The DUP has been accused of treating Brexit like an “embarrassing
relative” by failing to make any mention of it in the party’s election
broadcast for next month’s Westminster poll.
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Brexit distorts Westminster election campaign
The DUP has been accused of treating Brexit like an “embarrassing
relative” by failing to make any mention of it in the party’s election
broadcast for next month’s Westminster poll.
Published November 16, 2019
Johnson pledges war crimes amnesty
A Tory vow to amend British law to protect former British soldiers from
prosecutions relating to their crimes in the north of Ireland has been
condemned as an attempt to use the conflict in Ireland for electoral
gain.
Published November 16, 2019
Westminster election could clear way for Stormont - SF
The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis has heard this weekend that the Stormont
Assembly could be restored in the New Year.
Published November 16, 2019
Joseph McCrystal - ‘no one seems to care’
The family of a Catholic man shot dead by loyalists almost 50 years have
vowed to continue their fight for justice following the publication of a
report by Relatives for Justice. Joseph McCrystal was shot as he
returned to his home in Newtownabbey on November 12, 1972. He died the
following day.
Published November 16, 2019
McAllister ordered to report to airport
A former political prisoner who sought asylum in the US again hears he
will be deported after being ordered to report to US Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Newark Airport.
Published November 16, 2019
UDA threat alters election contest
A decision by the Ulster Unionist Party to stand aside in North Belfast
following loyalist threats of violence has been condemned, despite the
insistence of the party’s new leader Steve Aiken that the move was not
connected to the threats.
Published November 9, 2019
One pact follows another as Remainers bid for change
An SDLP decision to stand aside in north Belfast as a result of the
UUP’s pact with the DUP in the constituency has triggered a reciprocal
arrangement with Sinn Féin which now also includes the Green Party.
Published November 9, 2019
PSNI bid to ‘steal Christmas’ from prisoners, families
The headquarters of Saoradh in Derry, Junior McDaid House, has been
targeted in yet another PSNI raid on Thursday morning, this time in
connection with a fundraising raffle.
Published November 9, 2019
Tributes to Dickie Glenholmes and Fr Des Wilson
Republicans have been paying tribute to IRA veteran Richard ‘Dickie’
Glenholmes, who died on Monday after a lengthy illness, as well as Fr
Des Wilson, who passed away on Tuesday.
Published November 9, 2019
By-elections bring test for republican politics in South
Four by-elections in the 26 Counties are to go ahead on 29 November --
two in Dublin, one in Cork and one in Wexford.
The by-elections follow the recent election of four TDs to the European
Parliament, requiring them to relinquish their seats at Leinster House.
Published November 9, 2019
University fails to defend academic freedom for campaigner
Queen’s University Belfast is once again being accused of discriminating
against nationalists after a Law Professor at the university revealed he
had come under pressure to end his involvement in a public debate on
Brexit and Irish reunification.
Published November 9, 2019
UDA’s election coercion for DUP
Loyalist paramilitaries have issued threats against the Ulster Unionist
Party (UUP) in a bid to force it to withdraw from the Westminster
election in north Belfast against Nigel Dodds, the Deputy leader of the
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Published November 2, 2019
Arsonist wrecks car of Sinn Féin justice spokesperson
The home of a Sinn Féin TD has come under firebomb attack after he
defended the rights of immigrant asylum-seekers. Party leader Mary Lou
McDonald condemned what she said was a “very deliberate and targeted
attack” which she described as a “deeply serious and sinister
development.”
Published November 2, 2019
Election provides opportunities, risks for SF
Sinn Féin is set to contest all 18 Westminster constituencies after its
efforts to form a pact of parties opposed to Brexit failed to get a
positive response from other party leaders.
Published November 2, 2019
Protest after dawn operation to arrest elderly woman
Sinn Féin has hit out after a 63-year-old woman was arrested by the PSNI
police on Thursday following an early-morning operation in the Creggan
area of Derry. Sadie Callan, an active Sinn Féin party member, was taken
to Belfast for interrogation under new “terror” legislation.
Published November 2, 2019
PSNI accused of delaying reports on collusion killings
The Police Ombudsman in the north of Ireland has again delayed
publication of three reports on loyalist murders after previously
undisclosed files were uncovered. The material was found due to a recent
computer upgrade, according to the PSNI.
Published November 2, 2019
Desperate scenes in Waterford hospital
Overcrowding at University Hospital Waterford has been described as
unacceptable after photographs emerged this week of dire conditions in
the psychiatric unit.
Published November 2, 2019
Westminster election confirmed for December 12
Legislation for an early British general election on Thursday, December
12 has been passed by the House of Commons. It brings down the curtain
on a deeply divided parliament in which the hardline unionist DUP held
the balance of power for almost two and a half years.
Published October 29, 2019
EU extends Brexit to January; election looks set for December
The deadline for Britain to leave the EU has been extended until January
31st, or earlier if the Westminster parliament passes legislation to
implement the Withdrawal Agreement.
Published October 28, 2019
The leaders of a number of loyalist paramilitary factions have held
talks to discuss how to force the British government into a u-turn over
a draft Brexit deal agreed this month between British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and the European Union.
Published October 26, 2019
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