TESTIMONY by Geraldine Finuncane to the US Congress this week on behalf of her murdered husband will be ‘a huge source of embarrassment’ to the British Government her son has claimed. The Belfast family took their fight for a public inquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder to New York and Washington DC on Wednesday (March 18) […]
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British ‘embarrassed’ by Finucane Congress address
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West would be worst hit by public sector cuts
BY TIARNÁN Ó MUILLEOIR t.omuilleoir@belfastmediagroup.com A NEW report claims that West Belfast would be the area most impacted by the public sector redundancy scheme agreed as part of the Stormont House talks. The report, carried out by the centre-left Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI), analysed the geographic spread of public sector employment in the North, […]
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SDLP rejects latest Sinn Féin appeal for electoral pact
The SDLP has slapped down a new appeal by Sinn Féin for the party to join them in an electoral pact for the May Westminster election. Sinn Féin’s North Belfast candidate, Gerry Kelly, made a fresh call for the SDLP to enter into talks about an electoral agreement after the UUP agreed to stand aside […]
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DUP and UUP hail new pact as ‘historic’ while other parties fume
THE DUP’S prospects of taking the city’s two most fiercely contested Westminster seats in May’s general election have risen dramatically after last night’s announcement of a unionist pact. The DUP and UUP have reached an agreement that will see Gavin Robinson get a clear run in East Belfast against Naomi Long of Alliance, who sensationally […]
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New York legislators confirmed for Belfast Homecoming
A high-powered delegation of New York legislators is to take part in the Belfast Homecoming from 7-10 October. That was confirmed on St Patrick’s Day by Rep Mike Cusick, President of the American Irish Legislators Society, who was speaking after a visit to Albany, NY, last week by Homecoming Host Máirtín Ó Muilleoir. “Members of […]
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1300 runners turn out for inaugural St Patrick’s Day SPAR Craic 10K
The St Patrick’s Day craic started early in Belfast where over 1300 took part in the city’s first Patron Saint’s Day fun run. The running revellers started out from City Hall at 9am and headed west into the Gaeltacht Quarter before doubling back to run through the Cathedral Quarter in the city centre towards the […]
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