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MacBride laws repealed to allow investment in Nama

Posted By: August 04, 2015

 BRENDAN HUGHES. Irish News.( Belfast) Tuesday,August 4, 2015   A US state repealed anti-sectarianism laws on trading with Northern Ireland over a bid to invest in the north’s Nama portfolio at the centre of a major financial scandal. Florida removed parts of the MacBride principles – fair employment laws regarded as a cornerstone in preventing […]

Parading laws flouted during UDA’s annual commemoration parad

Posted By: August 01, 2015

Brendan Hughes. Saturday, August 1, 2015LOYALISTS flouted parading rules last night as they marched through south Belfast in honour of notorious UDA members linked to numerous sectarian murders during the Troubles.Hundreds took part in the march through the mixed Ormeau Road area, 21 years since the deaths of Joe Bratty and Raymond Elder.The UDA men were linked to numerous […]

Fears secret agency may be spying on north’s politicians

Posted By: July 31, 2015

CONNLA YOUNG Connla Young. Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, July 31, 2015    CONCERNS have been raised after it emerged that a secret British government spy agency could be carrying out surveillance on politicians from the north.It emerged this week that the secret Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has scrapped a decades old convention not to tap the […]

Groundhog-day Stormont set for further impasse

Posted By: July 29, 2015

“Again Robinson is still placating substantial figures in his own party, mostly recently re-elected MPs who see their role at Westminster potentially holding the balance of power in the next five years as more important than sitting at Stormont. They believe – mistakenly – it’s a way of cutting out Sinn Féin and anyway they hold no […]

Loyalists allowed parade glorifying UDA mass murderers

Posted By: July 29, 2015

Few restrictions on march through mixed area despite last year’s outrageBrendan Hughes. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, July 29, 2015LOYALISTS are being allowed to stage a march through a mixed community to glorify notorious UDA members linked to scores of sectarian murders during the Troubles.Hundreds of loyalists are to take part in the parade through south Belfast’s […]

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