Steve Jones The veil of secrecy shielding critical inquiries like this undermines democracy. The public’s right to know must override bureaucratic opacity. It’s time to overhaul the rules on what constitutes ‘public interest’—truth should never be deferred by decades.

Former NI school health and welfare officer jailed for sexual offences against teenage girls belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/fo…

The mentally ill are oppressed. I’m not referring to the criminals, but rather, the everyday individuals who struggle to survive because of how they would be treated by the medical community, the authorities, and society if they did speak up.

A widely hailed loyalist 'peacemaker' is convicted of terrorism offences. You just couldn't make this stuff up. Those who fund these 'peace' groups & the politicians who fawn over them should hang their heads in shame following Winkie Irvine's case.🧵(1/2) belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Belfast first, second and last is not working despite what the men in suits and their media pals tell us. Time for Stormont to try a novel idea: Putting equalities at the heart of policy-making. Targeted investment to address areas of high deprivation. Decentralising govt.

#InnocentChildren #TheyNeededHelp

Amid all the talk of traffic chaos in Belfast, here's a handy reminder of why @DeptInfra & John O' Dowd burning over a third-of-a-billion pounds on a vast & frankly unnecessary transport hub hasn't been the boon for public transport that they claim it is👇🏼 sluggerotoole.com/2024/05/17/wil…

Winkie Irvine's conviction shows that, 30 years after their ceasefire, loyalist paramilitaries remain active & armed. Those unionist politicians who work themselves into a frenzy over the IRA are silent. No concerned statements or angry tweets on this one belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

This very-much-alive scandal will end in one of two ways: the department will insist on full Belfast control over Derry, which will invariably lead to a public inquiry into UU; or the Minister will deliver an independent university for the North West. irishnews.com/opinion/tom-co…

"One of the most important things when you are campaigning about something where right is on your side is to never give up." Documenting this scandal can be an isolating experience, I've learned. It is energising to read a great piece like this from Tom. irishnews.com/opinion/tom-co…

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Strange, there's never been a spotlight program about #NoahDonohoe

#Mountbatten was apparently a paedo. Jimmy Savile claimed he smuggled young girls into the palace for Prince Philip. Andrew befriended Epstein and Maxwell and slept with a 17 year old. And now a spy. And the masses idolise these people?

Disappointing to hear students are finding it difficult to secure accommodation at Magee from 2nd year on. Whose fault is that? £1billion invested in Belfast unis in the past 10 years. QUB alone spent £100m on accommodation. Let's not strip the conversation of context.

A chairde Gael….. A little update ahead of our SSE Arena show on Saturday in Belfast: - The RUC have “banned” us from selling some of our merch at the venue so we will have a pop-up merch spot at the Telegraph building that day selling the burning landrover T-shirts and

Just saw on the news that sex crimes aren't usually even investigated by the French police. It was only because one young policeman decided to go against the grain and investigate Dominique Pelicot's upskirting crimes that Gisèle found out what was being done to her. Bloody hell.

Stormont assembly chief executive’s £18,000+ bill for trips to Australia, Canada and another to a remote island in the south Atlantic irishnews.com/news/politics/…

Retweet if you have ever felt. -guilty for having mental illness. -ashamed of having a mental illness. -like a burden for having a mental illness Or if you ever felt like you just can’t talk about it, because you,ll be judged or misunderstood. I understand.

Many holes!! 👇