The President of the Clare branch of St Vincent DePaul insists it’s vital that there is a targeting of the most vulnerable in the upcoming budget. The charity has witnessed a 30% increase in demand for its services up until the end of August, compared to the same time last year. It comes amid mounting […]
Paul Givan has announced his resignation in a row over the Northern Ireland Protocol, prompting calls for early elections in the tense British province.
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Sinn Fein President, Mary Lou McDonald (front) and deputy First Minister and Sinn Fein vice-President, Michelle O Neill.
Mrs McDonald noted that Charles is the colonel-in-chief of the Parachute Regiment, but she said that was not the reason why the engagement at Hillsborough Castle did not proceed.
Soldiers from the regiment were involved in the fatal shootings in Ballymurphy in west Belfast in 1971.
Last week, a coroner ruled that ten victims, nine of whom were shot by the Army, were all “entirely innocent”.
Flanked by Ms O’Neill at a Stormont press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Mrs McDonald was asked to explain why the meeting did not happen.