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‘Massacre’ victim won’t be reburied until answers found

Posted By: October 29, 2015

THE IRISH NEWS – Thursday 29 October 2015 Irish News( Belfast). Thursday, October 29, 2015 The body of a Belfast man exhumed after more than 40 years will not be reburied until questions about the circumstances of his death are answered, a coroner’s court has heard. Father-of-12 Joseph Murphy was fatally injured in 1971 during […]

DPP decision on Stakeknife a profound and welcome move

Posted By: October 28, 2015

Jim Gibney.Irish News(Belfast). Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Last week’s decision by the director of the north’s Public Prosecution Service, Barra McGrory, to ask PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton to investigate the activities of the British Army’s alleged agent inside the IRA, Stakeknife, is the most profound, far-reaching and most welcome decision the director has taken […]

Nesbitt big on words but short on policy

Posted By: October 28, 2015

“Who is Mike Nesbitt to invent unilaterally another set of criteria for sharing power? The answer is quite obvious. He is a Unionist leader in the antediluvian mould of previous unionist leaders. As soon as Republicans concede one demand he presents another.”Nesbitt big on words but short on policyBrian Feeney Wednesday column .Irish News(Belfast). Wednesday, October 28, 2015Shorn of all the self-congratulation, the […]

Bullet found in exhumed body of Ballymurphy victim

Posted By: October 27, 2015

RTE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2015 Protesters highlight the killing of ten people in three days of shooting in Ballymurphy, Belfast in 1971 A bullet has been found in the exhumed body of a Belfast man who claimed British soldiers shot him a second time in an open wound, his daughter has said. The exhumation of […]

Alarm bells ring as the number of women applying for PSNI drops

Posted By: October 27, 2015

By Deborah McAleese. Belfast Telegraph. November 20, 2015               Seriousas many men as women now applying to join the force, it can be revealed. Calls have been made for the force to reverse the trend after a policing expert described it as a “male dominated” organization. New police statistics show […]

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