Tag Archives: SDLP

The memorial to ten Protestant workmen shot dead in Kingsmills in 1976

ENVIRONMENT Minister Alex Attwood has stepped in to quell a political row over an “offensive” gaffe by his civil servants. The SDLP MLA has apologised … more

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Hit and run victim Kevin Bell who was killed in New York

THIS is the young Northern Ireland man who went to New York to work only to be killed by a hit-and-run driver. And locals in The Bronx district … more

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Two men comfort each other at the scene in the Bronx after Newry man Kevin Bell was knocked down

POLICE in New York are hunting two drivers after a Co Do man was the victim of a hit-and-run. Officers in the Bronx say Newry man Kevin … more

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Leadership of Oglaigh who are backing prison breakout plan

DETECTIVES are investigating two gun attacks carried out a dissident republican group in the same part of west Belfast. Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH), which split … more

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Forensci officer at the scene of shooting in west Belfast on Thursday

DETECTIVES are investigating after a shot was fired at a man in a house in west Belfast. The attack has been condemned by the SDLP … more

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Pat Ramsey MLA calls MInister McCausland to find ways of using 23,000 empty homes in NI

SHOCKING figures have been revealed on Tuesday that almost 23,000 homes across Northern Ireland are laying empty. SDLP Foyle MLA Pat Ramsey said he was “shocked” … more

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TUV leader Jim Allister say

THE ‘SPADs Bill’ banning ex-prisoners from becoming Stormont special advisors has been passed by the Assembly on Monday evening. In the end, 56 MLAs voted in favour … more

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Ann Travers told by HET that the IRA planned to wipe out her entire family in 1984

ASSEMBLY members will vote on Monday on a controversial bill that will prevent ex-prisoners from becoming Stormont special advisers. TUV leader Jim Allister proposed the legislation following … more

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Ann Travers told by HET that the IRA planned to wipe out her entire family in 1984

‘WAKING The Dead’ detectives have told Ann Travers that the IRA deliberately murdered her sister Mary. And a report by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) concluded that the IRA … more

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Sammy Wilson approves funding for Narrow Water bridge

FINANCE Minister Sammy Wilson has given the go ahead for funding for a new £14m cross-border bridge. The Narrow Water bridge is to link the … more

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