Sinister efforts to involve nationalists in the current wave of loyalist violence are continuing after a week of some of the worst disturbances seen in the north of Ireland in over eight years.
The British authorities in Ireland are coming under pressure to finally dismantle the loyalist drugs gangs behind the current wave of street violence and cease the state funding that supports them.
A potential All-Ireland soccer league could be on the cards with the two football associations in both parts of Ireland working on it, according to reports.
Donegal Council Councillors have unanimously backed a call for truth and justice for the murder of Eddie Fullerton as the 30th anniversary of his death approaches.
Members of the Dublin parliament have suggested that the tricolour’s status as the national flag could be reconsidered as part of efforts to secure a united Ireland.
Bobby Sands’ victory in Fermanagh and South Tyrone 40 years ago this week gave the republican movement a “victory that not even countless IRA military operations could have achieved”, according to a former prisoner in the H-Blocks.
The imposition of Brexit by the Tories, with absolutely no regard for its impact on the north and our economy, has led to many people asking questions and considering new options and opportunities.
An attempt by the PSNI police to draw nationalist youths into conflict near a tense west Belfast interface failed tonight thanks to the efforts of community leaders.
Another night of intense loyalist rioting has been criticised by politicians including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, although DUP leader Arlene Foster blamed Sinn Féin as “the real law breakers” over a lack of social distancing at a Sinn Féin funeral last year.
An attempt by unionists to weaponise Covid-19 regulations to demand
prosecutions of leading members of Sinn Féin over the funeral last June
of party colleague and IRA veteran Bobby Storey appear to have failed.
Crowds of loyalist youths clashed with PSNI police on Friday night
following appeals for “protests” on loyalist social media pages. The
trouble erupted at locations where demonstrations had been orchestrated
on Facebook, primarily in Belfast.
An annual PSNI operation to harass and disrupt Irish republicans ahead
of events for the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising has seen raids
in three counties.
On the 30th anniversary of the brutal murders of Eileen Duffy,
Katrina Rennie and Brian Frizzell, families attended a quiet
memorial for them in Craigavon last weekend.
A court hearing in the long-running trial of three well-known
republicans heard doubts about the prosecution’s evidence amid questions
over the analysis of alleged covert audio recordings and the role of
British military intelligence.
A number of organisations have said that commemorations and
wreath-laying ceremonies in honour of the 1916 Rising must again be
restricted due the Covid-19 situation.