McDonald Says Sinn Féin Ready to Do a Deal on Power-Sharing
April 29, 2019 No Responses

McDonald Says Sinn Féin Ready to Do a Deal on Power-Sharing

Sinn Féin’s leader has said she is ready to do business on a Stormont power-sharing deal, warning that time has run out on the political stalemate. Mary Lou McDonald said while her party was ready to engage “energetically and positively”...
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ICS Warns that Around 2,000 will be Diagnosed with Bowel Cancer this Year
April 28, 2019 No Responses

ICS Warns that Around 2,000 will be Diagnosed with Bowel Cancer this Year

Approximately 2,800 people will be diagnosed with bowel cancer this year, with 1,000 dying from it, according to the Irish Cancer Society. It comes as patients are waiting more than three months for a colonoscopy. The Irish Cancer Society is...
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Martin Says Same Sex Marriage Referendum Could Break Political Logjam in The North
April 28, 2019 No Responses

Martin Says Same Sex Marriage Referendum Could Break Political Logjam in The North

A commitment to hold a referendum on marriage equality in Northern Ireland may be a way of breaking the political logjam in the region, the leader of Ireland’s main opposition party has said. Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin also backed...
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McAleese Does Not Believe McKee’s Death Will Change Politics in The North
April 27, 2019 No Responses

McAleese Does Not Believe McKee’s Death Will Change Politics in The North

Mary McAleese has criticized groups in the North for sticking to their “red lines” while asking others to give up theirs. The former Irish president was talking on Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh in the wake of the killing of...
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Protesters Take to The Streets of Belfast to Support Soldier F
April 27, 2019 No Responses

Protesters Take to The Streets of Belfast to Support Soldier F

Protesters opposed to the prosecution of a former British serviceman for alleged Troubles offences have gathered outside Belfast City Hall. Soldier F is to be charged with murdering two people after troops opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in Derry...
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Adi Roche Calls for Nobel Peace Prize for Chernobyl First Responders
April 26, 2019 No Responses

Adi Roche Calls for Nobel Peace Prize for Chernobyl First Responders

Ireland’s Chernobyl Children International is at the center of a UN commemoration ceremony in New York tonight. A message from President Michael D Higgins has been read and a minute’s silence held, to remember the victims of the 1986 Chernobyl...
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New Talks to Restore Power-Sharing to Begin on May 7
April 26, 2019 No Responses

New Talks to Restore Power-Sharing to Begin on May 7

Talks on the restoration of the power-sharing institutions in Northern Ireland are to resume on May 7, Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has said. In a joint press conference in Belfast with the Tánaiste Simon Coveney, Ms Bradley announced that...
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Superquinn Founder Feargal Quinn Dies, aged 82
April 25, 2019 No Responses

Superquinn Founder Feargal Quinn Dies, aged 82

Superquinn founder and politician Feargal Quinn has died, aged 82. He passed away peacefully at his home in Howth, Co Dublin, after a short illness. Mr Quinn established the Superquinn chain of supermarkets in 1960 and served as a Senator...
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Calls for UK Government to Address Abortion Laws in The North
April 25, 2019 No Responses

Calls for UK Government to Address Abortion Laws in The North

The UK government must respond to a court ruling that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws are in breach of human rights laws, the Women and Equalities Committee has said. The Commons committee called for the government to set out its timetable...
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Mourners Told That Lyra McKee Broke Down Barriers in The North
April 24, 2019 No Responses

Mourners Told That Lyra McKee Broke Down Barriers in The North

Lyra McKee’s legacy should be a society where labels become “meaningless”, her sister has said. The reporter, 29, who was shot dead by dissident republicans on Thursday in Derry, was gay and non-sectarian. She broke down barriers in a divided...
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