Posted By: June 27, 2014
Michael O’Regan. IRISH TIMES.Thursday, June 26, 2014, 22:39 A claim by Fianna Fáil Senator Mark Daly that the Government was not doing enough to confront the British government on miscarriages of justice led to heated exchanges in the Seanad. Mr Daly said miscarriages of justice against Irish citizens and the State continued. “What are the […]
Posted By: June 27, 2014
More than 40 years after the shootings in a west Belfast neighbourhood, the Guardian has reconstructed the events surrounding what appears to be a killing spree by soldiers of the Parachute Regiment, just months before Bloody Sunday Interactive: map of Ballymurphy showing where the victims were shot A mural commemorating the 1971 shootings in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Paul McErlane for the Guardian. Ian Cobain. Thursday 26 June 2014 One of the most tragic and controversial episodes of the conflict in Northern Ireland will be relived in a Belfast courtroom on Friday when a preliminary hearing is held […]
Posted By: June 27, 2014
Ombudsman says officers knew of plot to kill Sgt Joseph Campbell but did not warn him Dr Michael Maguire found senior RUC officers were aware of a specific threat to murder Sgt Joseph Campbell but failed to warn him and did not pass this information to the detectives who investigated his murder. Gerry Moriarty. Irish […]
Posted By: June 26, 2014
Newton Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, June 26,2014. IF YOU wanted to be cheeky, you could say Sinn Féin has always been a monarchist party. The original Sinn Féin, founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905, sought an independent kingdom of Ireland under a shared crown with Britain. After the Easter Rising the party […]
Posted By: June 24, 2014
Patrick Counihan @irishcentral June 24,2014 04:00 AM Sinn Fein leader Martin McGuinness urges caution before centenary commemoration invite is issued.Photo by: Google Images Martin McGuinness has held a historic one-on-one meeting with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in Belfast – and praised her role in the peace process. Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister met the English monarch for 10 […]