‘External’ Officer To Lead PSNI Investigation Into Storey Funeral
July 9, 2020 No Responses

‘External’ Officer To Lead PSNI Investigation Into Storey Funeral

An external officer has been requested to direct the PSNI’s investigation of potential social-distancing breaches at the funeral of a senior republican. Hundreds of people lined the route of Bobby Storey’s cortege last week despite restrictions placed on the numbers...
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Opposition To Occupied Territories Bill Based On Legal Advice Says Coveney
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Opposition To Occupied Territories Bill Based On Legal Advice Says Coveney

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said his opposition to the Occupied Territories Bill is not political, but based on clear advice from the former attorney general. The Bill, which would ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian terr...
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Banks Warned Against Profiting From Interest On Mortgage Payment Breaks
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Banks Warned Against Profiting From Interest On Mortgage Payment Breaks

The Government will come down on banks “like a ton of bricks” if they profit from interest charged on mortgage payment breaks, Leo Varadkar has said. The Tánaiste said it is “unacceptable” for banks to take advantage of the Covid-19...
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Gyms Preparing To Reopen In The North
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Gyms Preparing To Reopen In The North

Preparations are under way as gyms in Northern Ireland are set to reopen following lockdown. The Stormont Executive has directed that leisure centers and gyms may reopen from Friday. Better Leisure, which operates 15 municipal leisure facilities on behalf of.....
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Stormont Ministers Warned That Travelers From UK Pose Greatest Risk For Covid-19
July 8, 2020 No Responses

Stormont Ministers Warned That Travelers From UK Pose Greatest Risk For Covid-19

Stormont ministers are to consider a report warning that travelers from the rest of the UK present the greatest risk of bringing Covid-19 into Northern Ireland. Their meeting on Thursday is expected to review international travel regulations. At present travel...
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Sinn Féin Accuses Banks Of ‘Profiteering From Pandemic’
July 8, 2020 No Responses

Sinn Féin Accuses Banks Of ‘Profiteering From Pandemic’

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has accused banks of profiteering from the pandemic by charging interest accrued on mortgage payment breaks. The party’s finance spokesman made the comments as the Central Bank of Ireland and the European Banking Authority (E...
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No Prosecutions After Probe Into 1988 Murder Of German Backpacker In The North
July 8, 2020 No Responses

No Prosecutions After Probe Into 1988 Murder Of German Backpacker In The North

There will be no prosecutions following a probe into the murder of a German backpacker in Northern Ireland in 1988, it has been announced. The body of Inga Maria Hauser was found in a remote forest in Co Antrim, 14...
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Less Than Half Surveyed Have Confidence In The Irish Justice System
July 8, 2020 No Responses

Less Than Half Surveyed Have Confidence In The Irish Justice System

Less than half the population in Ireland are confident that people are brought to justice in the State, it has been revealed. Some 46% of people aged 18 and over said they felt “very confident” or “quite confident” that that...
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Assembly Calls On Michelle O’Neill To Apologize For Attending Storey Funeral
July 7, 2020 No Responses

Assembly Calls On Michelle O’Neill To Apologize For Attending Storey Funeral

The Stormont Assembly has passed a motion urging the North’s deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill to apologize for attending Bobby Storey’s funeral during the pandemic. Hundreds lined the route of the veteran republican and former IRA member’s co...
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Micheál Martin Not In Favor Of ‘Divisive’ Border Poll
July 7, 2020 No Responses

Micheál Martin Not In Favor Of ‘Divisive’ Border Poll

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described Sinn Féin’s calls for a border poll on a united Ireland as divisive and said he would favor a different approach. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said a referendum on Irish unity is “imperative”...
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