Socialist Paul Murphy TD and five other men have been found not guilty
of falsely imprisoning former Tanaiste Joan Burton and her adviser
during a 2014 water charges protest.
English royals Elizabeth and Charles Windsor have delivered the
legislative agenda of the presumptive minority government in London for
the next two years which revolves around its uncertain plans to
withdraw from the European Union.
Relatives of the victims of a notorious British state agent watched as
Gary Haggarty answered guilty to a lengthy list of charges at Belfast
Crown Court on Friday.
Talks between the Democratic Unionist Party and the British
Conservatives have continued in London on a ‘confidence and supply’
agreement for the DUP to prop up a minority Tory government at
Westminster.
There has been a public protest at the erection of loyalist paramilitary
flags in South Belfast after the recently elected MP, Emma
Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionists, claimed that she sees ‘no
demand’ for their removal and that residents ‘do not want a fuss’.
The involvement and support of Belfast City Council for loyalist
paramilitary bonfires reached farcical levels this week after 3,000
wooden pallets being stored by the council as fuel for the pyres ended
up being stolen by persons unknown.
An attempt by British Prime Minister Theresa May to placate the North of
Ireland parties over her plans to form a pact with hardline unionists
saw Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams tell her that her government is “in
clear breach of the Good Friday Agreement”.
A raid on the headquarters of the republican party Saoradh in Belfast
has been described as an act of oppression amid the political upheaval
of recent weeks.
An Orangeman accused of attacking nationalists in the manner of an
Islamist terrorist attack has been found guilty of assault and causing
grievous bodily harm.
In one of a number of incidents related to parade tensions, loyalists
marchers belonging to the Apprentice Boys of Derry staged a mob attack
on an Irish bar in Liverpool last Saturday evening.
The wife of interned republican activist Tony Taylor is hoping public
protest and legal action will bring his freedom after a parole panel
refused his release earlier this month.
The long goodbye of the outgoing 26 County Taoiseach has ended
after he handed in his resignation to President Michael D Higgins, and
his successor, Leo Varadkar, received his seal of office.
Grenfell Tower is a story of inequality, of the poor herded into a cramped building made unsafe because it was prettified to improve the view of the nearby rich.
Is Micheal Martin now telling us that if his party ever stands
candidates in the North, and they are successful, that they will take
the Oath to the English Queen?
There was a surreal air in Belfast on Monday as talks aimed at
restoring power-sharing in the north of Ireland went ahead, even as the
DUP were separately negotiating to enter a deal on government with the
Tories in London.
Sinn Fein has played down the impact of a deal between unionists and
Conservatives as it emerged the Democratic Unionist Party will support a
minority Tory government in London.
Stormont negotiations scheduled to recommence on Monday are unlikely to
go ahead as the Democratic Unionists have turned their focus to London
following the Westminster general election.
The political geography of the north of Ireland has been rewritten
following the Westminster election as Sinn Fein and the Democratic
Unionists entirely obliterated the smaller parties, with Sinn Fein
emerging as the biggest winner with three extra seats.
The PSNI police has admitted it failed to disclose a murder bid in
Belfast earlier this year as a behind-the-scenes vigilante battle
against drug dealers was uncovered.
A surge in support for Sinn Fein has seen the party win seats in Foyle,
South Down and Fermanagh/South Tyrone, wiping the rival nationalist SDLP
off the Westminster political map.
The Conservatives are failing to gain seats and their majority in the
House of Commons could even be in doubt as early results come in from
the British general election.
A brutal murder by the unionist paramilitary UDA of a feud rival and
its subsequent election endorsement of the DUP has dramatically raised
the issue of collusion between unionist politicians and loyalist murder
gangs ahead of next week’s Westminster election.
In a move which has brought the two nationalist parties in the North
closer than ever politically, the SDLP is backing calls for a border
poll on Irish reunification.
A protest was held on Friday afternoon, June 2, over the inclusion of
the names of British soldiers and RUC members killed during the conflict
in an installation at the Museum of Free Derry.
A smear campaign against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn by the British
Conservative Party took a sinister turn this week after the party
promoted a “fake news” attack video over his views on the conflict in
Ireland.
A former IRA Volunteer, John Crawley, delivered the main address at the
unveiling of a new mural in honour of IRA martyr George McBrearty on the
36th anniversary of his death on Sunday.
A quick look at each of the 18 Westminster constituencies in the North
of Ireland, and what to expect when the election results come rolling
in next week.
Leo Varadkar is to become Ireland’s youngest and first openly gay
Taoiseach. He defeated his rival for the Fine Gael leadership, Simon
Coveney, in an internal party ballot today, replacing Enda Kenny who
announced his retirement last month.