Posted By: June 12, 2014
The author exposes the nonsense of the police trying to argue that they cannot tackle Loyalist violence “lest it might cause violence.” Newton Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, June 12, 2014 IT IS becoming clear that we have a serious problem with policing and the ‘right to life’. Defending its handling of the flag protests […]
Posted By: June 12, 2014
SUNDAY WORLD Roisin Gorman SUNDAY WORLD.Wednesday 11th June 2014 Freddie Scappaticci Veteran Ulster Unionist politician Jim Rodgers has called on the police and Historical Enquiries team to reopen their investigation into the murder of MP Robert Bradford.The Belfast Alderman made the plea after notorious IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci was linked to the unsolved murder. Sources close to […]
Posted By: June 12, 2014
BBC NI. Thursday, June 12, 2013 Sinn Féin said there was “persistent evidence” of longer waiting times, higher levels of housing stress and greater homelessness within Catholic and nationalist communities Sinn Féin has asked Northern Ireland’s Human Rights Commission to investigate the Department of Social Development over the allocation of social housing. The party said there […]
Posted By: June 09, 2014
Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire is to examine the original RUC investigation into the fatal loyalist attack almost 40 years ago BBC.NI. Monday, June 9, 2014 The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is to investigate claims police in Northern Ireland were involved in a 1975 bomb in the Republic of Ireland. Two men in their 60s died when […]
Posted By: June 08, 2014
By Vincent Kearney. BBC. NI. JUNE 21, 2014 BBC NI home affairs correspondent Liam Holden was 19 when he was arrested and convicted of a soldier’s murder It happened almost 40 years ago, but Liam Holden can still recall the sensation of gasping for breath as water was slowly poured on to a towel covering his face. “That feeling […]