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Twaddell helped secure deal says Orange leader

Posted By: October 06, 2016

Assistant grand master defends camp that cost £20m to policeGareth McKeown.Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, October 6, 2016Orange Order Assistant Grand Master Rev Mervyn Gibson has said an agreement in Ardoyne would not have happened without the Twaddell protest camp. Picture by Aidan O’Reilly The assistant grand master of the Orange Order has claimed a three-year parade dispute in north Belfast would not […]

Judge to “immediately” consider landmark Brexit court case

Posted By: October 06, 2016

News Letter, Thursday, October 6, 2016    Raymond McCord arrives at Belfast High Court on the morning of October 4, 2016.   A judge in Belfast today vowed to give immediate consideration to landmark legal bids to halt the United Kingdom’s planned departure from the European Union. Mr. Justice Maguire’s pledge came as a three-day […]

Success for Belfast in all our interests

Posted By: October 06, 2016

Newton Emerson. Irish News (Belfast).Thursday, October 6, 2016.The point of last week’s discussion on a John Lewis store in Belfast has been missed. This was not a debate about Belfast versus Lisburn or city centres versus out of town centres,  but about sustaining Belfast as the only hope for Northern Ireland’s future prosperity.If that sounds like an overwrought burden to place on […]

Buying peace in times of austerity is expensive

Posted By: October 06, 2016

Allison Morris.Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, October 6, 2016 It says a lot about how conditioned we’ve become to accepting the unacceptable when the allocation of £1.7 million of public money to a UDA-linked group (as reported in this paper last week) was all but ignored by the rest of the media.In Northern Ireland, the abnormal has become the norm and the line […]

British demand for Irish passports soaring

Posted By: October 06, 2016

Gareth McKeown. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, October 6, 2016The number of Irish passport applications from Northern Ireland has increased by two-thirds since the UK voted to leave the European Union. Picture by Matt BohillTHE number of Irish passport applications from people living in Britain has more than doubled in the past two months since the Brexit vote.New figures from the department of foreign […]

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