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State hostile to human rights lawyers’ work says Winte

Posted By: February 22, 2016

Kevin Winters is involved in some of the most controversial conflict related inquests including the deaths of 10 Protestant men at Kingsmill in 1976, above, and the murder of Derry GAA official Sean BrownConnla Young. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, February 22, 2016Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has been accused of trying to “stymie” the work of human rights solicitors who represent families of people […]

Sinn Féin could be waxing lyrical in office in the new Dáil

Posted By: February 19, 2016

Deaglán de Bréadún. Irish News (Belfast). Monday,  February15,  2016  IT IS ironic that Northern Ireland and the peace process are hardly getting a mention in the general election campaign south of the border.Everyone knows how the Good Friday Agreement changed politics in significant ways in the north, but there is little awareness that the pact concluded at Castle Buildings all of 18 years […]

Proconsul’s keynote speech rang hollow

Posted By: February 18, 2016

Brian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast).Wednesday, February 17, 2016The stalled inquest into the death of teenager Arlene Arkinson is a classic example which amply illustrates why people do not give any credence to the speech our proconsul[Theresa Villiers, NI Secretary of State] made on February 11.The NIO billed it as ‘a keynote speech’. That’s defined as a speech to set the underlying tone or […]

Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland

Posted By: February 17, 2016

Tory poll candidate: I visited Vatican to ‘know my enemy’John Monaghan. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, February 17, 2016A Conservative candidate for the assembly election has referred to trips to the Vatican and the Holy Land as “knowing your enemy”.Sophia Nestius-Brown made the remark in a social media exchange with former Ulster Conservatives and Unionists candidate Ian Parsley, now a member of […]

DUP meeting to discuss nationalist homes was held in Belfast orange hall

Posted By: February 16, 2016

Connla Young. Tuesday,  February 16, 2016 Former Stormont minister Nelson McCausland met with housing officials in an orange hall to discuss plans to build homes in a nationalist areaEXCLUSIVEFORMER DUP minister Nelson McCausland met housing association representatives in an Orange Order hall just weeks before plans to build homes in a nationalist area were withdrawn.It is believed Mr McCausland, who Housing Minister at […]

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