Greenvale Hotel granted entertainment licence Connor Cirrie (16), Lauren Bullock (17) and Morgan Barnard (17) died during a crush outside the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown on St Patrick s Night 2019. Connla Young
The Greenvale Hotel
A Co Tyrone Hotel where three teenagers died in a crush must give council officials two months notice to hold paid admission events after its entertainment licence was renewed.
Morgan Barnard (17), Lauren Bullock (17) and 16-year-old Connor Currie died as they queued to get into the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown on St Patrick s night 2019.
Mid Ulster District Council confirmed that the renewal had been granted with the condition that the local authority is given at least two months notice of any function involving entertainment and paid admission.
Stormont s Executive Office agrees to pay for Troubles pension scheme Finance Minister Conor Murphy s department is to make the necessary funding available to ensure eligible victims and survivors receive compensation 12 April, 2021 11:48
Stormont s Executive Office has formally pledged to pay for a Troubles pension scheme, the Court of Appeal heard today.
As part of the undertaking, the Department of Finance will make the necessary funding available to ensure eligible victims and survivors receive compensation.
The confirmation brings an end to a long-running legal battle about who should cover the potential cost of up to £1.2 billion.
With Stormont and Westminster locked in a dispute over responsibility, Northern Ireland s most senior judge had issued an ultimatum for the Executive Office to either agree to fund the scheme or be ordered to act.
Stormont commits to funding Troubles pension scheme Pledge ends lengthy dispute over whether funding should come from Belfast or London
Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 21:56
Stormont Ministers have committed to pay for a pension scheme for victims of the North’s Troubles, ending a long-running dispute over whether funding should come from Belfast or London.
They said this would provide “reassurance and confidence” to victims and survivors that “payments will be made when they fall due under the terms of the scheme, regardless of where the funding comes from”.
However in a joint statement on Monday, the North’s First, Deputy First, Justice and Finance Ministers said they would continue to seek a contribution from the UK government.
Tyrone republicans will vehemently challenge prosecution over Francie McNally funeral A republican guard of honour flanks the coffin of former Sinn Féin councillor Francie McNally last April Connla Young
Brian Arthurs. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin
LAWYERS for two Co Tyrone republicans facing prosecution in connection with a funeral say they will vehemently challenge the decision.
Brian Arthurs and Frankie Quinn learned this week they are to be prosecuted in relation to their attendance at the funeral of former Sinn Féin councillor Francie McNally last April.
Both men are former senior members of the republican movement and served time for explosive offences.