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Bob Urich Dies February 11, 2021 | Racing , Racing | Racing , Racing Robert “Bob” Milo Urich, 84, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away peacefully on February 9, 2021, with family by his side at Broadlawns Medical Center.  A public visitation will be held at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Garden...

More than £70,000 has been raised in an online appeal for the Belfast Multi-Cultural Association following the devastating fire at the former church last month. Four weeks ago the blaze gutted the building, which was being used as a food bank for volunteers distributing packages to vulnerable during the Covid pandemic. Police are treating the attack as a hate crime. Donations flooded in after the attack, with the online fundraiser smashing its initial target of £10,000. A total of £71,733 wa...

According to the Department of Health, 1,091 notifications have been received since March 31 last year. Belfast Beat Newsletter Enter email address Sign Up Prior to this, abortion was illegal in Northern Ireland except in very limited circumstances, such as where the life or mental health of the mother is in danger. Seven abortions were carried out in local hospitals between January 1 and March 30, 2020, the department also confirmed. South Belfast MLA Christopher Stalford, who obtained the de...

Baby clothing and other items hang from a tree at a cemetery in Tuam, Ireland, where the bodies of nearly 800 infants were uncovered at the site of a former Catholic home for unmarried mothers and their children. The photo was taken Jan. 12, 2021, the day a commission investigating the treatment of women in such homes released its report. On Jan. 26, Northern Irelands government released a 534-page report on mother and baby homes there. (CNS/Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne) Killyleag...

There has been condemnation over threatening graffiti in Belfast targeting Ireland’s deputy premier Leo Varadkar. The message scrawled on a wall in the Belvoir area of south Belfast has since been painted over. First Minster Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill have both spoken out against the warning to the Tanaiste to not cross the Irish border. Violence or the threat of violence has no place in democracy. I condemn those behind this. The NI Protocol needs replaced but...

PSNI treating graffiti targeting Tánaiste as hate crime Updated / Saturday, 30 Jan 2021 19:49 The message on the wall at Drumart Square has since been painted over The PSNI are treating threatening graffiti targeting Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in the Belvoir area of south Belfast as a hate crime. Police say the graffiti, on a wall at Drumart Square, was written sometime between 6pm on Friday and 10am this morning. They have urged anyone with information about the incident to call officers at Lis...

Amnesty International and campaign group, Birth Mothers for Justice, are to hold an online public meeting for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland to discuss next steps in their campaign for a public inquiry.

Mother and Baby homes subjected women branded "fallen" to "cruel, unjust and inhumane" treatment Some survivors are pressing for a speedy public inquiry Arlene Foster and Michelle ONeill with Judith Gillespie at Stormont (Image: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye) Want the biggest politics stories sent to you every week? Simply sign up here and well do the restInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these ...

Robin Swann apologises to mother and baby home survivors The former Marianvale mother and baby home in Newry. Picture by Niall Carson, Press Association Health minister Robin Swann ROBIN Swann has apologised to survivors of mother and baby homes. The health minister said sorry for “the hurt and damage done to so many women and children” after a "harrowing" report detailed how thousands of unmarried women had been sent to homes in Northern Ireland. “It’s not a good ch...

Report into Northern Irelands mother and baby homes to be published today Stormont’s leaders are facing calls to establish a public inquiry into the institutions. By Press Association Tuesday 26 Jan 2021, 9:18 AM Jan 26th 2021, 9:18 AM 7,721 Views 5 Comments Marianvale home in Newry Image: PA A REPORT INTO the operation of institutions for w...