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Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:20:00 +0100
Standing for progress and against forces of the reactionary far right
Two weeks ago, racist pogroms were mounted against ethnic minority and migrant people in greater Belfast, forcing families from their homes. Elsewhere in the north of Ireland, multiple violent attacks and intimidatory protests took place.  This vic...

Tue, 26 May 2026 21:16:17 +0100
Workers' rights delayed or blocked are rights denied
Last week a large number of local trade unionists, various MLAs, and Party workers rallied together outside Parliament Buildings in Belfast to call for progress on implementation of the ‘Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill’, which is being spearhead...

Tue, 19 May 2026 13:35:26 +0100
Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day a...

Thu, 14 May 2026 08:44:37 +0100
“We wouldn’t be where we are without that struggle”
Forty years after the killing of IRA Volunteer Séamus McElwain, former political prisoner, Sinn Féin MLA and republican activist Seán Lynch reflects on the man he knew, the conflict they lived through, and the political path that followed.

Mon, 11 May 2026 13:34:57 +0100
Francis Hughes – Died on 12 May 1981 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks
The death of Francis Hughes at the age of 25 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh saw not the end of a legend but a new chapter in what was, by any measure, the story of one of the most fearless and tenacious guerrilla fighters of the 20th C...

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Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:40:55 +0100
Rescue teams assist vessel in difficulty on Lower Lough Erne
Emergency services were called into action after a vessel got into difficulty on Lower Lough Erne.

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:24:30 +0100
Four arrested for drink and drug driving in Fermanagh and Omagh in one night
Four motorists were arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving in the Fermanagh and Omagh district in a single night, despite repeated warnings over road safety and a rising number of fatalities on local roads.

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:11:32 +0100
Owner of Omagh salon ‘completely destroyed’ in overnight fire shares heartbreak
The owner of an Omagh hair salon destroyed in an overnight fire has spoken of her devastation, saying “everything we had worked so hard to build was gone.”

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 07:53:15 +0100
Police appeal after herd of cows found wandering Dungannon street
A herd of around 20 cows caused a bizarre scene in Dungannon town centre after they were discovered wandering through the area late on Saturday night.

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 07:38:23 +0100
Fire crews battle overnight blaze at Omagh property
Firefighters remain at the scene of a fire at a property in Market Street, Omagh, with the incident having been ongoing since the early hours of Sunday morning.

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