Masked loyalist paramilitaries were allowed to sit in the public gallery
of Belfast Crown Court with the connivance of the PSNI in a shocking act
of public intimidation.
The world has been rallying in support of a ceasefire in Palestine after
the United Nations admitted there had been ‘clear violations of
international humanitarian law’ by Israel in its carpet bombing of the
Gaza Strip.
A suggestion by a British Direct Rule Minister that a majority vote for
Irish reunification in a border poll would not be enough to bring about
unity has been strongly rejected across the political spectrum.
Some ambulances were unable to attend to Creeslough in County Donegal
after last year’s gas explosion that killed ten people, because
foreign-born paramedics on board did not have visas that allowed them to
cross the border, it has emerged.
There are many questions which need answers about the bomb at Britton’s
pub and other loyalist attacks in the border area of Fermanagh during
the early 1970s.
Ireland has been expressing its outrage at the war crimes of the Israeli
authorities and the increasingly genocidal slaughter of innocent
civilians in Gaza.
Doubts have been expressed at claims by a controversial former RUC
police figure that he consulted “senior republicans” before applying to
head up a new British “information recovery” team.
English police chief Jon Boutcher who has been investigating British
state collusion for seven years has expressed “absolute support” for the
police in the north of Ireland after being named the interim PSNI
chief here.
Soccer fans flying into Dublin for a major international tournament may
be unable to cross the border to watch matches in Belfast due to a new
travel permit requirement that the British government has threatened to
impose on the island of Ireland.
A building in Dublin that has been empty for more than two years which
was occupied by homeless housing activists was subjected to a violent
and illegal Garda eviction on Monday.
The Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association say they have been
notified by republican prisoners currently held in Maghaberry Gaol this
week that prison authorities have reinstated their policy of strip searching.
Nadia El-Nakla, wife of Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousef, has said
her family are among those trapped in Gaza in desperate conditions with only
salt water to drink.
A shock military offensive by Palestinian resistance to end Israeli
apartheid and end the blockade of the Gaza Strip could precipitate a new
peace process for the Middle East – or an apocalyptic act of revenge by
a humiliated Israeli Prime Minister.
A senior UVF figure is to be the key prosecution witness in
the trial of a man charged with the murders of two Catholics by the UVF
in Belfast city centre in May 1994.
Imported paramilitary weapons stored by a former RUC reservist were
removed ahead of a raid after his RUC colleagues tipped him off about it
in advance, the High Court has heard.
The leader of the British Labour Party has cast doubt on the prospect of
the peaceful reunification of Ireland, saying that a referendum on Irish
unity is ‘not even on the horizon’.
It has long been claimed that John McKeague, a notorious loyalist
terrorist, serial killer and child molester, was a British agent. This
is now confirmed, writes the Phoenix.
Opposition to investment in a sports stadium in a nationalist area of
Belfast could bring anti-Catholic discrimination in the north of Ireland
to an international stage.
The sister of Derry teenager Daniel Hegarty has said she is
“heartbroken” after learning that Crown prosecutors have launched an
appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn a decision requiring a
prosecution of the British soldier who shot him dead.
Relatives of two teenagers killed in a loyalist bomb in the 26 Counties
have said the Dublin government must take an international case against
London at the European Court of Human Rights over its efforts to end
investigations into conflict attacks.
Efforts are intensifying to ensure investigations into British war
crimes can obtain files still being withheld by the Crown Forces ahead
of a cut-off date for conflict investigations.
U2 lead singer Bono has gained international headlines for comparing
moves towards Irish reunification to a marital relationship – and a
small frog pond.