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PRESSURE ON PSNI TO TAKE ON LOYALIST PARAMILITARIES

Posted By: April 03, 2014

Allison Morris.Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, April 2, 2014. WHEN is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? When it’s a loyalist one apparently. When 100 men armed with cudgels and hammers rampage through a small town like Larne on Mothering Sunday you have to ask – is there anyone in charge of this place? This October […]

WHO WILL STAND UP TO THESE LOYALIST THUGS?

Posted By: April 03, 2014

BRIAN FEENEY. IRISH NEWS (BELFAST). WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014. IN his first annual report HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary Tom Winsor said it is the first duty of police to prevent crime and to keep people safe. On Sunday in Larne the PSNI failed to accomplish either. It’s not the first time and it won’t […]

GLAD TO HEAR MALLON GO ON THE RECORD

Posted By: April 01, 2014

Tom Kelly. Irish News( Belfast). Monday, March 31, 2014 LAST week SDLP councillor Pat McCarthy tabled a novel motion to invite Pope Francis to Belfast. Some felt he was being mischievous. Certainly the outspoken Ulster Unionist stalwart Jim Rodgers was having none of it. McCarthy felt that a papal visit to Belfast would be a […]

Secretary of State requests use of secret courts for first time in Northern Ireland

Posted By: April 01, 2014

By Barry McCaffrey. THE DETAIL. March 24, 2014. LAWYERS for the Secretary of State are to make a legal application for a court case in Northern Ireland to be held in secret for the first time. However the move has raised concerns that potentially large numbers of Troubles-related cases involving the state and its intelligence […]

BRITISH LAND GRABS WERE A REAL CRIMEA

Posted By: March 29, 2014

  Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belfast). Saturday, March 29, 2014.   “HYPOCRISY” is not a word which this column likes to use. While it may accurately describe much of what happens in today’s world, it lacks the finesse of understatement and, in any case, it reminds us of too many people. So, with your […]

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