It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe MBE, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, and Trooper Joshua Hammond of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment were killed yesterday, Wednesday 1 July 2009, in Afghanistan. They were killed by an explosion whilst on convoy along the Shamalan Canal, near Lashkar Gah, in Helmand province, Afghanistan....
Breaking News.ie 28/06/2009 The Ulster Defence Association will not receive public money in exchange for destroying weapons, the North’s deputy First Minister said today. Martin McGuinness ruled out any payments after the loyalist paramilitary group said it had begun the decommissioning process. The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) added it had put all its arms beyond...
Photo by psd via Flickr ( Creative Commons ) The Armagh Jail, a 230-year-old prison that served as a women’s detention center during Northern Ireland’s Troubles, will be converted into a luxury hotel, the Independent reports . The City Council will retain ownership of the site, and the developers who’ve leased it have apparently committed to maintaining its historical integrity during...
The cells of Armagh Jail, which once held Bernadette Devlin and the Price sisters, are set to welcome holidaymakers under plans to transform Northern Ireland's oldest prison into a luxury hotel.
Irish Times 20 June 09 ONE OF the men recently found liable for the Omagh bombing in a civil action, faces oppression and harassment if extradition proceedings against him are held in Northern Ireland, his lawyers claimed at a Belfast court yesterday. Lawyers for Liam Campbell (46), who is wanted in Lithuania over an alleged arms smuggling plot, also suggested authorities could want the hearing moved...
Researchers in Northern Ireland say stroke survivors report experiencing blurred gender roles and loss of sexual desire. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, also found feelings like anger and frustration were confounded by a lack of independence and ongoing fatigue. Hilary Thompson of Mullinure Hospital in Armagh and Assumpta Ryan from the School of Nursing and Institute of Nursing...
Research reveals the benefits of pre-school education Edited by Jane Hill: The voluntary play-groups at Derry’s Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir and Armagh’s Christian Brothers’ primary school are to be replaced with new Irish-medium nursery units. According to the minister of education, this decision is based on research which shows how important pre-school education is. For it appears that...
Paddy O’Hanlon was a lawyer, author and above all one of a new wave of young nationalist activists whose arrival on the Northern Ireland scene in the late 1960s contributed to the overthrow of the existing political order.
News Letter 10 June 2009 AMNESTY International has written to the Secretary of State expressing serious concerns about police legal action to force a journalist to hand over information about the Real IRA. Amnesty said today it highlighted to Shaun Woodward the very real possibility of the freedom of the press, and investigative journalism in particular, being put at risk. Suzanne Breen, northern...
BBC The police are examining the possibility of a retrial of a South Armagh man cleared of involvement in the Omagh bombing. The revelation came during a meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board on Thursday. South Armagh man Sean Hoey was cleared of murdering of 29 people in Omagh, at the end of his trial in December 2007. The trial judge seriously criticised the police handling of evidence,...
David Sharrock, Ireland Correspondent The Times June 9, 2009 It was a warm August Saturday afternoon and Market Street in Omagh was thronged with shoppers and tourists. With only one weekend to go before the schools reopened after the summer holiday, many parents had brought their children into town to buy new uniforms . There was an international party on a day trip from across the border, among them...
Northern Ireland judge awards victims' families £1.6m damages over 1998 atrocity that killed 29 people Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent The Guardian Monday 8 June 2009 Liable for Omagh: Colm Murphy, Michael McKevitt, Liam Campbell and Seamus Daly. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/ Justin Kernoghan/PA/Photopress Belfast Four leaders of the Real IRA have been found liable for the 1998 Omagh...
Northern Ireland judge clears way for victims' families to claim compensation over 1998 atrocity that killed 29 people Four leaders of the Real IRA have been found liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing in a landmark civil case brought by the families of those killed. The men are Michael McKevitt, regarded as the founder of the Real IRA, Liam Campbell, Seamus Daly and Colm Murphy. A fifth man, Seamus McKenna,...
Northern Ireland judge awards victims' families £1.6m damages over 1998 atrocity that killed 29 people Four leaders of the Real IRA have been found liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing in a landmark civil case brought by the families of those killed. The judge awarded more than £1.6m in damages to 12 relatives who pursued the case after criminal prosecutions failed. The men found liable –...
Voting in Northern Irish elections is almost always difficult if you happen to come from that small section of the community that refuses to define itself as neither nationalist nor unionist. Often the only positive thing that you can gain from your experience of entering a polling station in this fair province is that in casting your vote for Alliance, the Greens, the Workers Party or some other such...
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