A claim that Catholics could soon outnumber Protestants in the Six
Counties has been highlighted by nationalist parties to convince those
with a unionist background to feel “at home” in a new, united Ireland.
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BBC show predicts Catholic majority for North by 2021
A claim that Catholics could soon outnumber Protestants in the Six
Counties has been highlighted by nationalist parties to convince those
with a unionist background to feel “at home” in a new, united Ireland.
Published April 21, 2018
Prison authorities target families
Prisoner support groups have accused the Maghaberry administration of
again targeting the families of republican political prisoners.
Published April 21, 2018
GFA prisoners still facing discrimination
Twenty years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, republicans
who were jailed for activities related to the conflict have said they
are still facing barriers to employment and travel.
Published April 21, 2018
‘McGuinness Principles’ campaign launched
A new set of “principles” to commemorate the late Six County Deputy First
Minister Martin McGuinness have been advanced by Sinn Fein with the
support of a prominent US politician.
Published April 21, 2018
The use of international air bombardments in the war in Syria has
provoked anger and protest in Ireland.
Published April 21, 2018
The headquarters of the Irish Republican Socialist Party were raided by
the PSNI police on Friday in the latest show of strength by the Crown
forces against republicans in Belfast and Derry.
Published April 14, 2018
PSNI arrest leading republican at press conference
Saoradh has vowed to resist the criminalisation of republicans
following a heavy-handed police arrest operation at offices shared by
the small political party on Monday.
Published April 14, 2018
SDLP in disarray over tribute to hunger striker
The nationalist SDLP has been condemned after it threatened to
discipline its councillors in Newry who failed to support moves to
rename a park in the town named for local hunger strike hero Raymond
McCreesh.
Published April 14, 2018
Mayor of Dublin infuriates Israel by devious use of Irish
Sinn Fein’s Mayor of Dublin, Micheal Mac Donncha, has caused a furore
over his attendance at a conference in Palestine after Israel failed to
prevent him from attending and which the Israeli prime minister then
denounced as anti-semitic.
Published April 14, 2018
Media tricked by bogus statements
Major media outlets and prominent politicians have been taken in by a
bogus statement and photograph claiming to represent a new Irish
republican armed group.
Published April 14, 2018
Foster attends ‘cash-for-ash’ inquiry
Low-level corruption and incompetence have emerged as the defining
characteristics of the Six County Executive’s handling of the notorious
RHI scandal as the inquiry into the affair began addressing the issue
of political leadership this week.
Published April 14, 2018
PSNI oppression fails to halt Rising commemorations
A 76-year-old woman injured during a Crown Force operation to disrupt an
Easter 1916 commemoration in Lurgan has come to symbolise the defiance
of republicans against a new effort to disrupt republican Easter parade
colour parties.
Published April 7, 2018
Murder gangs could hit South over Brexit, Trimble warns
A former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has suggested loyalist
paramilitaries could mount attacks against the Dublin government over
its efforts to prevent a ‘hard border’ through Ireland.
Published April 7, 2018
DUP leader to emigrate if Ireland reunited
The leader of the DUP, Arlene Foster, has said she could not tolerate
living in Ireland if the island were to be reunited.
Published April 7, 2018
Raid on UDA commander provokes ‘show of strength’
More than 40 members of the North Down UDA mounted a display of
paramilitary power in Bangor, County Down following police searches of
loyalist Dee Stitt’s home and two other properties.
Published April 7, 2018
Unionists seen leading anti-Islam sentiment
Senior unionist politicians have been accused of engaging in racist
commentary amid a controversy over the distribution of fascistic
leaflets against immigrants.
Published April 7, 2018
Derry moves to protect children from Crown Force recruitment
There has been a general welcome in Derry after councillors formally
backed a call for schools to ban British Armed Forces from accessing
children.
Published April 7, 2018
Clashes at Derry parade amid tension at Rising events
Confrontations at Easter 1916 events across the North erupted in a
mini-riot in Derry today as the annual march by the 1916 Commemoration
Committee, supported by Saoradh, gathered in the Creggan estate in the
city.
Published April 2, 2018
Easter commemoration attacked by PSNI
The PSNI have this afternoon attacked an Easter commemoration in Lurgan,
County Armagh, injuring a woman and dramatically raising tensions ahead
of a weekend of commemorative events.
Published March 31, 2018
There has been an outcry in Ireland after more than sixteen Palestinians
were killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday as Israel used snipers and other
weaponry against tens of thousands of demonstrators who had gathered
along the Gaza-Israel boundary.
Published March 31, 2018
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