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The PSNI has effectively backed unionist paramilitary gangs accused of orchestrating racist attacks and is now refusing to blame them for recent violence and intimidation across the Six Counties.

Eastwood to resign as SDLP leader; Nesbitt set to lead UUP

Colum Eastwood is set to step down as leader of the SDLP later today (Thursday).

UUP in meltdown as Beattie quits

The Ulster Unionist Party is at war with itself following the shock resignation of party leader Doug Beattie, citing a lack of support from senior party officials.

Families of British victims refuse to engage with ‘legacy’ body

The families of several victims of the British Army in Derry have said they will not engage with the new Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR).

Kneecap movie submitted for Oscars

Kneecap, a film based on the rise of the Belfast Irish language rap group, has been selected as the Irish submission for best international feature at the Oscars next year.

John Joe McGirl

Former IRA Chief of Staff John Joe McGirl passed away 36 years ago this year, but recently some establishment figures have been calling for the annual commemoration in Ballinamore to be ‘cancelled’. Next week brings the 30th anniversary event in honour of a man who dedicated his life to defying British rule in Ireland.

Anger as Netanyahu is feted in US

An international wave of anger and revulsion at the reception accorded in the US to indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanhayu has included Ireland, where fresh protests are being organised against the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Death threat follows right-wing agitation

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has described a threat on her life as “very shocking and very disturbing”.

Anglo-Irish ‘reset’ must include action on Irish unity - report

An all-party parliamentary committee has called for preparations for a united Ireland to begin “immediately”, saying that every Irish government department should examine the implications of constitutional change.

New British govt urged to ‘get head out of the sand’

Celebrations across Ireland at the demise of the Tories in the Westminster general election have given way to concern at the incoming British government under Keir Starmer, the leader of the party he refers to as ‘Changed Labour’.

Sinn Féin joy after Six County election boost

The outcome of the Westminster election in the north of Ireland has confirmed the degree to which the political map has changed since the Good Friday Agreement was signed.

Changing electoral map shows need for border poll criteria

By Sinn Féin retaining its seven seats and the DUP losing three of its eight, another historic electoral milestone was reached.

SF celebrate ‘election treble’; Starmer names new Direct Ruler

Sinn Féin have called for talks on Irish unity with the new Labour government in London after it emerged from a tumultuous count as the largest Six County party in Westminster and the fifth largest party in the London parliament overall.

DUP suffer heavy losses

The story of the Westminster election in the north of Ireland is one of upheaval within unionism amid the strong retention of all nationalist seats, leaving Sinn Féin by some distance the largest Irish party at Westminster.

Tories annihilated as British Labour win landslide - exit poll

Labour will win a landslide victory in the Westminster general election, defeating the Conservative Party that has been in power since 2010, according to a comprehensive exit poll by a group of British broadcasters.

Election brings long-awaited political pivot

A historic Westminster election has the potential to kill off the hated Conservative Party while confirming the decline of unionism in the north of Ireland.

British legacy body ‘spookfest’ condemned

Republican Sinn Fein have condemned the recruitment of an infamous former RUC police commander and four other ‘intelligence officers’ to run the British government’s ironically named ‘Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery’.

Loyalists turn on themselves at east Belfast parade

After steel fencing was once again used by the Crown Forces to allow the Orange Order hold a coat-trailing parade past a nationalist community, violence erupted when some of the heavily intoxicated loyalists turned on themselves.

Westminster election statements

Election statements issued by the leaderships of Sinn Féin and Aontú for the 2024 Westminster General Election.

Unionist election hypocrisy called out

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has urged against “seizing on the hurt of the past” in the Westminster General Election campaign.

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Moves to defend UDA, UVF over racist violence