British Army snipers killed five civilians at the Springhill estate in
west Belfast on 9 July 1972, eleven months after the Ballymurphy
massacre, and 47 years ago this week.
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British Army snipers killed five civilians at the Springhill estate in
west Belfast on 9 July 1972, eleven months after the Ballymurphy
massacre, and 47 years ago this week.
Published July 5, 2019
Miriam Daly, an Irish republican socialist and university lecturer, was
assassinated by the loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in a
killing which continues to provoke questions. Her body, bound and shot,
was found by her nine-year-old daughter after she returned from school
in Andersonstown, 39 years ago this week. In this interview, Anthony
Neeson spoke to Jim Daly, her widower
Published June 28, 2019
Voting rights extension is a no-brainer
An analysis by Brian Feeney of the move by the Dublin government to
extend voting rights to northerners and emigrants in the case of
Presidential elections.
Published June 28, 2019
Give us justice – arrest the Loughinisland killers
As the anniversary of Loughinisland is remembered, a look at an
extraordinary campaign for justice which continues to battle cover-up
and collusion.
Published June 22, 2019
Remains of Great Hunger victims emerge, 172 years on
A storm has exposed the bones of Irish children on a Canadian beach,
recalling a holocaust of greed that devastated Ireland and changed the
world.
Published June 15, 2019
The first rule of Fine Gael: don't get caught
Calls for Maria Bailey to be kicked out of Fine Gael for damaging the
party are unfair when she represents everything they stand for...
absolutely nothing but themselves.
Published June 8, 2019
45th anniversary of Michael Gaughan’s death
Michael Gaughan was killed by the prison and medical authorities of
Parkhurst Prison on 3 June 1974, 45 years ago.
Published June 1, 2019
25th anniversary of Widow Scallans attack
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the death of IRA Volunteer
Martin ‘Doco’ Doherty, who died defending a Sinn Fein function at the
Widow Scallans pub in Dublin from a bomb attack by the UVF.
Published May 25, 2019
The troubling case of Julian Assange
Julian Assange continues to ripple and roam as a cipher through the
political and media scape of the world. Detained in Belmarsh maximum
security prison, the sort of stately abode only reserved for the most
dangerous of criminals, many with indeterminate sentences, he
electrifies and concerns.
Published May 4, 2019
A contemporaneous account of the last-ditch efforts to save the life
of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, who died this week 38 years ago.
Published May 4, 2019
An infamous event in Britain’s colonial occupation of India took place a
hundred years ago this week. A historical account of the massacre at
Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on Apri 13, 1919.
Published April 13, 2019
Amid the Brexit chaos, Scotland is a beacon of sense
An analysis piece from the Enniscorthy Guardian looks at how Scotland’s
approach to Brexit resonates in Ireland.
Published April 13, 2019
A referendum on unity is coming
The fiasco that is Brexit, and the Tory and DUP shambles of a response
to it, have together opened up a willingness for a real and meaningful
conversation on Unity.
Published April 6, 2019
North Armagh-based human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson was assassinated
20 years ago this week in an attack in which high-level collusion is still
suspected. A report by Beatrix Campbell on the smears and
disinformation which continued long after her death.
Published March 16, 2019
Bloody Sunday - the top brass gets away with it
There may be only one thing that the Bloody Sunday families and the
defenders of the Parachute Regiment are agreed on following the
announcement that a former lance corporal is to be charged with two
murders and four attempted murders: that it is perverse and unfair that
one low-ranking soldier should be made to carry the can for what
happened in Derry 47 years ago.
Published March 16, 2019
How the truth of Loughinisland is still suppressed
A background to the continuing police harassment of two journalists
involved in making the film ‘No Stone Unturned’ by its director Alex
Gibney.
Published March 2, 2019
Victory for the Chagos Islanders
The International Court of Justice in The Hague has handed down a
momentous judgement that says Britain’s colonial authority over the
Chagos Islands is no longer legal. John Pilger, whose 2004 film,
Stealing a Nation, alerted much of the world to the plight of the
islanders, tells their story.
Published March 2, 2019
25th Anniversary of the murder of Sean McParland
Sunday 24th February 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the murder of
Sean McParland.
Published February 23, 2019
The Good Friday Agreement is written in sand
An intrinsic part of the Good Friday Agreement - an
agreement that brought peace and stability to the island of Ireland - is
quickly disappearing.
Published February 23, 2019
More than three and a half years - yes, three and a half years! - after
the conclusion of all the evidence in the inquest into the murder of
Roseanne Mallon, Sir Reginald Weir sat down in Nisi Prius court in
Belfast city centre and declared he could find neither direct nor
indirect evidence of collusion between the loyalist killers and any
state agency in the case.
Published January 12, 2019
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