Jamie Bryson, one of the key organisers of the recent flag “protests”,
is being described as on the run tonight after the PSNI police said they
were seeking to question him.
The Dublin government has today announced a ‘deal’ on 26-County public
sector pay despite four major trade unions walking out of negotiations
last night.
The Protestant marching orders have said they can simply bypass the
Parades Commission in the future after loyalist flags protestors held
scores of parades last month without any approval.
The 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he will raise Marian Price’s
plight in Maghaberry prison when he meets the British Prime Minister
David Cameron early next month.
Stephen Murney's family, friends and party colleagues are determined to secure his
release and to expose the corrupt and unjust nature of the Six County
state.
After an initially dismissive response to the McAleese report on the
Magdalene laundries, 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny has fully apologised
to those who were incarcerated in the unofficial women’s prisons.
Two senior figures have quit the Ulster Unionist Party and are set to
form a rival political organisation after a row with party leader and
former television presenter Mike Nesbitt suddenly erupted into a full
party split.
An incident involving senior republican Sean Kelly caused a furore this
week when he was arrested but swiftly released in connection with an
apparent ‘punishment attack’ in north Belfast.
Over 20 inquests into controversial killings by British and pro-British
forces in the north of Ireland can proceed after a suspension on the
probes was lifted this week.
On Saturday February 9, up to 100,000 people took to the streets of the
26 Counties in a display of mass opposition to austerity, with
demonstrations taking place in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Sligo, Galway and
Waterford.
Irish community activists in Britain have sought high-level political
discussions following an increase in attacks on Irish events by
far-right organisations and loyalists.
Public demonstrations are to be held around the 26 Counties tomorrow
(Saturday) to demand a fairer deal on the state’s banking crisis, which
will now leave taxpayers paying €60 billion for one bank alone.
The survivors of the Magdalene laundries have demanded a meeting with
the Taoiseach after a report showed the state had heavy involvement in
the unofficial detention centres.
The British ministry of defence has uncovered up to 100 new documents
linked to the police investigation into the UVF murder of a Catholic
pensioner in 1994.
After a wretched day for the Dublin government, the Fine Gael/Labour
coalition has this morning forced emergency legislation through the Dáil
to liquidate the Irish Bank Resolution Corp, formerly the failed
Anglo Irish Bank.
An ill-advised apology by Gerry Adams for the death of Garda Jerry
McCabe in County Limerick 17 years ago has created a storm of
controversy and left the Sinn Féin leader battling with condemnation
from political rivals and demands to apologise for other actions during
the conflict.
The British Direct Ruler Theresa Villiers has said loyalist flags
protestors are wrong to believe that Britishness in the north of
Ireland is being “eroded” and condemned them for “dishonouring our
flag”.
The family, friends and former colleagues of respected journalist
Martin O’Hagan have been “shocked and devastated” at the decision of
Crown prosecutors not to pursue a prosecution against a loyalist gang
for the 2001 murder.
There have been a number of positive developments in regard to
historical cases this week. We detail seven cases in which families
are coming closer to securing justice.
Despite freezing conditions, over five thousand people attended the
annual Bloody Sunday march this year to commemorate the massacre of 14
civil rights demonstrators in Derry in 1972 and demand an ‘end to
impunity’ for those responsible.