Johnson and Starmer clash over IRA during PMQs

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer have clashed over IRA allegations made during Prime Minister’s Questions. Labour leader Sir Keir called on Mr Johnson to “have the decency” to withdraw a remark made about him relating to the IRA. The Prime Minister accused Sir Keir of having “supported an IRA-condoning politician” by serving in former... Read More

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August 4, 2020

New IRA condemned after hate campaign targets Primate of All-Ireland

The New IRA has been condemned after it launched a hate campaign against the Primate of All-Ireland. Posters targeting the Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, were put up outside St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry, only a short distance from where the terrorist group murdered Lyra McKee last year, The Sunday Life reported. The hate campaign comes only... Read More

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July 13, 2020

Foster expresses ‘regret’ at sectarian messages on some Twelfth of July bonfires

First Minister Arlene Foster has expressed regret at sectarian messages displayed on some loyalist bonfires. Fewer Twelfth of July events took place across Northern Ireland this year amid coronavirus restrictions. However, there were significant crowds at several fires that did go ahead. Ahead of the Eleventh Night fires, politicians and community leaders had urged people... Read More

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February 19, 2020

New IRA threats are ‘stupid but dangerous’, says Gerry Kelly

New IRA threats against Sinn Fein are “stupid” and “dangerous”, a senior republican said. All party members have been warned of a dissident plot to launch an under-car bomb attack. Gerry Kelly, the party’s policing spokesman, said it would not deter elected representatives but would worry members of their families. He said: “Their reaction to... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

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February 7, 2020

Funeral respect cost me friends, admits Foster

Arlene Foster has said she lost friends over her decision to attend the funeral of Martin McGuinness but insists that it was “the Christian thing to do”. Northern Ireland’s First Minister spoke about the fallout from her attendance at the service for the former IRA commander-turned-Stormont leader as she appeared on RTE’s flagship Late Late... Read More

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September 25, 2019

Unionists want Irish Government apology over refusal to extradite former Catholic priest turned IRA member

Unionists have called for the Irish Government to apologise for refusing to extradite a former Catholic priest turned IRA member who has now spoken openly about his past. DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson and TUV leader Jim Allister made the call in relation to Ireland’s refusal to extradite Patrick Ryan in 1988. They also urged the... Read More

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

September 24, 2019

Primate of All-Ireland in fresh appeal for information to find final three disappeared

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has made a fresh appeal for information to find three men killed and secretly buried by the IRA. The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, spoke out after the latest search to find Columba McVeigh ended without success. He described the disappointment felt by the teenager’s family as... Read More

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