An official report on an infamous arrest operation against two
journalists investigating collusion in 2018 has been withheld, with only
a small summary released into the public domain.
The British government could face court action if it “stalls and delays”
in calling a vote on Irish reunification, according to Sinn Féin leader
Mary Lou McDonald.
A BBC documentary on the ‘Hooded Men’ has cast a new light on the
treatment of the group of 14 innocent young men who were arrested,
interned and subjected to extreme and experimental cruelty by their
British Army captors.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to British Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak and 26 County Taoiseach Leo Varadkar asking that they call
an urgent summit on issues dealing the the past conflict.
A court action has been launched in a case in which a former 26 County
policeman escaped death in a border gun attack he describes as a murder
bid carried out by the British Army.
A candlelight vigil will be held on Friday to mark the anniversary of
the death of Fergal McCusker, shot dead as he made his way home from a
night out 25 years ago this week.
On Bloody Sunday, we march for
all those everywhere who have lost family and friends and had their
children’s hopes of happiness shattered by the armoured cars and tanks
and guns of imperial armies.
Reports that close-up images of the bodies of eight IRA Volunteers
postered the wall of a British Army training camp, and the tooth of one
of the victims extracted as a ghoulish souvenir, have been described as
“disgusting”.
Ireland’s Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe is under
pressure to resign after it emerged he violated election law over
donations and concealed it for years.
A pledge by the leader of the British opposition, Labour Party leader
Keir Starmer, to repeal the Tory government’s controversial legacy
legislation has been widely welcomed.
A group of influential congressmen have introduced a resolution calling
for the full implementation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and
expressing hope for the “continued success” of the peace process amid
growing doubts over the commitment of hardline unionists to the North’s
powersharing institutions.
A large crowd gathered on Wednesday evening in the New Lodge area of
Belfast for the commemoration of Francis Liggett, a 24-year-old newlywed
Volunteer shot dead by undercover British soldiers, fifty years ago this
week.
‘Reality and common sense’ must play a part in any discussion of the Dublin government’s failure to manage the migration and refugee issue, according to Aontú.
The British government has created a huge obstacle in efforts to restore
powersharing in the north of Ireland after it dramatically excluded Sinn
Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald from multi-party talks on Wednesday.
The handling by the authorities of a republican prisoner who tragically
lost his twin baby grandchildren last week ranks among the worst of any
stage of the conflict.
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has threatened to name all the British
soldiers who murdered civilians on Bloody Sunday if a controversial
legacy bill is passed in Britain.
A police double agent involved in the loyalist murder of an innocent
Catholic grandfather used his protected status to participate in
multiple killings and “criminal mayhem”, the High Court has heard.
Plans by the Orange Order to hold a parade to “honour” a UDA member who
carried out deadly sectarian attacks 25 years ago are creating tensions
in southwest Belfast.
This week 100 years ago, five brave IRA Volunteers were executed by the Free
State authorities. A leaflet distributed at the time praised the heroism of the republican prisoners.
Newly released State papers from the 1990s have cast a new light on
efforts by unionists in Belfast and London to frustrate the peace process – and how much the
peace depended on the Sinn Féin leadership, particularly Gerry Adams
and Martin McGuinness.
British military intelligence has been using the holiday season to send
cards to nationalists in an effort to convince them to inform on their
own community.
Declassified state papers recorded the chaotic handling of the Drumcree
parade dispute, as nationalists in Portadown began
protesting against sectarian marches by the Orange Order and its
loyalist supporters.
The families of the Ballymurphy massacre victims have held their first
meeting with the police (RUC or PSNI) in an attempt to have a murder
investigation opened.
Despite heavy pro-establishment spin by government officials in the
release of ‘declassified’ state papers in Dublin and Belfast, and complete censorship in London, some other interesting details did emerge.