Many questions arise from the criminal child abuse conviction of ex Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. Between 1985 and 2008 Donaldson raped and abused two courageous women who came forward in 2023. In that 23 year period the political career of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson blossomed. "For forty years Jeffrey Donaldson was the respectable face of a certain unionism, lecturing…
Keir Starmer shed tears for himself after turning his Labour party into electoral wreckage. A Bluesky correspondent speaks for the many : "Starmer has all but destroyed what was left of Labour, told the members if they didn’t like what he was doing “there’s the door”, oversaw huge erosion of civil liberties, support for a genocide, massive authoritarian overreach and an economy that’s limping…
A friend put together this little video, if you feel like sharing it would be appreciated 🙂 A number of leading figures within the League of Ireland, as well as a former Ireland manager and women's captain, have signed an open letter calling on the FAI to refuse to play Israel in the UEFA Nations League later this year. A campaign by Irish Sport for Palestine, titled "Stop the Game" has been…
During the opening of the prosecution case in Newry Crown Court on Wednesday, the jury of seven men and five women were told that Donaldson was “always silent” when he carried out the abuse on one of his alleged victims. He put his “hands down her pants a lot” and sexual activity was “not unexpected”. Jurors heard about an alleged rape of one of the alleged victims, known as Complainant B, by…
The long-delayed trial of former Democratic Unionist party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his wife Lady Eleanor Donaldson is due to start on the week beginning May 25 2026. An unusual development has occurred. A judge has ruled that the wife of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is unfit to face a criminal trial on sexual offences charges due to the state of her mental health.
Shamim Malekmian reports for the Dublin Inquirer. It reminded him of George Floyd, pinned to the ground and dying under the knee of a cop on the streets of Minneapolis, said Jude Hughes, a Black Irish community activist. "It’s literally George Floyd on the streets of Dublin. I can’t believe that scene and that guy with his knee on his neck,” he said, in a Zoom meeting on Monday night. The…
What makes this even more disturbing is that, had the 4:44 minutes footage not emerged, many people would likely have accepted a simplified version of events without questioning what actually happened. The video raises deeply troubling questions: multiple men restraining one individual, excessive force being used, knees pressed onto his body, hands pulled back. It is impossible to watch without…
Bertie Ahern is making a racist comeback. The ex-taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader is helping to create a new far-right cover which will be used to justify fresh atrocities at accommodation centres, random attacks on immigrants, racist violence and murder. There is blood on Bertie's hands. Perhaps Fianna Fáil will expel Ahern again. Ahern resigned from FF in 2012, days before he was due to be…
