JOINT FIRST MINISTER of the Six-County Executive and Sinn Féin MLA Martin McGuinness on the BBC’s current affairs programme ‘The View’ challenges unionist political leaders over their lack of leadership in dealing with extremists from within their own community, especially in Belfast where the joint First Minister said the UVF, PUP and the Orange Order act effectively as one and the same. Free article

A political vacuum that fuels another negative context for this ‘marching season’ needs to be avoided in the run-up to the May elections Free article

Mary Lou McDonald TD questions former CEO of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) Brian Conlan over the use of public money and donations to pay the salaries of senior staff and consultants. Free article

Campaign group says families have the right to know the circumstances of the killings of their loved ones Free article

‘He has been involved in too many debacles. Minister Hogan should resign immediately and the Government should abandon its regressive policy on water provision.’ Free article

This budget was not about saving the citizens of Dublin or about standing up to the Government – it was an attempt to save Labour seats in the local elections Free article

Sinn Féin and Basque activists hold a vigil outside Cumann na Meirleach (the Felons’ Club) for political ex-prisoners on Belfast’s Andersonstown Road to support the huge rally in Bilbao in support of Basque political prisoners and their families. Free article

HMRC plans to close its Newry office by 2015, with the loss of 134 jobs, and to remove a substantial number of jobs from offices in Derry and Enniskillen Free article

Sinn Féin candidate wins Labour MEP’s support for urgent meeting between Labour Minister Ruairí Quinn and union critics Free article

Basque society defies Madrid Government ban Free article