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Fr Joe McVeigh has written a booklet about his great friend Fr Des Wilson. It's a warm reminder of a priest who lived in solidarity with the people of Ballymurphy and who made an immense contribution to society, says Fr Gerry McFlynn

20 May 2021 Construction work has started on a £6.5million shared social housing scheme in Armagh. Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey cut the first sod at the site on Ogle Street in Armagh City Centre. The development is being provided by Ark Housing Association with support of £3.4 million from the Department for Communities. 20 May 2021 A man has been charged after two brothers went missing from...

Stormont wranglings only distract from fundamental problem 19 May, 2021 00:59 It was rumoured that in his failed ambition to become party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was prepared to put the Stormont institutions in jeopardy over the Irish Sea Protocol, ignoring the role his party played in bringing that situation about. Truth be told those institutions have been have been shaky for quite some time and may have come down sooner if it hadn’t been for the pandemic, where to w...

Michelle ONeill pulls out of meeting with Prince Charles  The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall during a visit to Belfast City Hall in Donegall Square, Belfast. Picture date: Tuesday May 18, 2021. 19 May, 2021 08:41  The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall signing the visitors book during a visit to Belfast City Hall in Donegall Square, Belfast. Picture date: Tuesday May 18, 2021. Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill sa...

A Donegal Deputy says the Government needs assurances from the British Government that it will not seek to curtail further legacy inquests. Deputy Thomas Pringle has been speaking in the Dail during statements on the Ballymurphy inquest which last week, found 10 people killed in the Ballymurphy massacre were entirely innocent. He also questioned how strong the warning from the Taoiseach to the British Prime Minister was against an amnesty for soldiers accused of crimes during the Troubles:

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Boris Johnson makes formal Commons apology over Ballymurphy Massacre  Boris Johnson has apologised to the Ballymurphy families Richard Wheeler, PA Parliamentary Editor 19 May, 2021 11:24 Boris Johnson has made a formal House of Commons apology to the families of the Ballymurphy victims. The prime minister added to MPs: "On behalf of successive governments, and to put on the record in this House, Id like to say sorry to their families for how the in...

Sinn Feins Mary Lou McDonald plays down lack of meeting with Prince of Wales  Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald (left) with Deputy First Minister Michelle ONeill, speaking at Stormont after a meeting with new DUP leader Edwin Poots. Picture by Niall Carson/PA Wire David Young, PA 19 May, 2021 18:00 Sinn Féin’s president has denied the lack of a party meeting with Prince Charles on his visit to Northern Ireland was linked to his association...

Sinn Fein’s president has denied the lack of a party meeting with Prince Charles on his visit to Northern Ireland was linked to his association with a regiment involved in the Ballymurphy shootings. Mary Lou McDonald urged people not to “over read anything” in regard to why the engagement between Sinn Fein Stormont deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill and the Prince of Wales did not go ahead on Tuesday. In recent years, it has become established practice for DUP and Sinn Fein leaders ...

Ballymurphy: ‘Closure needed for ALL innocent victims’ as PM says sorry © Boris Johnson apologising to the Ballymurphy families, 19-05-21 Church of Ireland minister Alan Irwin was doubly bereaved by separate IRA shootings which remain unsolved, and whilst the relatives of the Ballymurphy bloodbath now have a measure of justice, “the rest of us won’t get that”. It all comes in the wake of a coroners’ court ruling this month that all 10 of those shot dead by the Parachute Regiment ...