A decision by the Dublin government to take an inter-state case against
Britain over new cover-up legislation has been widely welcomed in
Ireland but has drawn a bitter response from London who have vowed to
defend their soldiers regardless.
Saoradh has accused the Gardaí police in the 26 Counties of “heavy
handed, stage managed and deliberately provocative” raids on the homes
of party members over the last couple of days.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood walked out of an interview at a PSNI police
barracks on Friday, denouncing the force’s treatment of the Bloody Sunday
families over a loyalist’s accusation that they held an ‘illegal parade’
by walking together to a recent court appearance.
A belated acceptance by Crown prosecutors that the trial of a British
soldier for his role in the Bloody Sunday massacre should go ahead has
been welcomed –– but there have been calls for the soldier’s anonymity
to finally be removed.
The Dublin branch of the IPSC are holding a candlelight vigil to mourn
the almost 20,000 people killed in Apartheid Israel’s ongoing genocidal
war on the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Some people may have expected the DUP to fold and agree before Christmas
to resurrect the Stormont administration. Those who held that
expectation did so because they believe mistakenly that the DUP is a
normal political party.
The DUP is under renewed pressure to end its boycott of power-sharing in
the North and accept a multi-billion pound British financial package which would
deliver substantial funding across the North’s public sector.
As the death toll from the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip exceeds
20,000 civilians dead, including almost 10,000 children and almost two
million people displaced, unionists and nationalists have been
responding in very different ways.
A former republican prisoner, Julian Flohr, has been forced from his job
in County Antrim after what Saoradh described as “a clear case of
collusion” resulted in his workplace being attacked by loyalists.
The inquest into the killing of top-level Sinn Féin informer Denis
Donaldson has descended into a charade after it was adjourned for an
absurd 26th time.
The mother of a Catholic building worker murdered by loyalist
paramilitaries more than 20 years ago has made a fresh public appeal for
information about the killing.
Just in time for Christmas, the most recently updated Irish Republican
Prisoner list, with prison addresses, as collated by the Irish
Republican Prisoner News Facebook page.
A huge funeral is expected for the legendary singer and proud Irish
patriot Shane MacGowan following his death aged 65. The former Pogues
frontman died last Thursday with his wife and family by his side.
A Belfast charity targeted in racist attacks was told by the PSNI to
“reassure” loyalist community leaders that the organisation was not
operating a mosque.
The family of a Catholic man whose murder is believed to have involved
loyalist Winston ‘Winkie’ Rea has called for Boston College interviews
he gave to be made public.
A number of inflammatory incidents has brought strong criticism of an
agreement by which the huge annual ‘Lundy’ parade by the loyalist
Apprentice Boys of Derry (ABOD) organisation takes place in the
overwhelmingly nationalist city.
Sinn Féin’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill has called for “immediate
action” from the London government to address the political deadlock in
the Six Counties.
A war of words has broken out among republicans over a commemoration of
in which an IRA Volunteer was omitted by Sinn Féin from its Roll of
Honour of Tyrone martyrs.
In 1917, the British government announced its support for the
establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.
After leaving in 1948, Britain kept a foothold on nearby Cyprus from
where it now helps Israel bomb Gaza. Now, Britain is secretly backing
Israel’s complete takeover of Palestine.