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UK/Ireland: Landmark ‘hooded men’ torture case should be re-opened

Posted By: November 24, 2014

An RTÉ television programme, The Torture Files, revealed that the UK government withheld crucial evidence from the European Court.© RTÉAmnesty International. London. Monday, November 24, 2014“These men and their families have a right to truth and justice. The Irish state argued then that the UK’s actions amounted to torture – we call on it to do so […]

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SLUMBERING STORMONT IS IMMUNE TO REVOLUTION

Posted By: November 22, 2014

  Patrick Murphy.Irish News (Belfast).Saturday, November 22, 2014 OH dear, it looks like the revolution may have started in the south, while we in the north have reared a new generation which does not even know how to build a barricade. Dublin has recently witnessed the Tánaiste trapped in her car for two hours by […]

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NY’s $177 billion man in Belfast visit

Posted By: November 22, 2014

Simon Cunningham. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, November 21, 2014 THE 177-billion-dollar man visited Belfast yesterday to see how some of his funds have been invested – and revealed plans to pump yet more millions into the Northern Ireland economy. Comptroller of the State of New York Tom DiNapoli is in charge of a pension fund […]

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When Winston Churchill said the wrong thing . .

Posted By: November 20, 2014

Gordon Lucy. News Letter (Belfast) February 22, 2012 This month one hundred years ago Winston Churchill addressed an audience of nationalists in Celtic Park, Belfast, and told them of his support for Home Rule. Local historian GORDON LUCY reflects on the infamous visit ELECTED as a Conservative MP in 1900, Winston Churchill crossed the floor […]

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Corrie actor Charlie Lawson: I probably did hate Catholics

Posted By: November 19, 2014

Corrie actor Charlie Lawson: I probably did hate CatholicsActor Charlie LawsonBY IVAN LITTLE. BELFAST TELEGRAPH. NOVEMBER 19,  2014Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson has revealed how he might have taken up guns against Catholics in Northern Ireland and how he once thought IRA hunger strikers should be allowed to starve in the Maze prison.In a candid interview for […]

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