Month: June 2022

The legislation pushed through its first stage by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnston, altering the terms of the Protocol agreed with the EU is a clear breach of International law. This endangers the Good Friday Agreement and panders to the DUP leader, Jeffrey

At the official opening in mid-June of a new facility for young homeless people near Naas in Co Kildare Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, spoke out on the dire situation of housing and homelessness in the State. He condemned the housing crisis

The Celtic League celebrates twelve years this year as an accredited Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) to the UN Department of Economic and Social AffaIrs (DESA). The League was granted ‘roster status’ to the Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC) after an application by the

The French Navy have revised their plans to carry out live firing of missiles in an area of the Irish EEZ. The planned exercise which aped a similar move by Russian earlier this year was opposed by Fishermen’s Organisations in the South West

A scheme to provide NO INTEREST loans to those in need is to be expanded to Wales and N Ireland. This from Nation Cymru: “A new scheme supported by the Welsh Government which provides interest-free loans to the financially vulnerable, will be piloted

It’s an iconic photo of the 1973 IRA volunteer – a woman member of Cumann na mBan – with a rifle in Belfast it’s often been used but these items focus on the story of the photographer who took this and others at

As prices for fuel and food rise anger is also rising at government inaction. In Ireland tomorrow there will be coordinated demonstrations in major centres such as Belfast, Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Sligo and Galway. NGOs and political parties and politicians are supporting the

The Sallins Train Robbery or more accurately the brutal treatment of those arrested on suspicion at the time by Garda has come back to haunt the Irish State. Early this year it was announced that some of those detained at the time were

Ireland has unveiled its ‘clean oceans’ initiative for World Ocean Day. This from Afloat.ie and Minister for the Marine Charlie McConalogue: “A “Clean Oceans” fishing gear retirement scheme has been announced by Minister for Marine Charlie McConalogue to mark World Oceans Day. “The project, which

Phil Miller of ‘Declassified UK’ goes in search of UK support for the war in Yemen. He talks to two Yemeni artists now living in Scotland about their experience. He goes to Glenrothes where the missile firm Raytheon makes components that go in