The significance of Bill Clinton’s decision to grant former Sinn Fein
leader’s Gerry Adams a visa is laid bare in state papers which reveal
that the British government was shaken by the move.
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British reaction to Adams’s first visa to US was extreme
The significance of Bill Clinton’s decision to grant former Sinn Fein
leader’s Gerry Adams a visa is laid bare in state papers which reveal
that the British government was shaken by the move.
Published January 5, 2019
‘You are now entering Free Derry’ - Liam Hillen’s legacy
The safe arrival of a major civil rights march into Derry, after it had
come under repeated attack by the B-Specials, inspired Liam Hillen to write
one of the most famous slogans of the conflict. Liam passed away this
week, almost 50 years to the day after those historic events.
Published January 5, 2019
A country farmhouse in County Roscommon became a battle zone last week
after a brutal and illegal eviction of a farming family by hired
loyalist mercenaries was dramatically overturned by a “flying column”
of anti-eviction activists. The perpetrators were beaten or put to
flight, and their vehicles torched.
Published December 22, 2018
Legal victories for republican accused
North Belfast woman Christine Connor has won an appeal against a 16-year
prison sentence in one of a clutch of legal setbacks for the British
occupation in the north of Ireland.
Published December 22, 2018
Eviction bank targeted by protestors, arsonists
Branches of KBC bank have been attacked amid increasingly angry
protests over the role of bankers in the housing and evictions crises.
Published December 22, 2018
Light sentences for loyalist murder
Two loyalists have been sentenced to a total of just 13 years for the
roles they played in the barbaric murder of Derry civil servant Paul
McCauley.
Published December 22, 2018
Key ruling for Dublin/Monaghan campaigners
Victims of the worst single massacre of the conflict have secured an
order for disclosure of secret state documents in a major legal action
over British state collusion with a loyalist murder gang.
Published December 22, 2018
Christmas greetings enrage unionists
Unionist councillors in Country Antrim have generated a seasonal news
absurdity by complaining over the use of Irish in the annual Mayor’s
Christmas card.
Published December 22, 2018
‘The Irish should know their place’
Some British politicians have grown resentful of Ireland’s influence
throughout Brexit talks, says the BBC, as fears mount that a deal that will
prevent a remilitarisation of the border will not be agreed in time.
Published December 15, 2018
Former Para says Bloody Sunday massacre was justified
A former paratrooper being investigated for his part in the Bloody
Sunday massacre has said he believes it was a “job well done”.
Published December 15, 2018
Death of former OIRA leader Sean Garland
There have been tributes to Sean Garland, a former IRA leader who helped
to bring about the 1972 ceasefire by the Official IRA. He died on
Thursday at his home in County Meath after a long illness.
Published December 15, 2018
‘Guilty’ of remembering fallen INLA Volunteers
In what is said to be is the first case of its kind, a Belfast court has
found a member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party guilty of
carrying an Irish National Liberation Army flag during an Easter Sunday
commemoration.
Published December 15, 2018
Ballymurphy inquest continues amid disclosure concerns
The Ballymurphy massacre inquest has heard details of the murder of John
McKerr, a 49-year-old joiner from nearby Andersonstown who had been
working at Corpus Christi Church in west Belfast on August 11 1971 when
he was shot.
Published December 15, 2018
Royal scandal over city hall knobs
Cork City Council has been humiliated after it emerged that it spent
almost 6,000 euros on polishing door handles at city hall to prepare for
a one-day stop by British royals Charles and his wife, Camilla.
Published December 15, 2018
May wins confidence vote as Brexit chaos continues
British Prime Minister Theresa May has tonight defeated a challenge to
her leadership of the Tory Party, winning a confidence vote by 200 MPs
to 117.
Published December 12, 2018
Fury as top Tory warns: ‘We can starve the Irish’
Anglo-Irish relations are at their worst in decades after a senior
British Tory MP suggested using the possibility of food shortages in
Ireland to coerce negotiators into dropping their opposition to the
remilitarisation of the border area after Brexit.
Published December 8, 2018
‘I saw soldier spray crowd with bullets’
A witness to one of the killings of the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre, who
has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder since, has given his
first-ever statement on the atrocity to the coroner of the current
inquest.
Published December 8, 2018
Gem Bar was collusion target, papers indicate
It has emerged that the British Army raided the pub which was the
original target of the McGurk’s Bar bombers, two nights before the
massacre in which collusion is strongly suspected.
Published December 8, 2018
Foster admits making ‘wrong’ statements under oath
DUP leader Arlene Foster is under renewed pressure to quit politics
after acknowledging that some of her sworn evidence to a public
corruption inquiry is likely false.
Published December 8, 2018
Bloody Sunday commemoration to focus on military top brass
The 47th Bloody Sunday march has been launched with the focus returned
to the issue to making those ultimately responsible for the slaughter of
13 innocent civilians accountable for their actions.
Published December 8, 2018
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