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DUP councillor: Evangelicals should speak out against papal visit

Posted By: December 03, 2016

ANOTHER SAD EXAMPLE OF ANTI-CATHOLIC BIGOTRY John Finlay, DUP councilor,  Ballymoney Letter to the Editor. News Letter (Belfast). Saturday, December 3, 2016 John Finlay, DUP councilor,  Ballymoney    After Enda Kenny met with the pope at the Vatican on Monday, he wasted no time in tweeting that a papal visit to Ireland in 2018 was […]

Michael Mansfield calls for McGurk’s Bar apology from police

Posted By: December 02, 2016

Michael Mansfield QC will speak at the lecture to mark the 45th anniversary of the McGurk’s Bar atrocity in Belfast next week Connla Young. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, December 2, 2016A leading barrister has said it is “a matter of conscience” for PSNI chief constable George Hamilton to consider apologizing for police actions following the McGurk’s Bar massacre.Michael Mansfield was […]

Gary Haggarty: Files give remarkable insight into UVF extortion racket

Posted By: December 02, 2016

Allison Morris. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, November 30, 2016HUNDREDS of offenses Gary Haggarty confessed to – but which will never be read out in court – give an insight into the criminality of the notorious Mount Vernon UVF.Numerous businesses who were forced to pay money to the north Belfast gang are listed among the 301 ‘Taken Into Consideration’ (TIC) charges.While […]

Johnny Adair: “PIRA fought a justified war”

Posted By: December 01, 2016

Paula Mackin. Sunday World. Thursday, December 1, 2016Johnny Adair (Pic: Conor McCaughley)Loyalist terror chief Johnny Adair has lauded Northern Ireland’s peacemakers – Sinn Fein and the IRA.The republican movement has found the unlikeliest of admirers in the shape of former terrorist commander M’ad Dog “Adair.In an exclusive, no-holds-barred interview, the one-time feared UFF leader revealed his new-found respect for […]

So much for the cash lavished on Loyalist areas

Posted By: December 01, 2016

Newton Emerson. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, December 1, 2016 SOME people have no sense of gratitude. Loyalist leaflets were left on cars in east Belfast last week, bearing a picture of a gunman and the words: “All PSNI informers will be put out of this area.”So much for the cash and compromises lavished on east Belfast’s loyalists – or “pragmatism”, […]

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