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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]