The incoming Dublin government may have already struck an iceberg after Taoiseach Micheál Martin suddenly fired his Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen in connection with motoring offences dating from four years ago.
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Martin’s government in chaos as Minister gets the sack
The incoming Dublin government may have already struck an iceberg after Taoiseach Micheál Martin suddenly fired his Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen in connection with motoring offences dating from four years ago.
Published July 15, 2020
An illegal loyalist bonfire burned through a sectarian interface into
the nationalist New Lodge last night, terrifying residents and provoking
further clashes between nationalist youths and the PSNI police.
Published July 12, 2020
Stormont dances to a loyalist tune
A range of politicians and mainstream media have jumped on a loyalist bandwagon to stigmatise mourners at the funeral of legendary figure Bobby Storey, and mount a political attack on Sinn Fein.
Published July 11, 2020
Clashes in north Belfast ahead of ‘Eleventh Night’
Tensions are escalating in north Belfast as loyalists prepare for the biggest sectarian displays of the marching season.
Published July 11, 2020
Apology sought as court denounces political police raids
Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey have said the PSNI should apologise after the Court of Appeal spelled out why it had quashed a search warrant used to mount shocking heavy-handed raids against them in 2018.
Published July 11, 2020
Martin turns away from Irish unity poll
The head of the new coalition government in Dublin, Fianna Fáil leader Michel Martin, has moved his party further away from its republican roots after casting doubt on a referendum on Irish unification as contained in the Good Friday Agreement.
Published July 11, 2020
Opposition grows to Campbell extradition
Fermanagh has become the first county in Ireland to pass a motion in support of Dundalk republican Liam Campbell as a campaign grows to halt his extradition to Lithuania, a country he has never even stepped foot in.
Published July 11, 2020
Family of murdered child seeks to end ‘crossfire’ lie
The brother of a schoolgirl shot and killed in 1976 is calling for an independent investigation ahead of the anniversary of her death.
Published July 11, 2020
‘We will continue his struggle’
Thousands of people watched the funeral procession take place in west Belfast on Tuesday, of the late Bobby Storey, Sinn Féin’s chairperson in the Six Counties and a renowned Provisional IRA figure who died last Sunday week.
Published July 3, 2020
Sectarian point-scoring follows funeral of Bobby Storey
There is anger in republican circles at a cynical attempt by unionists and others to turn the funeral of IRA veteran Bobby Storey into a stick with which to beat Sinn Féin.
Published July 3, 2020
Loyalists seek to reopen marching season
The Parades Commission has received more than 140 applications for sectarian marches to mark ‘the Twelfth’, the anniversary of a Protestant battle victory over Catholics, despite the Orange Order advising its members not to do so due to the coronavirus.
Published July 3, 2020
New Dublin-centric government sets a low bar
The composition of the new 26-County cabinet is being criticised for contining the ongoing marginalisation of both the north and the west of Ireland.
Published July 3, 2020
Protest at embassy over planned extradition
A protest is to take place in Dublin on Saturday against the impending extradition of republican Liam Campbell, set to be sent to Lithuania for a trial on arms charges despite never having set foot in the country.
Published July 3, 2020
Register of former prisoners to face judicial review
A County Tyrone man has won the legal right to challenge oppressive new powers directed at former republican prisoners.
Published July 3, 2020
Micheál Martin sworn in as Taoiseach
President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has officially confirmed Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin as the new 26 County Taoiseach at Áras an Uachtarán this afternoon after he was elected Taoiseach by 93 votes to 63, with three abstentions.
Published June 27, 2020
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have voted overwhelmingly to enter into a three-party coalition in Dublin which they say will “stand up” for Ireland at this time of crisis, but which republicans and socialists believe will only preserve the hegemony of a privileged minority.
Published June 26, 2020
Sinn Féin ends opposition to the Special Criminal Court
For the first time since Sinn Féin entered the Dublin parliament, the party has abstained in a vote on the renewal of the infamous Offences Against the State Act. The legislation, which dates from 1939, facilitates the imprisonment of any individual which the 26 County government believes could pose a threat to ‘state security’ for any reason.
Published June 26, 2020
Loyalists terrorising kids in north Belfast
Children are being singled out for abuse and intimidation by loyalists in north Belfast if they are perceived to be nationalist or Catholic.
Published June 26, 2020
Adams pays tribute as ‘Big Bobby’ returns to Belfast
Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has released a personal tribute to the former political prisoner and former party chairman Bobby Storey following his death at the age of 64.
Published June 26, 2020
Statue of Irish war hero vandalised
The National Graves Association (NGA) has praised an outpouring of concern by the public following an attack on a monument in Dublin in honour of former IRA Chief of Staff Sean Russell.
Published June 26, 2020
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