3,000 Antrim Gaels sign open letter calling on Irish government to start planning for agreed shared Ireland Jane Adams and Paddy Cunningham have spearheaded the campaign. Picture by Hugh Russell Suzanne McGonagle and Brendan Crossan 08 May, 2021 01:00
The group have written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Picture by Tom Honan/PA Wire
A group of Antrim Gaels have written an open letter to Taoiseach Micheál Martin calling on the Irish government to take the lead in plans for an agreed shared Ireland .
Former hurling All Star Terence McNaughton and ex-footballer and MND campaigner Anto Finnegan are among more than 3,000 players and supporters of Antrim GAA who have signed the letter.
Government anger over UK plans to grant amnesty for crimes committed during the Troubles Simon Coveney warns Britain against ‘unilateral’ action on North legacy issues
about an hour ago Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney met Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin on Wednesday. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire
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The Government is furious at being “blindsided” by reports that London plans to depart from previous agreements and prevent the prosecution of British soldiers accused of crimes during the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Fiona Donohoe repeats call for truth - I will accept the truth, give me the truth for Noah All I want is a hug from Noah and I am never going to get that hug.
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Fiona Donohoe and her son Noah Donohoe
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• Supporters of British soldiers outside court
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The collapse of the trial of two British soldiers charged with the May 1972 killing of Official IRA Volunteer Joe McCann has sent a wave of anger across the Nationalist community in the North with McCann’s daughter Áine saying “the RUC failed, the criminal justice system failed”.
Paratroopers identified as ‘Soldiers A and C’ walked free from Belfast Crown Court on Tuesday 4 May after a judge dismissed as inadmissible statements the pair made to the now defunct Historical Enquiries Team (HET) in 2010.
In an angry response to the acquittal the human rights NGO Relatives for Justice (RFJ), which advocates on behalf of families of people killed by state and pro-state forces said, “such an appalling injustice is an indictment of the PSNI not to mention a demonstration of their disrespect and disregard for victims of state violence”.
Joe McCann s family hit out at disgusting commentary after collapse of murder case against former paratroopers The widow of Joe McCann, Anne McCann, and daughters Maura and Aine, outside court after the trial of two former paratroopers accused of the murder of Official IRA man Joe McCann in 1972 collapsed. Picture by Mal McCann
Official IRA member Joe McCann. Picture by McCann family handout, Press Association
Joe McCann s family has hit out at the disgusting commentary we have been subjected to by British Army commentators and observers after the murder case against two former paratroopers collapsed.
Mr Justice O Hara found the former soldiers not guilty at Belfast Crown Court on Tuesday.