Letters from the North’s Electoral Office warning people who consider
themselves Irish that they would not be allowed to cast their vote in
forthcoming elections were ‘a mistake’, according to the chief
electoral officer.
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Lack of protections for northern nationalists exposed
Letters from the North’s Electoral Office warning people who consider
themselves Irish that they would not be allowed to cast their vote in
forthcoming elections were ‘a mistake’, according to the chief
electoral officer.
Published February 23, 2019
Éirígí amends name ahead of elections
Éirígí activists have voted to append ‘For A New Republic’ to the party
name at the party’s recent annual conference. The amended name has been
approved by the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties at the
Dublin parliament, meaning that Éirígí For A New Republic” will appear
on ballot papers in the 26 County local elections in May.
Published February 23, 2019
Hamilton - the face of collusion in 2019?
PSNI chief George Hamilton stands accused of subverting justice in
regard to dozens of loyalist killings in the late 1980s and early 1990s
after secret police documents relating to collusion unexpectedly came
to light.
Published February 16, 2019
Lying, chaotic Tories ‘pretending to negotiate’
With time running out to avert a disastrous crash Brexit, there is a
growing consensus in Ireland and Europe that British Prime Minister
Theresa May is not sincere about negotiating a deal with the European
Union, and probably cannot be trusted to honour one in any event.
Published February 16, 2019
SDLP moves closer to extinction
The SDLP, the second largest nationalist party in the north of Ireland
led by Colum Eastwood, is at risk of rapid disintegration following a highly
controversial decision to enter into “partnership” with the 26 County
Fianna Fáil party, led by Micheal Martin.
Published February 16, 2019
Saoradh ‘will not be defeated’ by harassment
The Derry branch of republican party Saoradh have hit out at an
intensive campaign of arrests and intimidation in the city which has
seen the vice-chair of the party arrested twice in one week.
Published February 16, 2019
Finucane name ‘reverberates around the world’
Belfast human rights lawyer Pat Finucane was murdered to silence other
lawyers, his son said in a moving event to mark the 30th anniversary of
Mr Finucane’s murder.
Published February 16, 2019
Stormont talks dismissed as pointless
In some of its frankest criticism of the North’s political process in
recent years, Sinn Féin has accused the British government of indulging
in a “sham” and a “merry-go-round”.
Published February 16, 2019
‘Dial moving’ for a border poll
There are signs of a growing acceptance in London that a referendum on
unity in the Six Counties will be required in the circumstances of
Britain’s departure from the EU.
Published February 9, 2019
Minister under pressure over false statements
Pressure is mounting on the 26 County Minister for Health Simon Harris to resign
after he stood accused of misleading parliament about when he was told
about the ballooning cost of a new children’s hospital in Dublin.
Published February 9, 2019
Inquest ordered into murder of special needs man
Britain’s Attorney General for the Six Counties has directed that a
fresh inquest be carried out into the killing of an unarmed Tyrone man
who was shot in the back by the British Army in August 1974.
Published February 9, 2019
Incident 2 - a cold-blooded massacre
Paratroopers “just opened up” on a group of people standing near a
church hall which had they taken over as a British Army base, the
Ballymurphy Inquest has heard.
Published February 9, 2019
Irish-America wakens to Brexit crisis
A committee to protect the 1998 Good Friday Agreement has been
established by a group of leading Irish Americans in the wake of what
they describe as the erosion of the deal by Tories, “almost to the
point of dismissing it as irrelevant even though it is a binding
international peace agreement”.
Published February 9, 2019
The town of Newry is being considered as a location to dispose of
British nuclear waste in a move which is being met with incredulity in a
border town already bracing for the impact of Brexit.
Published February 9, 2019
Help sought from America as Tories bin peace deal
US Congressmen could once again be called on to act in support of peace
in Ireland after the British government openly reneged on a deal to
prevent a hard border after Brexit.
Published February 2, 2019
UVF seen behind brutal killing of east Belfast man
Loyalist paramilitaries have been blamed for the murder of prominent
east Belfast loyalist Ian Ogle, who was killed following a long vendetta
with the east Belfast Ulster Volunteer Force.
Published February 2, 2019
‘Our fight goes on’ - bomb attack claimed
The new IRA has said it carried out a bomb attack on the courthouse in
Derry last weekend. In a statement issued to the media, they said “the
IRA won’t be going anywhere”.
Published February 2, 2019
Derry Four win compensation from the PSNI
Four Derry men wrongly accused of killing a British soldier have
accepted an out-of-court settlement from the PSNI after four decades of
fighting for the truth about police brutality, threats and a shocking
conspiracy to pursue a miscarriage of justice.
Published February 2, 2019
Groups organise as Brexit looms
A ‘civic nationalism’ event has drawn an estimated audience of 1,500 to
a conference in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall to discuss a response to
Brexit.
Published February 2, 2019
‘End the delays - start the prosecutions’
A crowd of thousands took to the streets in this year’s annual Bloody
Sunday march in Derry, supported by a range of republican and civil
rights and justice groups.
Published February 2, 2019
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