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Michael Gove defends remarks he made in 2000 about Good Friday Agreement negotiations

Posted By: July 04, 2016

Suzanne Mc Gonagle. Irish News.(Belfast). Monday, July 4, 2016The candiate for British Prime Minister also defended controversial remarks he made about the Northern Ireland peace process in a paper he wrote in 2000.In the paper, entitled ‘Northern Ireland the Price of Peace’, Mr Gove wrote that he believed the IRA could have been defeated and the Good Friday Agreement was a […]

Northern Ireland: Brexit has blown apathy “out of the water”

Posted By: July 04, 2016

“If there is any attempt to construct a hard Border I think the passions are so high that the people will pull it down.” Gerry Moriarty. Irish Times. Monday, July 4, 2016Denis Bradley made an unusual confession in the Irish News: he voted Remain but hoped for a Leave result. He got his wish. While he does have some concerns about jobs and […]

“You couldn’t catch anybody – everybody was an agent”

Posted By: July 04, 2016

Connla Young. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, July 4, 2016 FORMER RUC detective Trevor McIlwrath has said that paramilitary groups were so heavily infiltrated by informers and agents near the end of the Troubles that it was almost impossible to make an arrest.Mr McIlrath has claimed that police investigations at the time were hampered because so many […]

Finucane probe RUC officers sue PSNI

Posted By: July 04, 2016

Trio says Special Branch hindered murder inquiryConnla Young. Irish News (Belfast).Monday,  July 4, 2016FORMER RUC officers who investigated the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane are to sue the PSNI, claiming that Special Branch obstructed their investigation.Former detective superintendent Alan Simpson and CID officers Trevor McIlwrath and Johnston Brown lodged legal papers with the High Court in Belfast late last year.It is rare for former RUC […]

All-Ireland post-Brexit forum

Posted By: July 04, 2016

Suzanne McGonagle. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, July 4, 2016 Taoiseach Enda Kenny is expected to announce the formation of an all-island forum to map out a way forward in the wake of Brexit when the North-South Ministerial Council meets today.The plans have been welcomed by the SDLP and Sinn Féin but the DUP has said the Irish government cannot speak for The […]

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