According to Lord Tebbit, “the world is a sweeter and cleaner place” thanks to the death of ex-IRA terrorist Martin McGuinness, “a coward who never atoned for his crimes”.
Northern Ireland’s former deputy first minister and one-time IRA commander Martin McGuinness has died aged 66, his Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein said on Tuesday.
California Democrats may soon find themselves on the defensive in their war against the Trump administration, as the Republican-controlled Congress is moving toward blocking California’s state-run “forced savings” program.
LONDON (AP) — Allies and political opponents are paying tribute to Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander-turned-peacemaker who is stepping down as one of Northern Ireland’s most influential politicians.
The Wall Street executive who is the leading candidate to be Treasury Secretary if Hillary Clinton is elected, is now quietly touting a plan to grab control over the $25 trillion in Americans’ private retirement accounts.
Leaks from billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) have revealed the group has a list of MEPs it considers “reliable allies” which includes IRA bomber Martina Anderson. Documents show the NGO, which works worldwide to mould government policies, set
An Irish member of the European Parliament who is also a former convicted member of the IRA terrorist organization said Israeli lobbyists were “all over this place like a rash” during a discussion supposedly dedicated to health issues and sanitation in Gaza and the West Bank.
A vote by Britain to quit the European Union (EU) could reignite the vicious, historical conflict in Northern Ireland after years of peace, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier claimed Thursday. The minister argued that the only reason for peace in the
Britain has raised the threat level from dissident Northern Ireland militants to “substantial,” meaning an attack on the British mainland is considered a strong possibility, Home Secretary (Interior Minister) Theresa May said on Wednesday. May said the decision by the
DUBLIN (AP) — The leaders of Ireland’s other major parties accused Sinn Fein chief Gerry Adams of directing IRA violence in the past and seeking to endanger jurors today as they waged their first head-to-head debate ahead of Ireland’s Feb.
Covered California has been such a success at driving up healthcare premiums and blowing through $1 billion in federal subsidies that the state legislature’s liberal Democrats are poised to launch “Secure Choice” in an effort to take over Californian’s individual
The Daily Mail is reporting that the Umpqua Community College (UCC) gunman, Chris Harper Mercer, handed a thumb drive containing a “possible manifesto” to one student before opening fire on others on October 1.
Oregon shooter Chris Harper-Mercer was born British and supported the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Harper-Mercer, 26, killed 10 people yesterday in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. He is said to have been British born, before moving to
BELFAST, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams will not face prosecution over the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service said on Tuesday, more than a year after he was briefly arrested over
An ex-Sinn Fein councillor has attacked his town as “far right” amid local opposition to accepting thousands of Syrians, claiming the migrants would be better treated in Syria. Padraig McShane is a representative for Coleraine, County Antrim. He was unimpressed when
Some organisational structure of the Irish Republican Army still exists a decade after its public disbandment but there is no evidence it was involved in two recent murders, the head of Northern Ireland’s police force said on Saturday. The Police Service
The threat from so-called ‘lone wolf’ Islamic terrorists in Ireland has surpassed that posed by indigenous republican and Irish Republican Army (IRA) militants, for the first time in the nation’s history, according to Irish Police and Defence forces. Sources inside
A leading human rights lawyer has pronounced British justice prejudiced against Muslims. Gareth Peirce said English juries, English prosecutors and English police have proceeded “with complete ignorance of culture or religion” in the past and now “have to be educated about Islam”.
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of London’s Carlton Club. At 8:39 p.m. on Monday 25 June 1990, a large bomb left inside the doorway of the “oldest, most elite, and most important of all Conservative clubs” by the Provisional Irish
English victims of IRA atrocities have spoken out against the appearance of Martin McGuinness at a rally against austerity held in London this weekend. Approximately 25,000 people descended on Westminster, Central London on Saturday for the March Against Austerity, at which millionaire celebrities
Secret assurances guaranteeing immunity from prosecution may have been given to IRA terrorists, thought to include the alleged killers of Lord Mountbatten and a British ambassador, according to documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper has published correspondence that suggests
The IRA are set to make a staggering £22 million a year more in counterfeit cigarettes when plain packaging legislation goes through because the packs are so much easier to fake. Police in Ireland have said that pain packaging is
Tony Blair has claimed that “comfort letters” guaranteeing terror suspects would never be prosecuted for their crimes were vital to the Northern Ireland peace process. The former Prime Minister was being grilled by MPs about his role in giving anonymity
Spanish police have arrested two former members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as part of an investigation into money laundering and tobacco smuggling, as the crack down on tobacco products makes the crime more lucrative. Donna Maguire and Leonard
