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Miami Showband massacre: ‘You don’t have to die to lose your life’

Posted By: July 26, 2015

Forty years later and survivor Stephen Travers still feels the raw hurt and pain.Graham Clifford. Independent. Sunday, July 26, 2015As he lay there in a roadside field, with blood streaming from his right thigh and left upper body, Stephen Travers had to make the most chilling of decisions.Did he pull himself to his knees and beg the gunmen not to […]

The torture centre and the ‘hooded men’

Posted By: July 25, 2015

Weekend read: In 1971 the British army took 14 men to a secret location in rural Co Derry and subjected them to a horrific interrogation from which they have never recovered. Nine of the surviving ‘hooded men’ are still seeking justice for what they say was torture – and they have the human-rights lawyer Amal […]

Anti-Catholic graffiti painted on wall opposite east Belfast primary school

Posted By: July 24, 2015

John Monaghan. Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, July 24, 2015  Sectarian graffiti on Connsbrook Avenue in east Belfast . Picture: Matt Bohill  GRAFFITI threatening Catholics has appeared opposite a primary school in east Belfast, in the latest incident of sectarian slogans across the city in recent weeks.“No Taigs in our area” was sprayed across a wall at […]

Hate crime legislation ‘needs to be changed’

Posted By: July 24, 2015

MLA makes call after loyalists threaten police on Facebook John Monaghan.Irish News.(Belfast). Friday, July 24, 2015 SDLP MLA John Dallat. Below : the UPRG Facebook post threatening members of the PSNI A Facebook post by the UPRG group queried whether police officers “should be allowed” to live in unionist areas. LEGISLATION covering hate crimes in the north needs urgently changed following fresh […]

A transatlantic helping hand for the undocumented

Posted By: July 24, 2015

Pictured in Donegal Town at the launch of The Families of the Undocumented Irish in America are members of the group, including the Chairperson Michael McMahon (center) and politicians Phil Flanagan MLA (left), Councilor Martin Kenny (second from right) and Senator Marc MacSharry (right).By Ray O’Hanlon. rohanlon@irishecho.com July 23, 2015.A new organization has been established in Ireland […]

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