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PSNI shocking statistics show ‘Catholics’ twice as likely to be arrested and charged than ‘Protestants’

PSNI shocking statistics show ‘Catholics’ twice as likely to be arrested and charged than ‘Protestants’

PSNI shocking statistics show ‘Catholics’ twice as likely to be arrested and charged than ‘Protestants’ Discrimination against the Republican, Nationalist and Catholic community has today been confirmed by the PSNI’s ...

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MacCoitir slams Leisure Centre costs increase!

Louder for those at the back – outsourcing and privatisation doesn’t work! MacCoitir slams Leisure Centre costs increase!

Louder for those at the back – outsourcing and privatisation doesn’t work! MacCoitir slams Leisure Centre costs increase! The disastrous decision taken by Belfast City Council in 2014 to outsource ...

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As children die in the English channel, humanity dies with them.

As children die in the English channel, humanity dies with them. In recent days deaths in the English channel have made headlines as human beings flee poverty and war, and ...

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Belfast Honours Winifred Carney

Belfast Honours Winifred Carney Upwards of 50 people attended a commemoration in Milltown cemetery on Saturday [20th November 2021], organised by the socialist republican group Lasair Dhearg, to mark the ...

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Irish Language Impasse shows Stormont Can’t Deliver!

Irish Language Impasse shows Stormont Can’t Deliver! Tuesday 16th of November saw more than 50 Irish Language Advocacy groups come together to call on British Secretary of State Brandon Lewis ...

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‘Support Workers in Struggle this Winter’ – Pól Torbóid

‘Support Workers in Struggle this Winter’ – Pól Torbóid Yesterday (18th of November) saw the successful resolution of an industrial dispute with workers at Glen Dimplex LTD based in Portadown. ...

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‘The Typist with the Webley’ – Winifred Carney to be remembered in Belfast

‘The Typist with the Webley’ – Winifred Carney to be remembered in Belfast 1916 Rising volunteer Winifred Carney is to be commemorated in Belfast this week with a gathering at ...

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Video: ‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’ – Public talk, Derry

Video: ‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’ – Public talk, Derry The full video from our public talk in Derry as we discussed our recent policy entitled, ‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’. Speakers ...

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‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’ focus of Derry public talk

‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’ focus of Derry public talk A planned public talk will discuss the issue of drug use and addiction in Derry on Wednesday [3rd Nov 2021] as ...

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Sinn Féin supports Special Criminal Court

Sinn Féin supports Special Criminal Court At today’s Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, its party membership supported a motion brought forward by the leadership of the organisation, withdrawing its opposition to ...

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Sinn Féin poised to drop opposition to Special Criminal Court

Sinn Féin poised to drop opposition to Special Criminal Court Sinn Féin is fast becoming Ireland’s party of ‘law and order’ as it is now positioned to end its long-standing ...

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Margaret Skinnider remembered in Dublin and Coatbridge on 50th Anniversary

Margaret Skinnider remembered in Dublin and Coatbridge on 50th Anniversary Margaret Skinnider remembered on her 50th anniversary by Lasair Dhearg in Dublin and Coatbridge.Skinnider was veteran of the 1916 Rising, ...

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Clinton inauguration at Queen’s University Belfast marked by protest

Clinton inauguration at Queen’s University Belfast marked by protest A large crowd gathered to meet Hillary Clinton at Queen’s University in Belfast on Friday [24th September 2021], to protest her ...

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Annual FIBI Sliabh Fea commemoration honours the late Eddie O’Neill

Annual FIBI Sliabh Fea commemoration honours the late Eddie O’Neill By Pádraic MacCoitir “I can’t remember exactly when I became aware of the Spanish Civil War but it was years ...

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Post-Covid: A new pandemic threatens the Irish working class.

Post-Covid: A new pandemic threatens the Irish working class. It is already clear as we move into the latter months of 2021, slowly marching from the fog of the coronavirus ...

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