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“Object of interest” found after Daniel Rooney exhumation

Posted By: November 22, 2016

ITV (Belfast). Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Police have said an “object of interest” has been found after the remains of Daniel Rooney were exhumed at Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast.Work began at the site on Monday and the teenager’s body has now been removed to allow for forensic teams to carry out examinations.Mr. Rooney was shot dead by soldiers from […]

Tycoon: DUP demanded £30,000 a month to back my Brexit campaign

Posted By: November 22, 2016

Sam McBride. News Letter (Belfast). Tuesday, November 22, 2016The DUP demanded £30,000 a month to back the anti-establishment Leave.EU campaign during the EU Referendum, a key figure in the Brexit campaign has claimed.Arron Banks, the maverick tycoon who funded the Leave.EU campaign with £5.6 million of his own money made the allegation in a book which recounts an extraordinarily divisive campaign […]

Posted By: November 21, 2016

Family relief as MoD admits innocence of shooting victim Manus Deery Manus Deery, the Derry teenager who was shot dead by a British soldier in the Bogside in Derry on May 19, 1972 Lesley-Anne McKeown. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, November 21, 2016 The family of a teenager shot dead by the Army more than 40 […]

Advert to send ‘stark message’ about failed pledges over legacy

Posted By: November 21, 2016

Allison Morris.Irish News (Belfast).Monday, November 21, 2016VICTIMS of the Troubles who feel let down by the failure to implement legacy proposals in the Fresh Start agreement are being urged to send a message to the British government through a stark advert carried in today’s Irish News.The highly unusual advert, which contains two blank pages, was taken out by the Pat Finucane Centre (PFC) […]

Irish-Americans Welcome U.N. Censure of British for Reneging on Truth and Legacy Issues

Posted By: November 21, 2016

CAPITOL HILL. Monday, November 21, 2016—  Irish-Americans are  pleased that the British Government’s failure to honor its obligations has been exposed and censured by a special report by the  United Nations.The report  by UN special rapporteur Pablo De Greiff ( Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)   has been welcomed by the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus, which has long campaigned to keep the U.S. Congress […]