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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 IRA was ...

30 Dec 2022 at 11:33

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 boat was placed ...

09 Jul 2023 at 13:34

Northern Ireland

Committee seeks minutes of minister’s meeting with Loyalist Communities Council

A DUP minister’s Assembly scrutiny committee is to formally request the minutes of his meeting with a group that includes representatives of loyalist paramilitary gangs. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons met the Loyalist Communities Council ...

10 Oct 2024 at 12:12

Northern Ireland

Lyons did not ‘directly’ ask for end to criminality during LCC meeting

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said he did not directly ask representatives of loyalist paramilitary gangs to end criminality during a meeting with an umbrella group. However, he told MLAs that he had made clear to the Loyalist ...

24 Oct 2024 at 12:39

Northern Ireland

Givan hits back over meetings with group linked to loyalist paramilitaries

Education Minister Paul Givan has accused political parties, which criticised his meeting with a group linked to loyalist paramilitaries, of hypocrisy. During heated exchanges at the Assembly, Mr Givan referred to members of his ...

14 Oct 2024 at 16:37

Northern Ireland

Public inquiry ordered into collusion-linked murder of solicitor Pat Finucane

The Government has ordered a public inquiry into the collusion-linked loyalist paramilitary murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989. Mr Finucane, 39, was shot dead at his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 ...

11 Sept 2024 at 14:16

Northern Ireland

‘Important for ministers to listen to all’ – Lyons

It is important for Stormont ministers to listen to everyone, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said. He made the comments after his DUP party colleague and Education Minister Paul Givan faced criticism for meeting a ...

26 Sept 2024 at 15:17

Local News

O'Hagan family says Operation Greenwich confirms what families already knew

The son of a County Derry man murdered in 1991 says the Police Ombudsman's report into collusion between security forces and loyalist paramilitaries confirms what the families already knew. Malachy O'Hagan's father ...

19 Jan 2022 at 09:33

Northern Ireland

Attending ‘glorifying events’ normalises terrorist violence, says Arlene Foster

Former Northern Ireland first minister Baroness Arlene Foster has said the attendance of senior members of Sinn Fein at “glorifying events” results in the normalisation of violence. Sinn Fein MP for North Belfast ...

07 Jun 2023 at 14:37

Northern Ireland

Co Derry GAA official killed by loyalists was ‘fair-minded and treated everyone the same’

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 ...

30 Mar 2023 at 18:33

Jamie Bryson says he has no regrets over posts from DUP meeting

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson has said he has no regrets about posting live social media updates from a confidential DUP meeting over a Government deal to address concerns over post-Brexit trading ...

30 Jan 2024 at 15:53

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 Londonderry 26 years ago is set to open next month. Sean Brown, 61, was abducted in Bellaghy by loyalist terrorists ...

22 Feb 2023 at 17:22

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