2 June 2014 Edition
Sinn Féin’s most historic elections since 1918
2 June 2014
SINN FÉIN has rocked the vote across the island. Almost half a million EU voters have made Sinn Féin the biggest party on the island of Ireland. Free article
Buaiteoirí agus caillteoirí – tábhacht na polaitíochta don phobal
2 June 2014
BHÍ IDIR gáire agus caoineadh le cloisteáil ar fud na tíre, agus ar fud na hEorpa is dócha le déanaí agus na vótaí dhá gcomhaireamh ó na toghcháin áitiúla, fo-thoghcháin agus toghcháin na hEorpa. Cuma cén toradh a bhíonn ar na ballóidí éagsúla, aithníonn an chuid is mó den phobal an mhisneach a thógann sé d’aon duine iad féin a chur os comhair an phobail i dtoghchán ar bith. Free article
Indo’s anti-republican type
2 June 2014
WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE the scene at the Irish Independent’s headquarters on Saturday 24 May as news broke of a seismic shift in the political landscape in the 26 Counties. Free article
Families to sue Ministry of Defence, PSNI, NIO and Secretary of State
2 June 2014
SURVIVORS and relatives of those killed and injured in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings have launched civil actions in the Belfast High Court against the British Ministry of Defence, the PSNI, the NIO and the Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland as a last resort over Britain’s refusal to comprehensively co-operate in the investigation even 40 years later. Free article
No place like home – or no home for north Belfast Catholics
2 June 2014
LAUNCHING a scathing attack on Executive Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland over housing allocation in north Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín accused the senior DUP man of “gerrymandering”. Premium service article
‘Let Dublin Vote’
2 June 2014
THE ‘Let Dublin Vote’ campaign has been set up by a group of young (and not so young) Dubliners frustrated at the process established by Environment Minister Phil Hogan to allow for the direct election of a Mayor for the greater Dublin area. Free article
UVF behind racist rampages
2 June 2014
THE UPSURGE in racist attacks on people from ethnic minority groups, their homes and property throughout the North, but centred mostly in Belfast, has re-focused peoples minds on previous periods of intense racial violence and raises questions about the rationale for these ‘hate crimes’. Premium service article
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A case for genuine police reform
2 June 2014
THE RESIGNATION of Justice Minister Alan Shatter after two years of scandal within his Department is welcome but unless there is fundamental and radical reform within the Department of Justice this is the political equivalent of replacing the captain on the Titanic after it hit the iceberg and had already started sinking. Premium service article
Put yourselves in the shoes of others
2 June 2014
Rev Steve Stockman and Fr Martin J Magill write in our series ‘Uncomfortable Conversations’ Free article
Redmond tries to take over the Irish Volunteers
2 June 2014
THE GROWTH of the Irish Volunteers from their founding in November 1913 up to the summer of 1914 was phenomenal. Tens of thousands of men enrolled and the founding of Cumann na mBan in April 1914 brought thousands of women into the movement. Premium service article
The death of Michael Gaughan
2 June 2014
IN JUNE 1974, Ireland was in turmoil as the Troubles were in their fifth year. In the Six Counties, internment without trial was in force and the British Army was on the rampage throughout nationalist areas. Free article
Political prisoners, not terrorists
2 June 2014
THE Irish launch of the International Campaign for the Freedom of Marwan Barghouthi and all Palestinian Prisoners came to Ireland in May. Free article
Cyprus – Struggling to end partition
2 June 2014
CYPRUS AND IRELAND share a similar contemporary history. In the 20th century, these two small island nations fought back against occupation by the British Empire. Both Ireland and Cyprus later found themselves partitioned, their north-eastern corners held by a much larger neighbour. Free article