Viable Explosive Device Found in Newtownabbey in Co Antrim
February 22, 2020 No Responses

Viable Explosive Device Found in Newtownabbey in Co Antrim

The explosion of a viable device left in a residential area of Co Antrim could have been “devastating”, police have said. A security alert was sparked on Saturday afternoon following a report of a suspicious object in Felden Place, Newtownabbey....
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Irish Musician on Diamond Princess Evacuated to Australia
February 22, 2020 No Responses

Irish Musician on Diamond Princess Evacuated to Australia

An Irish singer says she is healthy and safe after being evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The vessel, off the coast of Japan, has been under quarantine for more than two weeks following the detection of coronavirus. Rebecca...
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Ryanair’s O’Leary Says Terrorists Will Often Be ‘Males of a Muslim Persuasion’
February 21, 2020 No Responses

Ryanair’s O’Leary Says Terrorists Will Often Be ‘Males of a Muslim Persuasion’

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has said terrorists “will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion”. The 58-year-old told the Times that families with young children should be waved through airport security because there was “virtually” zero...
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Coveney Stresses Importance of Implementing Stalled Legacy Mechanisms
February 21, 2020 No Responses

Coveney Stresses Importance of Implementing Stalled Legacy Mechanisms

Simon Coveney has stressed the need to fully implement stalled legacy mechanisms during his first official meeting with Northern Ireland’s new secretary of state. The Tánaiste and Brandon Lewis held talks at Stormont House in Belfast on Friday afternoon. Th...
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War of Words Continues as Varadkar Tells McDonald to Disband IRA Provisional Army Council
February 21, 2020 No Responses

War of Words Continues as Varadkar Tells McDonald to Disband IRA Provisional Army Council

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has called on the Sinn Féin leader to publicly state if her party has cut links with the IRA Provisional Army Council. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said he agrees with a PSNI assessment that Sinn Féin...
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Thirty-Third Dáil to Convene Today
February 20, 2020 No Responses

Thirty-Third Dáil to Convene Today

The 33rd Dáil will convene later today some 11 days after the new political landscape became clear. There are a number of procedures on the agenda which will begin at noon with the Clerk of Dáil Eireann Peter Finnegan reading...
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New Exhibition Reveals Struggle Between IRA and British Forces in Monaghan
February 19, 2020 No Responses

New Exhibition Reveals Struggle Between IRA and British Forces in Monaghan

Never-before-seen documents, hand-written correspondence, photographs and stories feature in an exhibition that reveals the struggle between the IRA and British forces in a border county. The Monaghan War of Independence files include more than 500 pages of fi...
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Britain’s Supreme Court Says It Does Not Have Jurisdiction to Hear Stone Appeal
February 19, 2020 No Responses

Britain’s Supreme Court Says It Does Not Have Jurisdiction to Hear Stone Appeal

Britain’s highest court has said it does not have jurisdiction to hear an appeal over the sentence of loyalist killer Michael Stone. Stone killed three people in a gun and grenade attack at Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast following an...
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Two Irish Citizens on Princess Diamond Cruise Ship Confirmed with Coronavirus
February 18, 2020 No Responses

Two Irish Citizens on Princess Diamond Cruise Ship Confirmed with Coronavirus

Two Irish passengers who were on board the Princess Diamond cruise ship have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has confirmed. The two Irish citizens, who are living abroad, are being treated in hospital in Japan. Six Irish...
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Kelly Says New IRA Threats Against Sinn Féin are ‘Stupid’ and ‘Dangerous’
February 18, 2020 No Responses

Kelly Says New IRA Threats Against Sinn Féin are ‘Stupid’ and ‘Dangerous’

New IRA threats against Sinn Féin are “stupid” and “dangerous”, a senior republican said. All party members have been warned of a dissident plot to launch an under-car bomb attack. Gerry Kelly, the party’s policing spokesman, said it would not...
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