Remembering a hero
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PSNI suppressing political expression
Attempts by republican activists in Belfast to highlight ongoing state
oppression in the occupied Six Counties have been met with further PSNI
disruption and intimidation.
More delays and obstructions on legacy
The widow of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane has voiced frustration
at the slow progress towards a long-promised public inquiry into his
killing by the British state.
New draconian law blocks prison release
A new criminalisation policy means that republican prisoners now have no
realistic timeframe for release, the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare
Association (IRPWA) has said, following a refusal by prison authorities
to release Derry man Niall Sheerin.
Hate continues for Bloody Sunday families
The brother of a Bloody Sunday victim received a “disgusting” letter
just before meeting President Catherine Connolly of Ireland this week.
MP’s venomous attack on new Irish President
President Catherine Connolly’s first visit to the north of Ireland was
marred by an abusive attack from a hardline unionist MP who told her
“you’re in our country”.
A tsunami of sleaze
A giant scandal over revelations in documents linked to child sex abuse
ringleader Jeffrey Epstein is threatening to topple British Prime
Minister Keir Starmer and has raised very serious questions in Ireland,
particularly around many of those who were heavily involved in the Irish
peace process.
Bloody Sunday rally told of the global fight for truth
The fight for the truth of Bloody Sunday is the fight for the truth for
the rest of the world, civil rights veteran Bernadette McAliskey has
told those gathered following the annual Bloody Sunday March for
Justice.
PSNI harass another republican commemoration
The Irish Republican Socialist Party has condemned the “disgraceful” and
“blatant” harassment of their commemoration for Gino Gallagher, former
chief of staff of the INLA, who was assassinated 30 years this week.
Calls for fairness ‘across the board’ in legacy cases
Addressing a large crowd on Thursday evening who had come together to
honour six men gunned down by British state forces 53 years ago this
week, Sinn Féin MP John Finucane demanded that the British government
finally allow an inquest into their deaths.
Activist puts down marker for use of Irish
A PSNI policeman who arrested a 74-year-old west Belfast grandmother at
a pro-Palestinian protest is now to face disciplinary action after he
refused to arrange a translation when the woman spoke to him in Irish.
Irish unity on the horizon but ‘cannot be rushed’
Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she believes
Irish unity will be achieved within the next two decades, placing it
alongside Scottish independence as part of a ‘reshaping’ of London rule.
Not the voice of Gerry Adams
Speaking at the launch of a new stage show, former Sinn Féin President
Gerry Adams has reflected on the effects of the notorious British
broadcast ban that stopped his own voice being aired and meant it had to
be replaced by actors instead.
Frank Stagg
Frank Stagg, who died on hunger strike fifty years ago, had three
funerals and two burials. One funeral had no body and one burial was
done in darkness. His life is commemorated on three headstones in Leigue
Cemetery, Ballina, County Mayo.
London case not about truth and accountability
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams writes to defend himself from
unsubstantiated hearsay in a civil case which gets under way in London
in March, in which three victims of IRA bombs in London will attempt to
hold him responsible.
When there was no going back
This week marked the 54th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre,
when the British Army opened fire on civilians in the streets of Derry,
killing thirteen and wounding a dozen more, with one of the injured,
John Johnson, dying five months later.
