"When I got to the scene my daughter was lying on the ground covered with a blanket". These were the words of frightened father, Martin Cleary, whose daughter Laura was savagely beaten by loyalists in North Belfast on Monday night 13 December Free article

Drunken off-duty PSNI members verbally abused members of anti-collusion group An Fhírinne as they held a candlelit vigil outside Belfast's City Hall on Friday night, 10 December. Free article

Queen's University Students' Union played host to the An Fhírinne collusion exhibition on Wednesday 8 December. An Fhírinne is the campaign for truth led by the families of the victims of collusion, a policy of assassination carried out by unionist killers at the behest of the British Government. The exhibition carries the photographs and details of state-sponsored killing of Irish citizens over the past 30 years. Free article

Eight people, including a child, mostly Portuguese nationals, had a lucky escape after racist attackers set fire to a block of flats in Dungannon, County Tyrone in the early hours of Sunday morning. Free article

Members of the James Fintan Lalor Cumann, Portlaoise, the William Brock Cumann, Mountmellick, and various community workers from around County Laois travelled to Belfast on Saturday 27 November for an educational weekend. Free article

Sinn Féin has selected Councillor Paul Butler to stand in next year's Westminster election in Lagan Valley. The party has been a breath of fresh air to politics in the Lagan Valley constituency said Gerry Adams, welcoming the announcement. "Sinn Féin has become the largest nationalist party in Lagan Valley and next year's Westminster election will be another opportunity to strengthen our vote," he said. Free article

Bogtrotters Gay and Sinéad Clery recently travelled to Sydney, Australia, to visit relatives, but they also found time to visit the final resting place of that giant of the United Irishman period, Michael Dwyer. Here, GAY CLERY examines Dwyer's legacy. Free article

Sinn Féin MLA Thomas O'Reilly recently accompanied a number of community groups from Fermanagh on a visit to Merseyside in Liverpool to examine initiatives aimed at helping disadvantaged sections of the community. Free article

Volunteer Hugh Duffy, from Derry City, who died on 1 December and was buried with full military honours, was the best and most reliable friend that anyone could ask for. Free article

Family and friends from far and near gathered in Portarlington on Saturday 20 November to pay their final tribute to lifelong republican Liam O'Mahony. Born in Dublin's North Strand, Liam was reared with a love for all things Irish, from the language to Irish music and games. He drew inspiration from Pearse and Connolly and it was fitting that a larger than life Easter Lily marked the spot of his final resting place and that his coffin was wrapped in the Tricolour. Free article