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The men were killed 50 years ago as they travelled to repair a BBC transmitter…

The men were killed 50 years ago as they travelled to repair a BBC transmitter…

Covered up and boxed in a storage vault in the town of Enniskillen, two historic oil paintings gathered dust. King William III commissioned the portraits of himself and Queen Mary after he routed Catholic forces in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, a turning point in Irish history that established Protestant ascendance. Unionists revere King Billy, also known as William of Orange, as a hero who saved their settler ancestors. The portraits used to...

British government made secret deal with Libya which is blocking IRA victims compensation Colonel Muammar Gaddafi pictured in 1987. The Libyan leader died in 2011. File picture by John Redman, Associated Press SEFF director Kenny Donaldson A victims campaigner has claimed the British government reached a secret deal with Libya years ago which is blocking compensation for those injured in IRA attacks. MPs are looking at attacks sponsored by Colonel Muammar Gaddafis regime in ...

The reopening of a payment fund for those bereaved in Northern Ireland’s troubled past has been warmly welcomed. The Bereaved Self-Directed Assistance Payments scheme provides an annual payment to a spouse or partner, parent or child of someone who was killed, in recognition of their loss. There had been disappointment when it closed to new applications in 2017. The aftermath of the IRA’s Hyde Park bomb in 1982 (PA) Many who had not heard of the fund, from across the UK and Ireland as well ...

Nothing ever changes the past: Reopening of bereaved payments scheme welcomed The scheme applies to individuals who have lost a parent, spouse/partner, and/or a child in Northern Ireland’s Troubles. By Press Association Sunday 7 Mar 2021, 1:00 PM Mar 7th 2021, 1:00 PM 14,140 Views 0 Comments Bernie Morrissey, widow of Garda Sergeant Patrick ...

A former Fleet Street editor and journalism lecturer could lose his university post after he revealed his unapologetic support for bombing campaigns carried out by the IRA. Roy Greenslade, who edited the Daily Mirror and held a top job at The Sun, secretly wrote for the republican newsletter An Phoblacht and even provided bail surety for an IRA man accused of involvement in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing. While his republican views first emerged some years ago, he has now come out of hiding in an ...

Boris Johnson outright condemns Roy Greenslade, his official spokesman said today, after he the former Guardian columnist revealed his long-held support for the IRAs murderous bombing campaigns before resigning from his honorary professorship.  Roy Greenslade, who edited the Daily Mirror and held a top job at The Sun, secretly wrote for the republican newsletter An Phoblacht and even provided bail surety for an IRA man accused of involvement in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing. While his republican...

Opening of victims pension scheme delayed over medical guidance Justice Minister Naomi Long said preparatory work is under way to open the scheme for applications as planned Rebecca Black, PA 01 March, 2021 17:40 The opening of a payment scheme for those seriously injured in the Troubles is to be delayed by a number of weeks, the Assembly heard. Justice Minister Naomi Long said preparatory work is under way to open the scheme for applications as pl...

The sister of missing woman Lisa Dorrian has called on her killer to come forward and do the right thing on the 16th anniversary of her disappearance in Co Down today. Hairdresser Lisa (25) from Bangor, Co Down, vanished after a party on a caravan site 20 miles away in the coastal village of Ballyhalbert on the Ards peninsula on February 28, 2005. Police and her family believe she was murdered. Despite a series of arrests, the identification of around 4,000 potential witnesses and more than 4...