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Hate crime legislation ‘needs to be changed’

Posted By: July 24, 2015

MLA makes call after loyalists threaten police on Facebook John Monaghan.Irish News.(Belfast). Friday, July 24, 2015 SDLP MLA John Dallat. Below : the UPRG Facebook post threatening members of the PSNI A Facebook post by the UPRG group queried whether police officers “should be allowed” to live in unionist areas. LEGISLATION covering hate crimes in the north needs urgently changed following fresh […]

A transatlantic helping hand for the undocumented

Posted By: July 24, 2015

Pictured in Donegal Town at the launch of The Families of the Undocumented Irish in America are members of the group, including the Chairperson Michael McMahon (center) and politicians Phil Flanagan MLA (left), Councilor Martin Kenny (second from right) and Senator Marc MacSharry (right).By Ray O’Hanlon. rohanlon@irishecho.com July 23, 2015.A new organization has been established in Ireland […]

Murdered solicitor Pat Finucane

Posted By: July 24, 2015

UN body in Finucane probe callConnla Young. Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, July 24, 2015Murdered solicitor Pat Finucane A United Nations committee has called on the British government to consider launching an official inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, pictured.The United Nations Human Rights Committee has also urged British authorities to set up the proposed Historical […]

UDA-linked loyalists ask: Should we let police live among us?

Posted By: July 23, 2015

John Monaghan.Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, July 23, 2015The post by the loyalist UPRG asking whether police officers “should be allowed” to live in loyalist areas A loyalist threat to police has asked if officers “should be allowed to live” in unionist areas.It is the second loyalist threat against the PSNI since the Twelfth after masked and armed men issued […]

Abuse of prisoners an important legacy issue

Posted By: July 22, 2015

Jim Gibney. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, July 22, 2015Seanna WalshSeanna Walsh spent 21 years in jail on three different occasions between January 1973 and September 1998. He was 16 when he first went to jail.There, in the cages of Long Kesh he met Bobby Sands, who was, like Seanna, a teenager.They became great friends. Their […]

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