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Doctors to go on strike next month in pay dispute

Today's strike is to be followed by another one on Monday (photo by STEPHANE OUZOUNOFF/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Highest-paid doctors in NI 'will earn more than English ones after pay rise'

The specialist doctors are one of three groups of doctors who are striking over pay this month in Northern Ireland (photo by RICCARDO MILANI/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Consultants and specialist doctors on strike today over 'pay erosion'

The sandy beret of the SAS sitting on the end of a rifle (photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images); the SAS Regimental Association has spoken out strongly against the Labour government's Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Minister quitting shows Labour legacy plans 'not fit for purpose' - SAS veterans

Resident (junior) and consultant doctors have voted to strike (photo by Jean-François FORT / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

Northern Irish doctors have voted in favour of strike action in protest over pay

King Charles meets gymnast Rhys McClenaghan in Conway Square, Newtownards. Photo: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye.

Golden crown meets gold medal: King Charles greets Olympic hero Rhys McClenaghan

Formerly home to a host of Belfast’s most notable figures, the Harrison Rooms of Distinction has grown into a vibrant creative destination attracting international visitors

Victorian landmark buildings transformed into growing NI boutique hotel hub

Hospital doctors in Northern Ireland are to be balloted on industrial action, the British Medical Association (BMA) has announced.

Northern Ireland hospital doctors to be balloted on industrial action

George 'Geordie' Simm, a former Regimental Sergeant Major of 22 SAS, served in NI during the Troubles.

UK forces 'more restrained in NI than any NATO nation would have been'

A fund to help improve mental health and well-being in West Lothian received almost £100,000 extra from Holyrood.

'Workforce crisis' in Northern Ireland mental health services

The 'splash pool' in the leisure centre, seen here in action, has been shut since May with still no sign of reopening. Image: Leisure Ards & North Down

Shut kids' pool costs leisure centre over £72k in six months - and still no fix

Storm Eowyn brought widespread disruption earlier this year

Storm Bram named as weather warning issued for all of Northern Ireland

Blair Mayne, who led the SAS for much of the Second World War, died in a car crash close to his Co Down home 70 years ago this month

SAS hero Blair Mayne was ‘bravest man never to win a Victoria Cross’

Morning View

Editorial: Legacy scandal so obvious now that SAS has written to Benn

The emblem of the SAS. Sir David Davis told MPs today that lawyers for the SAS Regimental Association have threatened the government with legal action over its Troubles legacy legislation

Government threatened with legal action by SAS association over Troubles reforms

The bullet and burnt out car in which three IRA men were shot dead by the SAS in Coagh in 1991.

Coroner was entitled to find SAS justified in opening fire on IRA driver - judge
A coroner was perfectly entitled to find an SAS soldier justified in opening fire on an unarmed IRA driver as part of an ambush attack in Co Tyrone, a High Court judge has ruled.
Alan Erwin

Captain Pat Garstin MC led the SAS-men behind enemy lines

Roamer: Commemoration for WWII heroes murdered by the Gestapo

An official opening has taken place for the Ulster Special Constabulary Museum

Carla Lockhart MP attends official opening of new USC museum

Letters to editor

Letter: DUP is right about O'Neill glorifying IRA yet they sustain SF in power

Blair 'Paddy' Mayne in war uniform.

SAS hero Blair Mayne posthumous Victoria Cross bid hits Westminster

There has been a lack of context applied to the SAS killings at Clonoe. Pictured is the truck with an anti-aircraft gun attached to the rear which the IRA used to attack Coalisland RUC station in 1992

Letter: The IRA itself said in Provo speak- 'live by the sword, die by it'

Letters to editor

Letter: It's simple - no British invasion, no IRA

Morning View

Editorial: Pinch yourself - Sinn Fein is unhappy for once on legacy

Four IRA terrorists – Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20 – were shot dead by soldiers in Clonoe in February 1992, after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station A coroner last month found that the SAS's use of lethal force had been unjustified. Picture Pacemaker

Challenge to verdict against SAS Clonoe killings 'could be legacy turning poimt'

The aftermath of the Clonoe ambush, showing the IRA's heavy machine gun mounted on the lorry

Clonoe appeal vital to push back on one-sided legacy process - Robinson

Political commentator Dr John Coulter.

Blame Michael Collins for the Clonoe ambush, not the SAS

The aftermath of 1992 Clonoe ambush. A monster machine gun usually fitted to a Russian tank was bolted on to a tipper truck by the IRA terror gang. These were not jolly nice chaps who come quietly

William Matchett: Elite military was last defence against heavily armed IRA
A letter from William Matchett:
Letters

The aftermath of the Clonoe ambush, showing the IRA's heavy machine gun mounted on the lorry. Four Provisional IRA member were shot dead by soldiers minutes after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station in February 1992

Letter: Republican movement was either in a war or not

Morning View

Editorial: The latest scandal facing SAS soldiers who stopped IRA at Clonoe

Hilary Benn in the House of Commons on Tuesday during questions about the Clonoe ambush. Once again he in effect cited unionist support for the course that he has taken by citing their joint stand with Sinn Fein against the Legacy Act

Ben Lowry: Benn witnessed anger at SAS ruling yet he wants more such inquests

Morning View

Editorial: The deluge of legacy cases against the UK security forces in NI

SAS face prosecution for the ambush which killed four IRA terrorists in Clonoe in 1992. This madness has been brewing a long time - It has been clear for years that inquests would be at the heart of the legacy imbalance. Picture Pacemaker

Ben Lowry: Only in UK would we get this contemptible Clonoe ruling against SAS

Morning View

Editorial: A rare example of success in a legacy court case

Four Provisional IRA members were killed by soldiers in an ambush in Clonoe, Co Tyrone on February 16, 1992. Minutes earlier, the gang had fired 30 rounds of armour-piercing tracer ammunition into a Coalisland RUC station, from a Soviet-made heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a stolen lorry

Letter: A ruthless terrorist cannot be an innocent victim

Morning View

Editorial: The outrage of hounding SAS and RUC heroes

Four Provisional IRA members were killed by soldiers in an ambush in Clonoe, Co Tyrone on February 16, 1992. Minutes earlier, the gang had fired 30 rounds of armour-piercing tracer ammunition into a Coalisland RUC station, from a Soviet-made heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a stolen lorry

Letter: Too many people using legacy matters to maintain hatreds

Police examine an abandoned getaway car after the shooting, with damage caused to the roof of a nearby church shown behind. Picture: Pacemaker Archive.

'Ludicrous' IRA machine-gun gang ruling blasted as slap in victims' faces

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