There were “extremely passionate exchanges” at a public meeting about proposals on dealing with the past, attended by victims and Northern Ireland Office officials in Enniskillen, it is reported,
No further charges for McLaughlin despite bail breach
A convicted terrorist who absconded and sparked a massive manhunt on both sides of the Irish border is not facing charges over fleeing the jurisdiction while on bail.
‘Boy racer’ fails to have jail term for fatal Co Antrim collision reduced
A so-called ‘boy racer’ who caused the death of his cousin and another man in a three-car crash has failed in a legal bid to have his jail term reduced.
Man used five knives to stab pensioners to death in ‘frenzied attack’
A man with paranoid schizophrenia used five knives as he killed two pensioners in their own home in a “gratuitous, sustained and frenzied attack”, a court has heard.
Disproportionate focus on state must change, says MP
Lagan Valley MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has called for a change to “the disproportionate focus” on the actions of the state in dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.
The current system of dealing with the legacy of the Troubles may be “the worst betrayal of servicemen by the political leadership of any country anywhere on Earth” an MP has claimed.
A row has developed after the UK’s ambassador in Libya was quoted by a news outlet appearing to undermine assurances which Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had given concerning victims of Libyan-backed IRA terrorism.
Documents, computers, phones and cash seized in east Antrim anti-crime operation
Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force executed a series of search warrants on four properties in the Carrickfergus, Ballycarry and Larne areas today.
Military chiefs defending a legal action over alleged collusion with loyalist terrorists behind the Miami Showband massacre have claimed any documents on soldiers involved have been destroyed.
