Paul Butler
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“ In many ways BBC NI has struggled to come to terms with Sinn Féin as the legitimate voice of northern nationalism. Perhaps the jury’s verdict will help them to realise there is an alternative view to that of the British government”
May 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“ In many ways BBC NI has struggled to come to terms with Sinn Féin as the legitimate voice of northern nationalism. Perhaps the jury’s verdict will help them to realise there is an alternative view to that of the British government”
A new statue in memory of IRA volunteer and hunger striker Bobby Sands was unveiled on Sunday 4th May in Twinbrook Belfast where Bobby lived before he was imprisoned in the H Blocks of Long Kesh. His 44th anniversary since he died on hunger strike will be tomorrow 5th May 1981
May 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A new statue in memory of IRA volunteer and hunger striker Bobby Sands was unveiled on Sunday 4th May in Twinbrook Belfast where Bobby lived before he was imprisoned in the H Blocks of Long Kesh. His 44th anniversary since he died on hunger strike will be tomorrow 5th May 1981
Republican Prisoners’ Easter Commemoration Long Kesh Prison Belfast 1970s
April 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Republican Prisoners’ Easter Commemoration Long Kesh Prison Belfast 1970s
This is why Irish people support Palestine 🇵🇸
December 23, 2024 at 9:16 AM
This is why Irish people support Palestine 🇵🇸
Panama's president Jose Raul Mulino has dismissed recent threats made by US president-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal over complaints of "unfair" treatment of American ships.
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Panama rejects Trump's threat to take control of canal
Panama's president Jose Raul Mulino has dismissed recent threats made by US president-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal over complaints of "unfair" treatment of American ships.
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December 23, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Panama's president Jose Raul Mulino has dismissed recent threats made by US president-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal over complaints of "unfair" treatment of American ships.
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Expel Israel from the World Cup
December 18, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Expel Israel from the World Cup
RIP.ie to charge €100 per death notice from January
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December 18, 2024 at 9:02 AM
RIP.ie to charge €100 per death notice from January
A deal for a ceasefire in Gaza that would also see Israeli hostages freed is believed to be close, with Israel and Hamas having expressed optimism that an agreement can be reached after months of deadlock.
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Gaza ceasefire believed to be close as expectations grow over deal
Hamas says a Gaza ceasefire will only be signed if Israel stops setting new conditions for peace
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December 17, 2024 at 5:01 PM
A deal for a ceasefire in Gaza that would also see Israeli hostages freed is believed to be close, with Israel and Hamas having expressed optimism that an agreement can be reached after months of deadlock.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Mr Justice Michael Humphreys compelled the step to be taken after finding the UK government remains in breach of a human rights duty to probe the full extent of state collusion in the May 1997 killing.
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Judge orders UK government to set up Sean Brown inquiry
The UK government has been ordered to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown by a judge in Northern Ireland.
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December 17, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Mr Justice Michael Humphreys compelled the step to be taken after finding the UK government remains in breach of a human rights duty to probe the full extent of state collusion in the May 1997 killing.
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President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "deep slander" and it is a very serious business to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the Israeli Prime Minister.
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'Deep slander' to call Irish anti-Semitic, says President
President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "deep slander" and it is a very serious business to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the...
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December 17, 2024 at 12:59 PM
President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "deep slander" and it is a very serious business to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the Israeli Prime Minister.
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Investigatory powers tribunal rule PSNI must pay £4,000 each in damages to Trevor Birney/Barry McCaffrey, who were arrested in 2018 after they produced No Stone Unturned, documentary about massacre during the Troubles.
PSNI and Met police unlawfully spied on two journalists, tribunal finds
December 17, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Investigatory powers tribunal rule PSNI must pay £4,000 each in damages to Trevor Birney/Barry McCaffrey, who were arrested in 2018 after they produced No Stone Unturned, documentary about massacre during the Troubles.
PSNI and Met police unlawfully spied on two journalists, tribunal finds
The Detail editor Trevor Birney and former Detail journalist Barry McCaffrey have made British legal history today after a tribunal ruled against two police forces which spied on them.
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Journalists call for public inquiry after landmark tribunal rules against PSNI and Metropolitan Police
The Detail editor Trevor Birney and former Detail journalist Barry McCaffrey have made British legal history today
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December 17, 2024 at 10:57 AM
The Detail editor Trevor Birney and former Detail journalist Barry McCaffrey have made British legal history today after a tribunal ruled against two police forces which spied on them.
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Palestinian American businessman Faisel Saleh, who founded museum, said turning the former Israeli embassy into a Palestinian museum would be “a political statement
Palestinian museum founder inquires about leasing site of closed Israeli embassy in Dublin
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Palestinian museum founder inquires about leasing site of closed Israeli embassy in Dublin
Opening exhibition branch at former Israeli embassy would be ‘political statement’, Faisel Saleh says
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December 17, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Palestinian American businessman Faisel Saleh, who founded museum, said turning the former Israeli embassy into a Palestinian museum would be “a political statement
Palestinian museum founder inquires about leasing site of closed Israeli embassy in Dublin
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The killing of a senior Russian military official, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow was a "special operation" by Ukraine's SBU security service, a source inside the agency has said.
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Ukraine claims killing of Russian military official
The killing of a senior Russian military official, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow was a "special operation" by Ukraine's SBU security service, a source inside the agency has said.
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December 17, 2024 at 8:43 AM
The killing of a senior Russian military official, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow was a "special operation" by Ukraine's SBU security service, a source inside the agency has said.
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What could be more shameful than the idea that, more than a century after independence, Ireland is incapable of playing its part in tackling greatest crisis facing humanity, and is forced, in effect, to pay other countries to keep our commitments for us?
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Fintan O’Toole: We’re heading for the second biggest fiscal disaster in the history of the State
The idea that the Green Party was making us all go too far too fast is the exact opposite of the truth
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December 17, 2024 at 8:28 AM
What could be more shameful than the idea that, more than a century after independence, Ireland is incapable of playing its part in tackling greatest crisis facing humanity, and is forced, in effect, to pay other countries to keep our commitments for us?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
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It’s time for other nations to follow Ireland’s principled stand on Gaza
December 17, 2024 at 7:43 AM
It’s time for other nations to follow Ireland’s principled stand on Gaza
A 15-year-old girl opened fire at a Wisconsin school, fatally shooting a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before being found dead with the handgun, US police have said.
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Teenage girl shoots dead fellow student and teacher in US
A 15-year-old girl opened fire at a Wisconsin school, fatally shooting a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before being found dead with the handgun, US police have said.
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December 17, 2024 at 7:29 AM
A 15-year-old girl opened fire at a Wisconsin school, fatally shooting a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before being found dead with the handgun, US police have said.
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The commander of Russian armed forces' chemical, biological and radiation defence troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, was killed along with his deputy when the blast went off as the two men left a building in southeastern Moscow early this morning.
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Senior Russian military official killed in Moscow blast
A senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow has died following an explosion, according to Russia's investigative committee.
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December 17, 2024 at 7:26 AM
The commander of Russian armed forces' chemical, biological and radiation defence troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, was killed along with his deputy when the blast went off as the two men left a building in southeastern Moscow early this morning.
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