Sinn Féin’s John Finucane, son of assassinated defence lawyer Pat
Finucance, has been elected as mayor of Belfast.
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Sinn Féin’s John Finucane elected Mayor of Belfast
Sinn Féin’s John Finucane, son of assassinated defence lawyer Pat
Finucance, has been elected as mayor of Belfast.
Published May 21, 2019
Euro election could make history
Sinn Féin’s European election candidate in the Six Counties, Martina
Anderson, clashed with hardline unionist Jim Allister on live
television as campaigning for the European elections to be held across
Ireland reached a climax.
Published May 18, 2019
Paras praised for shooting ‘anything that moves’
A former member of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment has admitted
that anyone on the streets of Ballymurphy in west Belfast during the
introduction of internment was considered to be associated with the IRA
and liable to be shot.
Published May 18, 2019
Rally calls for an end to the housing nightmare
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Dublin city centre for a protest
today [Saturday] as reports shows that homelessness has reached a new
record, and that Irish rental housing and the cost of living are more
expensive than ever.
Published May 18, 2019
1950s IRA veteran questioned as British plan amnesty
A former Official IRA Volunteer has been questioned about an attack on
the British Crown Forces which took place almost 60 years ago after he
wrote a historic account of the incident.
Published May 18, 2019
New cover-up as MI5’s plan for Special Branch withheld
An MI5 report on policing compiled at the height of the conflict in the
early 1970s must remain secret, a British official has ruled.
Published May 18, 2019
Saoradh concern as ‘Press’ camera crew joins PSNI raid
Saoradh has raised a number of questions after members of the media
appeared to pro-actively take part in a PSNI police raid on the homes of
republicans in Derry last week.
Published May 18, 2019
Optimism urged for new talks process
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she believes an agreement
can be reached after round-table five-party talks began in Belfast this
week for the first time in more than a year.
Published May 11, 2019
Horrific details of Para depravity
A former British soldier, who has written about his experiences in the
Parachute Regiment, has said the skull of one of their victims was used
as an ashtray by members of the regiment after he was shot dead.
Published May 11, 2019
The proliferation of loyalist banners supporting killer British Army
soldiers has been denounced as a hate crime.
Published May 11, 2019
Saoradh leader ‘targeted by MI5’
The offices of political party Saoradh in Derry have once again been
raided as MI5 are reportedly under orders to ‘bring down’ Thomas Ashe
Mellon, a 43-year-old republican activist who is a leading figure in
the party.
Published May 11, 2019
Family seek documents related to British murder weapon
The family of a County Donegal teenager murdered by loyalists in 1973
ago has started a legal action over suspected Crown Force collusion
surrounding his killing.
Published May 11, 2019
Three-volley salute for IRA veteran
Former members of the Provisional IRA are understood to have fired a
volley of shots in memory of their comrade Peter ‘Pepe’ Rooney, who was
buried last Wednesday after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Published May 11, 2019
‘New progressive society emerging’ - SF
Counting has been completed in the local elections in the north, with
Sinn Féin picking up last minute gains on Belfast City Council.
Published May 4, 2019
Unionist hardliners count the cost
A second day of counting in the local elections has confirmed that the
traditional unionist vote is well down across the Six Counties, while the
moderate Alliance Party are the main beneficiaries of the election.
Published May 4, 2019
‘Dirty War’ general seen behind McGurk’s Bar lie
Relatives of people killed in the McGurk’s Bar bomb have called for an
infamous British Army general to be questioned by an independent police
force after evidence was unearthed that he was in charge of the brigade
which disseminated the lie that the attack was an IRA ‘own goal’.
Published May 4, 2019
Testimony describes soldiers shooting victims on the ground
A Belfast woman has described looking out of her bedroom window as a
British soldier shot two people as they lay on the ground during the
Ballymurphy Massacre.
Published May 4, 2019
Graffiti war in Derry as Saoradh challenges censorship
Saoradh has hit out at what it has described as unprecedented censorship
and said the group and its members are being denied their civil rights.
Published May 4, 2019
Footage has emerged of a masked Continuity IRA member firing a gun
salute at an Easter commemoration in County Tyrone.
Published May 4, 2019
Sectarianism hides behind unionism in Scotland
A Catholic church in the West End of Glasgow has been attacked in a
series of anti-Catholic and anti-Irish incidents in the city.
Published May 4, 2019
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