Michelle O’Neill ‘truly sorry’ for attending Bobby Storey funeral at height of Covid-19 pandemic - ⁦Seanín Graham⁩

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Today's findings give hope to those claiming asylum in Northern Ireland.

In an environment of negative rhetoric for those requiring international protection, rights and justice has prevailed.

Grateful to counsel team Jude Bunting ®️Ⓜ️cTernaghan BL

“It's a huge moment. This has completely derailed the UK government’s flagship policy to remove people and not deal with their (asylum) claims'

Belfast immigration lawyer on today's landmark High Court ruling for asylum seekers in NI Sinéad Marmion

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A major bloom of the blue green algae which contaminated Lough Neagh last summer is ‘inevitable’, warns Friends of the Earth

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SDLP calls for action to remedy ‘dysfunctional’ Stormont government

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Today at 4.30pm! It's NI's last run on this year's fantastic series of Round Britain Quiz, so listen in to Freya McClements and me take on the Welsh wonders Myfanwy Alexander Cariad Lloyd! Listen on BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds
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'That smell reminds me of Long Kesh poitín'

Ex-IRA prisoner Joe Doherty, who escaped from Crumlin Rd Gaol in 1981, visits a new whiskey distillery on the prison's former A-Wing

He discovers his old cell between a cocktail bar & conference room

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Karl O’Hanlon: It’s exhausting to have intergenerational trauma pawed over but, as with so much else involving the Tory government, there’s always fresh insult, spite and disproportionate cruelty. What’s novel is that fellow academics have been drawn in
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Last chance. Just a couple of tickets left.

On an island still tormented by the Troubles, Britain’s Legacy Act is making things worse | Fintan O’Toole | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is the document which was today approved for release by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which proves that there was a routine “defensive operation” every 6 months interrogating the communication data of journalists who were “always looking for a story”.

Wuhan tourists who visited Larne and Dublin in January 2020 showed Covid-19 could reach Ireland, Covid inquiry hears

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So grateful for this beautifully sharp and sensitive reading of Openings for Irish Times Books by Sarah Gilmartin - a writer whose own novels I love. Full link here (€) irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

John was a craftsman. You would turn up to mix a documentary with a vague idea about pace & feel which he would patiently turn into reality. It was like watching a painter at work, creating a structure & then delicately adding the details, the light & the shade. RIP.

Tanja Maljartschuk: ‘Our national memory is a mass grave ... No one was ever punished for all these crimes’. On a visit to Dublin, the award-winning author talks about how Ukrainians have re-thought their history since being denied statehood post-WWI

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“One of the most basic obligations of a state is that it should properly investigate the murder of its citizens, yet the terrible pattern of the Troubles is that it has failed time and time again.” Fine piece by ⁦Freya McClements⁩ on cynical UK Legacy Bill

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‘Family after family have said they will not give up. Morally, the very least they deserve is to have this put right; it is also only right that, whenever human rights abuses are committed, the world should know.‘
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Ciarán MacAirt: “We reject any attempt by the British state to dress up the likes of the so-called Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery as a substitute for proper, just investigation.” #McGurks . Excellent article by Freya McClements irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

'They don’t say to me, ‘if this doesn’t work, I’m going to head south’. That has literally never happened'

Belfast immigration lawyer says 'high majority' of her clients travelled from Republic to NI to claim asylum over past 5 yrs Phoenix Law Belfast

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‘Family after family have said they will not give up. Morally, the very least they deserve is to have this put right. Whenever human rights abuses are committed, the world should know.’

Reflecting today on the Legacy Act and its consequences:

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