Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness put clear blue water between himself and
mainstream Irish republicanism when he shook the hand of English queen
Elizabeth Windsor on Wednesday in a historic but hugely divisive act of
political theatre.
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June 29, 2012
An ending or a beginning?
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness put clear blue water between himself and
mainstream Irish republicanism when he shook the hand of English queen
Elizabeth Windsor on Wednesday in a historic but hugely divisive act of
political theatre.
Breakthrough for family of Manus Deery
The family of Manus Deery has won a fresh hearing into the
fifteen-year-old’s murder in the nationalist Bogside area of Derry in
May 1972.
Anti-royal protestor survives murder bid
A west Belfast man badly
beaten by a gang of loyalists on Black Mountain
earlier this week says he is lucky to be alive.
Marian Price move linked to UN visit
Jailed political dissident Marian Price was moved to an
outside
hospital last weekend without her consent, her family have said.
New evidence in rubber bullet death
An inquest has been ordered to be reopened after new evidence was
uncovered about the death of the first child killed by a rubber
bullet
in the north of Ireland.
Interview with Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
Hugh Hamilton of WBAI Pacifica Radio interviews Bernadette
Devlin-McAliskey about the imprisonment of Marian Price
A cordial union
Irish republicans have
frequently been prepared to take bold and historic initiatives and risks
for peace to break stalemates and find agreements.
Bridging the gulf between compromise and abandonment
Peter Hain, the former secretary of State for the North of Ireland, has
said that ‘many Republicans will see it as a betrayal.’ He is right.
June 27, 2012
Historic handshake takes place amid ongoing tension
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness met and shook hands with British monarch
Elizabeth Windsor today, both in private and in the presence of an
official photographer. The unprecented event has provoked protest and
division among Irish nationalists and republicans.
Trouble breaks out ahead of historic handshake
Rioting erupted in west Belfast last night ahead of an unprecedented
meeting later today [Wednesday] between Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness
and British monarch Elizabeth Windsor.
June 22, 2012
Adams defends decision to greet British monarch
Amid an outcry among Irish nationalists and republicans, Sinn Féin
President Gerry Adams has today issued a statement in support of his
party’s decision to give the go-ahead to a meeting and handshake
between Sinn Féin’s Stormont Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
and English queen Elizabeth Windsor.
Martin McGuinness to meet Queen Elizabeth
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness is to meet the British monarch Elizabeth
Windsor during her visit to the north of Ireland next week, it has been confirmed. McGuinness,
a former IRA commander, is to meet Windsor, the commander-in-chief of
the British Armed Forces, at a reception to celebrate the arts in
Ireland.
Ballymurphy inquiry ‘not in public interest’
The families of 11 people murdered by British paratroopers in west
Belfast 40 years ago have said they are “deeply disappointed” by the
decision to refuse an independent investigation into their deaths.
Marian Price moved to Belfast hospital
Interned Irish political dissident Marian Price has been moved from
Hydebank Prison to a hospital in Belfast this [Friday] morning.
Royal handshake could follow major nationalist protest
Sinn Fein has still not ruled out the participation of Martin McGuinness
in events surrounding the visit by the British queen and
commander-in-chief, Elizabeth Windsor, amid speculation that a deal may
already have been done on the matter.
Referendum too late for neglected children
A referendum on children’s rights is to go ahead in the 26 Counties
following a devastating report that found that the deaths of almost two
hundred children who were in state care could have been prevented.
Tracking device found on car of political activist
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement have blamed British intelligence for
planting a tracking device on the car of one of their members in Derry.
Paramilitary flags raised as Orangemen march
A controversial loyalist parade takes place tonight, and there are fears
of potential trouble as the parade passes nationalist communities in
north Belfast, particularly around North Queen Street.
Killer soldiers were ‘indemnified’
Some families of people shot dead by the British Army have found clear
evidence that British soldiers were given a green light to shoot and
kill civilians in the north of Ireland.
