Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland strike hits back at deal
17 March 2015Tens of thousands of public sector workers across Northern Ireland took part in the biggest one-day strike there in years on Friday of last week.
20,000 protest against cuts to hospital in Downpatrick
17 February 2015Some 20,000 people attended a rally in Downpatrick in Northern Ireland last Saturday to protest against the reduction of services at the Downe Hospital.
Ian Paisley: good riddance to a vile bigot
12 September 2014One of the vilest bigots these islands have produced is dead.
Kincora abuse investigation halted by MI5, says former intelligence officer
05 August 2014The MI5 security service covered up child abuse in the Kincora Boys’ Home, Northern Ireland, a former army intelligence officer has said. Brian Gemmell, a former captain in the Intelligence Corps, revealed that in 1975 he submitted reports to MI5’s Northern Ireland head Ian Cameron.
Documents show British ministers ordered torture in Northern Ireland
10 June 2014British government ministers sanctioned the use of torture against prisoners in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s.
International round-up
03 June 2014Barcelona riots halt demolition - Clashes on Gezi Park anniversary - Craigavon Two lose their appeal
British state manoeuvres lie behind the arrest of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams
06 May 2014Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Fein, was arrested last week.
No immunity for Bloody Sunday soldiers
04 March 2014Calls to drop prosecutions against British soldiers involved in Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland have been met with anger by family campaigners.
Kincora scandal papers show links to ‘men in high places’
07 January 2014Newly released secret state documents do nothing to dispel rumours of a child abuse cover-up at the top, explains Simon Basketter
Tories discussed a Berlin-style Belfast divide
07 January 2014In 1984 the IRA blew up a hotel in Brighton hosting Tories staying for their annual conference.
Those at the top knew about British army's Northern Ireland death squad killings
26 November 2013Simon Basketter looks at part of the history of British army terror tactics in Northern Ireland and what BBC’s Panorama didn’t tell us about death squads.
Sectarianism takes to the streets in Northern Ireland
13 August 2013Flag-waving loyalists took to the streets in Northern Ireland last week. Cops fired 26 plastic bullets and used water cannon at one Unionist protest on Thursday.
Thatcher planned to send in troops to break miners
06 August 2013Newly released government documents shed light on secret Tory plans to target miners, Northern Ireland and England’s flood defences, writes Simon Basketter
Northern Irish families sue Chief Constable
06 August 2013Families of 20 of 300 people killed by British soldiers in Northern Ireland are suing chief constable Matt Baggott, head of the Historic Enquiries Team.
Activists prepare for protests at G8 summit in Northern Ireland
11 June 2013Police in Northern Ireland are preparing to arrest hundreds of people during the G8 summit next week.
Marian Price freed
04 June 2013Marian Price freed
Working class unity can challenge the sectarian riots in Belfast
11 December 2012Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland have been gripped by an explosion of protests, riots and roadblocks at the hands of Loyalist paramilitaries.
Expert witnesses give evidence to Azelle Rodney inquiry
20 November 2012The public inquiry into the 2005 police shooting of Azelle Rodney heard from two expert witness firearms officers from Northern Ireland last week.
Violence is at the core of the Northern Irish state
18 September 2012Sectarian rioting broke out earlier this month in Northern Ireland. It followed a series of provocative Orange Order marches going past the St Patrick’s Catholic Church, just on the outskirts of Belfast city centre.
International news round-up
04 September 2012Loyalists behind Northern Ireland riots Loyalist paramilitaries were at the heart of organising sectarian riots in Northern Ireland this week.
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