Loyalists have returned to intimidate the Holy Cross Catholic girls’
school in north Belfast, almost 12 years after a previous campaign of
violence and terror made international headlines.
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April 26, 2013
Holy Cross tensions renewed
Loyalists have returned to intimidate the Holy Cross Catholic girls’
school in north Belfast, almost 12 years after a previous campaign of
violence and terror made international headlines.
Sinn Fein urged to engage in debate
Suggestions by Sinn Fein for talks with ‘dissidents’ has been met with a
proposal for a series of public debates.
Loyalist politics in flux
A new, openly sectarian political party called ‘Protestant Coalition’
has been formed in the North by those involved in the recent loyalist
flag protests and disturbances.
Long Kesh plan to go ahead
The site of the Long Kesh prison will be used to create “a shrine to
peace”, Sinn Fein’s deputy First Minister has said, following a decision
to go ahead with the project.
Judge to decide on Finucane files disclosure
British government documents are being examined by a High Court judge
who will decide if they should be disclosed to the family of Pat
Finucane.
Parades Commission infuriates north Belfast residents
Nationalists in north Belfast have walked out of a meeting with the
Parades Commission after being told to stay clear of their own parish
church this Sunday as yet another incendiary loyalist parade marches by.
The hunger for truth
The Great Hunger of 1845-52 raises questions that are still unanswered, and last weekend, historians, students, and members of the public gathered at Fordham
University to discuss them.
Micheal Martin: a far-seeing bird?
Micheal Martin reminds me of the Skibbereen Eagle. Not in appearance,
more in tone and self-image.
April 19, 2013
PSNI back UVF flag display
Masked loyalist paramilitaries erected more than 600 UVF flags in east
Belfast last weekend along key arterial routes, without consultation or
notification in an operation that involved cherry pickers operating in
broad daylight.
Thatcher considered ethnic cleansing of Catholics
Margaret Thatcher once encouraged her advisers to consider a ‘clearance’
of Catholics from the Six Counties as a solution to the conflict, it has
been revealed.
Savita probe confirms legal, medical failures
An inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar in Galway has uncovered
grave shortcomings in the care she received prior to her death, chiefly
the failure to terminate her pregnancy when her life was threatened by a
miscarriage.
Unions find their voice as pay deal rejected
Proposals to extend the current ‘Croke Park’ public service pay
agreement have been comprehensively rejected by Ireland’s trade unions.
‘Real UFF’ bomber is former DUP candidate
A prominent DUP figure has been jailed for three years for his part in a
sectarian pipe-bomb attack on Polish neighbours.
US political push follows Supreme Court decision on tapes
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to keep secret interviews
with former IRA members from being turned over to the British
authorities in the North of Ireland.
Three years of internment
On Tuesday, April 16th, 2013, Lurgan man Martin Corey will have spent
three years in Maghaberry Prison without any charges ever being placed
against him.
Sinn Fein’s day on the national stage has come
Any doubts that Sinn Fein has been transformed in the past couple of
years were dispelled by the weekend ard fheis in Castlebar.
April 14, 2013
Presidential address to the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 2013
The address delivered last night in Castlebar to the
Sinn Fein Ard Fheis by party leader Gerry Adams.
April 12, 2013
Celebrations follow Thatcher’s death
There were street parties in Derry and Belfast following news of the
death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher this week.
Fifteen years since Good Friday Agreement
The 15th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement has prompted a wave of
political commentary and a fresh debate on whether the promises made at
the time of the agreement have been honoured.
CIRA says it shot man linked to sword attack
The Continuity IRA has been criticised this week after it admitted it
shot dead a man in west Belfast who it accused of “terrorising the
community”.
Documents reveal US fear of ‘emotional’ Irish Americans
Secret US embassy cables have revealed that officials in Dublin warned
of the “emotional involvement” of Irish Americans in Irish politics, but
expressed satisfaction that senior politicians in the main Irish parties
were supportive of US government interests.
Demands for action to save 1916 buildings
Descendants of Easter Rising leaders have expressed anger at the
dilapidated condition of the historical Moore Street buildings in
Dublin, where the last headquarters of the rebel leaders was based
during the 1916 Easter Rising.
Sinn Féin looks west
Sinn Féin is hoping it can build its support in the West of Ireland by
holding its annual ard fheis [party conference] in Connacht for the
first time.
Thatcher’s legacy in Ireland
For the people of Ireland, and especially the north, the Thatcher
years were among some of the worst of the conflict.
Thatcher is dead: reclaim the spirit of freedom
The death of Margaret Thatcher will not,
unfortunately, signal an end to the damaging policies she introduced and
implemented in Ireland, Britain or elsewhere around the globe.
April 8, 2013
Ireland reacts to Thatcher’s death
There has been a mixed reaction in Ireland at news of the death of
former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
April 5, 2013
Commemorations in contrast
Thousands of republicans gathered at scores of events across Ireland
last weekend to mark the 97th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
PSNI targeted as Continuity IRA holds commemoration
A device detonated inside a litter bin in the Kilwilkie estate in
Lurgan, County Armagh, last Saturday close to where the PSNI were
attempting to film those attending an Easter commemoration in St
Colman’s cemetery.
Creggan family assaulted
The PSNI police have been accused of mounting a “vicious unprovoked
attack” on a young family in the Creggan in Derry last week.
MI5 faces legal action over information ‘shake-down’
A young County Tyrone man is to sue MI5 after attempts were made to
recruit him as an informer while working in England.
Loyalists march through republican areas without music
An early morning sectarian parade by loyalists through the republican
Ardoyne passed off without incident as two nationalist groups held
protests on Saturday.
Headstones of IRA heroes vandalised
Headstones and monuments at a plot maintained by Sinn Fein activists in
Cork’s St Finbarr’s Cemetery on Glasheen Road were targeted by a vandal
just 24 hours ahead of the party’s Easter Rising commemorations events
last weekend.
Easter statements and orations 2013
A round-up of some of the key addresses and statements issued by republican groups to mark the anniverary of the Easter Rising.
Parades Commission is useless and gutless
As presently constituted the
Parades Commission is entirely unrepresentative of the nationalist
community or indeed of the Catholic community.