Bloody Sunday justice campaigns renewed on Saville anniversary
A campaign to overturn one of the most disputed rulings of the Bloody
Sunday inquiry is to make its case to both the London and Dublin
governments.
June 15, 2012
Royal rally hits handshake plan
Sinn Fein has said it was caught off guard by the announcement last
Friday that the visit of British royal Elizabeth Windsor to Stormont
later this month will involve a giant celebration by tens of thousands
of unionists.
Half of young working parents are living in poverty - report
Under pressure from the Dublin government, the Economic and Social
Research Institute (ESRI) has censored its own economic report which
said a huge proportion of Irish workers fall into the category of
working poor.
Loyalists attack GAA pitch; UDA issues Loughinisland warning
Loyalists who hacked down Gaelic football goalposts at a County Down
pitch and branded them ‘British’ are intent on driving Catholics from
the area, a local Sinn Fein councillor has said.
PSNI assault Newry man; trouble in Craigavon, Belfast
There was a “vicious” assault by the PSNI against a local republican
during a stop and search operation in Newry last week, according to
eirigi.
Democracy still on hold in some local councils
Amid protests over continuing sectarianism in unionist-controlled
councils, an Ulster Unionist councillor has said “pigs will fly” before
there is a Sinn Fein mayor of Antrim.
Fine Gael Minister denies ‘Londonderry’ gaffe
The 26-County Justice minister Alan Shatter appeared to confirm his
government’s unionist credentials this week he referred to the city of
Derry as “Londonderry”.
The aftermath of Loughinisland
For 12 years the Loughinisland families silently mourned the loss of
their loved ones.
They kept that silence, they say, because of police assurances that no
stone would be left unturned in the hunt for the killers.
We are all part of a bigger picture
The address by Cait Trainor, Ard Chomhairle member to the annual
RSF commemoration at Bodenstown, June 10, 2012.
June 11, 2012
Martin McGuinness to step down as Mid-Ulster MP
Sinn Fein MP for Mid Ulster Martin McGuinness is to resign his seat,
forcing a Westminster by-election, as part of an overhaul by Sinn Fein’s
of its elected representatives.
June 8, 2012
Derry tensions escalate
Vigilante group RAAD have claimed responsibility for a grenade-style attack on a
PSNI patrol in Derry during aggressive Crown
force raids in the nationalist Creggan area last weekend.
New royal visit set to divide nationalists
While Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness appears set to personally welcome a
British monarch to the north of Ireland later this month, others have
said they plan to protest the visit.
Referendum result hits bank debt negotiations
European officials have already taken advantage of last week’s 26-County
referendum result by curtly dismissing calls by Taoiseach Enda Kenny for
a new deal on the state’s banking crisis.
McConville family appeals for justice
The family of former Sinn Fein councillor Brendan McConville has called
for the Stormont administration to recognise a miscarriage of justice
following his recent conviction for a Continuity IRA attack three years ago.
McGurk’s cover-up linked to internment
A former British army information officer has said that a loyalist
massacre was blamed on the IRA in 1971 in order to justify the
internment of Catholics without trial.
Unionist anger over republican victim appointment
Unionists have reacted with anger at the involvement of a senior
republican in the North’s Victims and Survivors Forum.
‘Fear won’
Both in Ireland and across Europe, the result of the Fiscal Austerity referendum -- which
commits the insolvent 26-County state to years of EU-imposed austerity
in return for greater access to bailout cash -- has come as a
surprise.
A previous jubilee visit
Thirty-five years ago, the silver jubilee celebrations in the north
came at the height of the British government’s criminalisation, Ulsterisation and normalisation
strategy.
June 1, 2012
Austerity Treaty passes by three-to-two margin
The Austerity Treaty referendum has been passed in the official result
at Dublin Castle this afternoon.
Austerity treaty set to pass
Counting of ballots in the referendum on the European fiscal treaty
has begun, and early indications are that the treaty will be approved.
