authorities in Ireland are coming under pressure to finally dismantle the loyalist drugs gangs behind the current wave of street violence and cease the state funding that supports them.
Published April 10, 2021
State harassment at Easter events
A member of Republican Sinn Féin was arrested at an Easter Monday commemoration for refusing to speak to Gardaí in English.
Published April 10, 2021
Moves to all-island links in sport, transport
A potential All-Ireland soccer league could be on the cards with the two football associations in both parts of Ireland working on it, according to reports.
Published April 10, 2021
Council backs campaign for justice for Eddie Fullerton
Donegal Council Councillors have unanimously backed a call for truth and justice for the murder of Eddie Fullerton as the 30th anniversary of his death approaches.
Published April 10, 2021
Flag and anthem ‘up for discussion’ in unity talks
Members of the Dublin parliament have suggested that the tricolour’s status as the national flag could be reconsidered as part of efforts to secure a united Ireland.
Published April 10, 2021
PSNI attempt to provoke nationalists on Springfield Road
An attempt by the PSNI police to draw nationalist youths into conflict near a tense west Belfast interface failed tonight thanks to the efforts of community leaders.
Published April 8, 2021
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