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TUV blasts proposed Provo payday for terrorist relatives Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Years after a pension for innocent victims of violence was agreed, there are countless cases still caught up in bureaucracy. Even obviously deserving cases have moved at a snail’s pace. It is shameful that the victims’ commissioner has used his final […]
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has said that there is no person and no power that will ever stop him from standing with the Bloody Sunday families in their fight for justice. Derry’s MP attended Strand Road police station this afternoon to lodge a protest after police sought to interview him under caution for walking […]
Louth County Council Library Service were delighted to host a ‘Decade of Centenaries’ event, with the launch of ‘Local Context and Connection: An Exhibition’ at Dundalk Library on December 6th. As commemorations for the Decade of Centenaries draw to a close, Louth Library Service has taken the opportunity to reflect on this turbulent and transformative […]
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has cautiously welcomed moves by the Government that could lead to an interstate case against the British Government over their Legacy Act. Speaking in the Dáil today, the Meath West TD said: “This year the Tory Government passed the Legacy Act through the British Houses of Parliament. This Act is the […]
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has welcomed the comments of the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Dáil today, who said the Irish government is to make a decision in the coming weeks as to whether the Irish government supports an existing case or takes its own Inter-State case in respect of the British government’s Legacy […]
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has called on the Irish government to pursue an interstate case against the British government’s Legacy Act following an appeal by the PSNI for information into the murder of Peter McCormack in 1992. The South Down MP said: “Last year’s ruling from Justice Humpreys was a watershed moment for families […]
Detectives from Legacy Investigation Branch, investigating the murder of Peter McCormack in the Thierafurth Inn in Kilcoo on 19 November 1992, are appealing for information on the 31st Anniversary of his murder. Mr McCormack, a 42 year old former schoolteacher from Drumena Road in Kilcoo, was shot dead when two gunmen burst into the public […]
TUV leader Jim Allister has rendered the return of Stormont impossible following recent revelations that the Provisional IRA was involved in a campaign to smear a police officer. Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The disclosure at the High Court that the Provisional IRA was involved in a campaign to smear a police officer as […]
Repurposing of the ex-military barracks site in Forkhill has now been completed and a special event to mark the launch of the community open space took place on Friday 6 October. The site is a significant expanse in the centre of the South Armagh village and for many generations the ex-military base was inaccessible to […]
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane has called on the Irish government to confront the ‘cynical and cruel’ Legacy Bill through an interstate case against the British government. Speaking after the Legacy Bill passed its final stage in the House of Lords, the North Belfast MP said: “The British government’s flawed and irredeemable Legacy Bill has […]
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane has branded the British Government’s decision to push through the Legacy Bill and ignore opposition from victims ‘cynical and cruel’. Speaking after the Legacy Bill passed through Westminster, the North Belfast MP said: “The British Government’s flawed and irredeemable Legacy Bill has always only been about one thing – closing […]
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has urged the Irish Government to take legal action against the British Government’s legacy legislation after it passed in the House of Commons this afternoon. Mr Eastwood said that the names of victims and survivors who have been denied access to truth and justice should ring in the ears of […]
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