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Knights of Columbus in Simcoe donate $100K to help build Haldimand-Norfolk’s first bricks-and-mortar hospice

Knights of Columbus in Simcoe donate $100K to help build Haldimand-Norfolk’s first bricks-and-mortar hospice

A South Derry man who was said by his solicitor to have “buried his head in the sand” after leaving home, was given a three-month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Dungannon Magistrates Court on Friday for driving while disqualified.

Relatives of those killed in the bombings of Dublin, Monaghan and Castleblayney joined a protest against what has been dubbed the Bill of Shame at the British Embassy in Dublin on 28 June.

Sir Declan Morgan, the current Lord Chief Justice, wisely put forward a five-year plan to systematically deal with inquests arising out of killings during the Troubles. To their credit, the Government accepted the scheme and provided substantial finance for it. The Chief Justice set up a unit, whereby 56 of these legacy inquests, dealing with controversial and hugely tragic killings, would be examined systematically by senior judges. This will go some distance in addressing outstanding legacy c...

A farmer killed by the Army in 1974 was "an innocent man, shot in cold blood, without warning when he was no threat to anyone", a coroner has said. Patrick McElhone (24) a farmer from Pomeroy in Co Tyrone, was shot in the back by Lance Corporal Roy Alun Jones of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales, in a field close to his family home. Mr McElhone died instantly after the bullet penetrated his heart on August 7, 1974. Mr Jones, who passed away in 2002, was charged with murder but acqu...

Coroner – Man shot in back by soldiers in ‘unjustified’ killing Updated: January 21, 2021, 1:05 pm Paddy McElhone, 24, died near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone after sustaining a fatal gunshot wound in an incident involving a military patrol (Niall Carson/PA). The shooting dead of a farmer by the Army in Northern Ireland in 1974 was “unjustified”, a coroner said. Paddy McElhone, 24, died near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy, Co Tyrone after sustaining a wound through the back...

Farmer shot dead by soldier in Northern Ireland in 1974 has been exonerated, family says Paddy McElhone, 24, died instantly near his home in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, in 1974. By Press Association Thursday 21 Jan 2021, 2:15 PM Jan 21st 2021, 2:15 PM 21,025 Views 14 Comments A photograph of the late Paddy McElhone Image: Brian Lawless via PA Images A...

The shooting dead of a farmer by the Army in Northern Ireland in 1974 was “unjustified”, a coroner said. Paddy McElhone, 24, died near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy, Co Tyrone after sustaining a wound through the back fired by a soldier from the First Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Wales. The inquest into Mr McElhone’s death was the first in a series of coroners’ probes into deaths associated with Northern Ireland’s 30-year conflict. It was held in Omagh courthouse in Co Tyrone. Pre...

Paddy McElhone, 24, died instantly near his home in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, in 1974 after he was fired on by a soldier.