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BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE – PRESS RELEASE

Posted By: September 23, 2015

September 22, 2015 Ballymurphy families meet Good Friday Agreement Implementation Committee “Delays to inquests are unacceptable and are impeding our families right to truth and justice” – John Teggart A delegation representing families of the Ballymurphy Massacre in 1971 will today meet with the Good Friday Agreement Committee in Dublin to discuss outstanding legacy issues […]

Robinson carries no clout at Westminster

Posted By: September 23, 2015

“First, Robinson carries no clout at Westminster despite his eight MPs. The Irish government, a potential ally in Cameron’s renegotiation of terms with the EU, is far too important to alienate over a piddling problem Unionists here invented.Second, Robinson desperately doesn’t want an election. The British know that now for sure. It’s not just his ill health and […]

Republican band culture on the decline due to ‘dissident’ stigma

Posted By: September 22, 2015

Members of the Henry Joy McCracken Flute band were among 60 young people who took part in a NI Youth Forum study    ALLISON MORRIS Allison Morris.Irish News (Belfast). Tuesday, September 22, 2015A study into republican band culture has found the practice could die out with young people no longer signing up to join because of the ‘stigma’ […]

I want to see an inquest into Birmingham bombings

Posted By: September 21, 2015

Irish News(Belfast). Monday, September 21, 2015A man wrongly jailed over the Birmingham pub bombings has thrown his weight behind a campaign for a fresh inquest.Twenty one people were killed and 182 injured when the IRA bombs exploded in two city centre pubs on November 21 1974.Paddy Hill and five others – the Birmingham Six – were released […]

DUP hokey cokey was nearly Sinn Féin’s dance

Posted By: September 19, 2015

Newton Emerson.Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, September 19, 2015 The DUP executive team has completed its first cycle of resigning, withdrawing its resignations just before the seven days notice period expires,  then resigning again. In five weeks’ time, Peter Robinson has to reappoint himself as first minister,  then step aside once more, an act sadly not […]

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