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Wednesday 23 September 2020
Jennifer McNern is taking a judicial review case against the Northern Ireland Executive.
Newspapers have extensively covered the life of John Hume in today’s front pages.
Patrick Rooney was the first child to be killed in the Troubles.
Victims Commissioner Judith Thompson said the treatment of victims by the authorities was “cruel, callous and insulting”.
Gerry Adams welcomes the UK Supreme Court quashing today of his conviction for attempted Maze Prison escapes in the 1970s.
Felix Healy looks back on his remarkable football career and life.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
The plans will deliver on the government’s promise to protect its former soldiers.
Those convicted of playing a part in an incident in which they were injured will be denied access to the scheme.
The spat was the subject of talks between a UK minister and an Irish ambassador in 1989.
The prosecution of British soldiers for actions during the Troubles has proved controversial in the UK.
A new book by Joe Duffy and Freya McClements seeks to tell those 186 stories.
Legislation that requires the UK Government to introduce a scheme came into effect at midnight on Monday.
The Secret Army documentary includes scenes which show Martin McGuinness with a car which was later used to bomb Derry and handling a gun.
The ICLVR says it has “no reason to believe” it was deliberately misled about the location of the body.
The songwriter disagreed with how Thatcher treated hunger strikers and miners in the 1980s.
Soldier F is accused of two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
The Louth TD has repeatedly denied accusations that he was a member of the paramilitary organisation.
A recent attempted mortar attack in Strabane has all the hallmarks of the past, writes Tom Clonan.
The revelations are made in a documentary about the Troubles to air next week.
The killings took place on one of the deadliest days of the Troubles.
In August 1969, the people of the city’s Bogside area erected barricades to prevent the RUC entering.
Donaldson was killed months after admitting that he had worked as an M15 agent for over 20 years.
The tapes which contain interviews with former paramilitaries were not meant to be heard in public until after their deaths.
‘I heard what I thought was a cork popping. I looked behind me and there was a bullet-hole in the mirror.’
Ulster Unionist Councillor of Newry David Taylor said that it was “another disgusting attack” on the memorial.
A “presumption against prosecution” for alleged offences committed by British soldiers has been proposed by the UK government.
The Irish Defence Forces is already on its knees and will be unable to patrol any border on this island, writes Tom Clonan.
It is expected to fetch between €4,000 to €6,000
She has been sharply criticised for comments she made about killings during the Troubles.
The group have refused to allow the UK’s Northern Ireland Secretary to apologise to them in person over comments she made about the Troubles.
Bradley has come under severe criticism for her comments in the House of Commons yesterday, but is she correct?
Fourteen people were killed after British paratroopers opened fire.
John Connolly, the group’s leader in prison in the 2000s, says things would change dramatically in the event of a hard border.
Human error and an archaic IT system are being cited as the reasons for the omission.
TheJournal.ie visited Dromintee GAA club to hear locals’ concerns of a hard Brexit.
Foster insisted it was “a bit of a nonsense, frankly, to talk about a hard border”.
Some people even wrote their own.
The frank assessment came in meeting between the pair in The Hague in 1986.
The convictions of the nine men and one women were ultimately quashed.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
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Sinn Féin MLA apologises following criticism for 'disgusting' comments on Troubles victims pension
Martina Anderson said the money was mainly for “those who fought Britain’s dirty war in Ireland”.
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