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.
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.
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.
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.