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Placing of picture of Taoiseach on loyalist bonfire investigated by police

Police are investigating the placing of an Irish flag and a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on a loyalist bonfire in Co Tyrone as a “hate crime”. The towering pyre in Moygashel, themed as an anti-Northern Ireland Protocol bonfire, attracted ...

09 Jul 2023 at 17:06

Northern Ireland

No paramilitary groups should exist 26 years after GFA, says Michelle O’Neill

No paramilitary groups should exist in Northern Ireland 26 years after the Good Friday Agreement, First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. The UK and Irish governments announced plans this week to appoint an independent figure to examine ...

27 Feb 2025 at 16:04

Northern Ireland

O’Neill insists she can still lead as First Minister in stormy committee meeting

Michelle O’Neill has said she is confident she can continue to lead in the office of First Minister during a heated session of her Stormont scrutiny committee. Ms O’Neill told MLAs that she believed work needed to be done to improve the ...

23 Oct 2024 at 16:47

Northern Ireland

British ministers ‘reluctant to accept McGuinness committed to peace process’

Senior British ministers were reluctant to accept that Martin McGuinness was “genuinely” committed to the peace process in Northern Ireland, archive files have revealed. Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew also speculated whether the ...

30 Dec 2022 at 00:01

National News

Inquest into 1997 shooting of GAA official Sean Brown to open in March

The first stage of an inquest into the fatal shooting of a GAA official in Co Derry 26 years ago is set to open next month. Sean Brown, 61, was abducted in Bellaghy by loyalist terrorists and shot dead in May 1997. He was taken by a ...

22 Feb 2023 at 17:22

National News

Irish journalist set to assist inquest into fatal Troubles bomb attack

A veteran Irish journalist is set to assist an inquest into the death of a man in a loyalist bomb attack in 1972. Vincent Browne as well as former Going For Gold host Henry Kelly were approached by the Coroner’s Service to give ...

13 May 2022 at 10:35

National News

Putting Irish flag and Taoiseach photo on bonfire ‘not acceptable’ – Beattie

The placing of an Irish flag and a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on a loyalist bonfire in Co Tyrone has been criticised as “childish” and “not acceptable”. The towering pyre in Moygashel attracted attention online after a ...

09 Jul 2023 at 13:34

National News

Widow remembers 'very fair-minded' GAA official killed during Troubles as inquest opens

A man killed by loyalists 26 years ago has been described as a “fair-minded person who treated everybody the same”. The widow of Sean Brown, 61, a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) official who was abducted and killed by ...

30 Mar 2023 at 17:06

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