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Legal letters to Troubles soldiers “worrying,” says ex-Army chief

Posted By: August 29, 2017

 Adrian Rutherford. Belfast Telegraph, Monday, August 28,  2017The former head of the Army has slammed the “outrageous” issuing of legal letters to thousands of former soldiers who served in Northern Ireland.Retired General Sir Richard Dannatt is the latest to intervene in the row over what some have branded a “witch-hunt”.Troops based here during the Troubles have received letters asking […]

“It’s ignorance”: Sinn Féin calls for apology after junior minister blames party for Dublin-Monaghan bombing

Posted By: August 29, 2017

Junior Minister for Finance Patrick O’Donovan questioned Sinn Féin’s involvement in the Dublin-Monaghan bombing over the weekend. TheJournal.ie Dublin. Tuesday 29 August 2017 SINN FÉIN HAS called on Junior Minister for Finance Patrick O’Donovan to apologize for his “clueless” comments made in an interview over the weekend regarding the Dublin-Monaghan bombings.In an interview with the Sunday Independent, O’Donovan said that before Sinn Féin can be […]

UVF chief “killed more than 100 people”

Posted By: August 28, 2017

UVF chief “killed more than 100 people”Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, August 28, 2017 Suspected RUC Special Branch agent and UVF serial killer Robin ‘The Jackal’ Jackson may have been involved in the murder of more than 100 people, a former member of the Glenanne Gang believes.John Weir, a former RUC sergeant, also said that Jackson was […]

British government officials “knew about loyalist Glenanne Gang”

Posted By: August 28, 2017

A member of the notorious loyalist killer group, the Glennanne Gang, has told how he believes its leader personally killed more than 100 people and dismissed suggestions that a public inquiry would expose the truth. In a rare interview from his home in South Africa, John Weir insists that a truth commission is the only way that victims will get closure.  Connla Young. […]

Slain priests’ courage worthy of remembrance

Posted By: August 27, 2017

Fr.. Patrick McCafferty. Letters to the Editor. Belfast Telegraph. Saturday, August 26,  2017In the community I serve as pastor, Corpus Christi Parish in west Belfast, the summer months of July and August mark the anniversaries of two profoundly traumatic events, 46 and 45 years ago respectively, that continue to cause pain, in 2017.On August 9, 1971, Fr. Hugh Mullan was shot […]

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