A damages payment to a survivor of the British Army’s Bloody Sunday
massacre is being seen as a step towards the goal of achieving real
justice for the victims, rather than compensation.
A British Labour MP has broken the silence of the mainstream media over
the consequences of Brexit in terms of the remilitarisation of the
border through Ireland.
Victims and survivors of the recent conflict in the north of Ireland
travelled to Stormont this week as part of the ‘Time for Truth’ campaign
and submitted 6000 responses to the British government’s consultation on
‘Addressing the Legacy of the Past in the North’.
Loyalists paramilitary organisations have been involved in brutal
attacks in County Antrim amid violent wrangling over local control and
the proceeds of crime.
Two unionist-controlled councils donated thousands of pounds to the
DUP’s Ian Paisley in the latest financial scandal to hit the party and
its already disgraced MP for North Antrim.
Acts of civil disobedience are set to continue after rallies across
Ireland and a motion of no confidence in the Dail failed to remove the
Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy, over his failure to tackle an
escalating housing crisis.
Recollections by Fionnbarra O Dochartaigh of the civil rights
commemoration committee regarding the events at Duke Street which some
historians characterise as the day the ‘Troubles’ began.
When I was a lad, our History teacher used to say that people should
look for signs of madness in a political leader, and when they saw it,
the leader should be shunned. Unfortunately, History wasn’t listening to
our teacher.
An aggressive and staunchly unionist speech has increased fears that
British Prime Minister Theresa May is prepared to ignore warnings and
crash Britain out of the European Union early next year.
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sought to block a ruling
ordering it to release information about its ongoing operations in the
Six Counties.
A loyalist drug dealer became embroiled in a row in the nationalist New
Lodge area and attempted to shoot local youths, according to the Irish
Republican Socialist Party, who have urged communities to “take the
power back”.
There are renewed concerns over collusion after it emerged that a
notebook containing details of republicans -- including their names,
addresses and car number plates -- has been “lost” by the PSNI police in
a UDA stronghold.
Housing activists are today [Saturday] holding a national day of action to
highlight Ireland’s housing crisis amid increased repression by the 26
County police.
Liadh Ni Riada is the youngest daughter of the iconic composer and
musician, Sean O’Riada. On Sunday she was confirmed as Sinn Fein’s
candidate for the Presidency of Ireland in next month’s election.
The following is the text of her campaign launch speech.
At the end of six weeks of campaigning, an official petition of recall
to remove DUP MP Ian Paisley over corruption allegations has fallen
just short of the number required.
Over a thousand people marched in Dublin on Wednesday after the new
Garda Commissioner colluded with hired thugs in an attempt to suppress
opposition to the government’s housing policy.
An outpouring of emotion at the broadcast of a new documentary has
inspired hope that justice is finally within reach for the victims of an
infamous British Army killing spree.
The ‘Hooded Men’ have vowed that their campaign for justice is not over
after the European Court of Human Rights rejected an appeal against the
court’s ruling that they were not tortured.
Efforts by the Israeli state to reassert its international reputation in
the wake of large-scale massacres of the Palestinian population are
being opposed in Ireland through protests and boycotts.
Public wrangling over the housing crisis is to reach a climax later this
month when Sinn Fein submit puts forward a motion of no confidence in
Fine Gael’s Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy.
Liadh Ni Riada MEP is set to be ratified as Sinn Fein Presidential
election candidate this weekend, joining two reality television stars
and a charity entrepreneur in the bid to oust the sitting Irish
President, Michael D Higgins, from Aras an Uachtaran.
Before Bloody Sunday there was Ballymurphy. Its story must be told,
according to Callum Macrae, the director of The Ballymurphy Precedent,
a shorter version of which was broadcast on Channel 4.
The exposure of Michael Jackson in Channel 4’s Ballymurphy documentary
makes it necessary to look back on his performance at The Bloody Sunday
Inquiry - and at the Inquiry’s refusal to draw proper conclusions about
his participation in the murders, his role in the cover-up, and his
perjury to the Inquiry.
After admitting to a parliamentary magazine that she hadn’t understood
how the North of Ireland is divided politically, British Direct Ruler
Karen Bradley has introduced legislation at Westminster to halt Six
County Assembly elections until 2019.
In nasty exchanges, former DUP first minister Arlene Foster ordered a
party colleague to keep open a Stormont ‘free money’ energy scheme
despite his concerns over the spiralling cost, an inquiry has heard.
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams has accused the British state of “a new and
despicable twist” in its efforts to protect itself from the legal
consequences of its collusion with loyalist paramilitaries during the
conflict.PSNI bid to disguise its role in journalist arrests
Sinn Fein’s National Chairperson Declan Kearney has warned that there is
a risk that the peace process could be “squandered” by Brexit coming on
top of the collapse of political institutions in the North.
The mother of Donegal woman Danielle McLaughlin said she was disgusted
to be refused a meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar because his office
claimed her daughter ‘was not an Irish citizen’ as she had a British
passport.
Forty-seven years ago today a 14-year-old school girl, Annette
McGavigan, was shot dead on the streets of Derry by a British soldier.
No one was ever charged with her death and no proper investigation was
ever carried out.
The former assistant chief of the RUC police, Drew Harris, has been
controversially sworn in as Garda Commissioner in an extraordinary
midnight ceremony at the force’s headquarters in Kevin Street, Dublin.
The PSNI stand accused of once again actively colluding in a loyalist
massacre by directing the arrest of two award-winning investigative
journalists who worked to expose the truth behind the 1994
Loughinisland killings.
The Tory Brexit campaign is sliding towards a “take it or leave it”
showdown with the EU amid an increasingly bloody-minded approach by
British officials.
A new alignment between political parties in the Six and 26 Counties
looks set to go ahead after Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin said the
party is in talks with the SDLP. He said the parties plan to develop a
“new political agenda” to “get the North working”.
Demonstrations are already being planned in Ireland after it was
revealed that US President Donald Trump is set to visit in November. The
White House has said he hopes to “renew the deep and historic ties
between our two nations”.
A statement, addressed to British Direct Ruler Karen
Bradley, was issued by Lorraine Taylor, wife of republican internee Tony
Taylor. She was speaking after a rally at Free Derry Corner on Sunday to
mark Mr Taylor’s 900th day in prison.
A brief history of Ireland’s landmark industrial and social dispute,
between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers, which began in
Dublin 105 years ago this week.
The oration delivered by Sinn Fein Poblachtach Ard
Cisteoir and Ard Chomhairle member Diarmuid Mac Dubhghlais, Atha Cliath
at the 37th Anniversary Hunger Strike commemoration and parade in
Bundoran, County Donegal at the weekend.