A Belfast man shot and injured in the Sean Graham’s massacre has described the moment when families were told the murder weapon was on display in a British museum. Mark Sykes, who was shot in the attack that killed his teenage brother-in-law Peter Magee, was speaking after last week’s BBC Panorama programme on security force […]
Archive | June, 2015
Man injured in bookies massacre tells of hearing news of murder rifle in museum
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Queen’s dig aims to unearth hidden 17th century secrets of the Belfast Hills
The truth behind a mystery piece of land in the Belfast Hills which historians believe may have been a 17th century artillery fort is set to be dug up as part of a major community archaeological dig. Ulster Wildlife’s Slievenacloy Nature Reserve, which lies at the southern end of the Belfast Hills, has been examined […]
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Once a familiar sight on our troubled streets, the Maltese Cross is about to start flying again
A Belfast man has been tasked with reviving one of the world’s oldest religious orders in the city – an order whose paramedical wing played a significant role in administering first aid during the Troubles. The Order of Malta is an ancient Catholic lay religious order, formed in Jerusalem in 1048 with two main missions: the […]
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Emotional scenes as vigil is held near the garden where pro-boxer Eamonn Magee Jnr was stabbed to death
HUNDREDS of people came out to support the family of slain boxer Eamonn Magee Junior at a vigil held in his memory last night. Eamonn Magee Senior and his wife Mary were backed by friends, family and sympathisers as they stood close to the scene in Summerhill Park where Eamonn Jnr was brutally stabbed to […]
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Happy birthday Celtic Crush – 10 years of one man’s love affair with Irish music
I’ve always loved radio. I suppose that comes from spending so many solitary nights back in Wexford tuned into an ancient tube-powered wireless. What treasures seeped from its cloth-covered speakers. I could summon voices from Luxembourg, London, American Forces Network in Germany, not to forget Bulgaria. The comrade with the sexy voice from Radio Sofia […]
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Ex-world champion boxer Eamonn Magee Snr says of his dead son: ‘It was a pleasure for him to be mine’
A 32-year-old man is due to appear in Craigavon Magistrates Court today charged with the murder of pro-boxer Eamonn Magee Junior. The victim (22) was stabbed in the garden of his girlfriend’s house in the early hours of Saturday morning after he went out to check on the arrival of a pizza the couple had […]
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