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Tomorrow is the anniversary of the murders of Army Private Patrick Kelly and trainee Garda Gary Sheehan. They were killed by the Provisional IRA in Derrada Woods in Co Leitrim in 1983 while trying to rescue kidnapped businessman Don Tidey. Private Kelly and Garda Sheehan were not members of the Black and Tans. Private Kelly and Garda Sheehan were not members of the Parachute Regiment. Private Kelly and Garda Sheehan were serving this State against a terrorist criminal threat. Private Kelly and ...

Next year should be less fraught than 2020. In January 2020 there was no firm evidence of the possible arrival of Covid-19 and little suspicion that a no-deal Brexit would become a major threat to businesses in Northern Ireland. The combination of Brexit and Covid-19, reaching a peak as 2020 nears its end, makes an overview of prospects for 2021 unusually difficult. Standing on the dockside in Belfast, Larne, Londonderry and Warrenpoint, observers might be forgiven if they have only belate...

“I accept that my tweet regarding the ambushes at Kilmichael and Narrow Water was insensitive, and it caused hurt and anger. Words can do that. And my words did and for that I am truly sorry.” Having thus dismissed his post about the killing of 18 members of the British Army outside Warrenpoint in August 1979, Mr Stanley moved on to another tweet he posted in 2017 on the day that Leo Varadkar was elected as leader of Fine Gael. “The impending election as Taoiseach of someone who is gay wa...

Family of Co Down teen commemorate his 21st by publishing comic book in his memory Profits from the comic book will go to Road Safe Northern Ireland (Newry, Mourne and Down) Mark Colgan was just 14 when he died in 2014 THE family of Co Down teenager knocked down on his way to school have marked his 21st birthday by releasing a comic book he made in his memory. Mark Colgan from Banbridge was just 14 when he died after he was hit by a van in March 2014. The schoolboy, describe...

Having thus dismissed his post about the killing of 18 members of the British Army outside Warrenpoint in August 1979, Mr Stanley moved on to another tweet he posted in 2017 on the day that Leo Varadkar was elected as leader of Fine Gael. “The impending election as Taoiseach of someone who is gay was rightly highlighted, at the time, as a sign of the progress that we have made as a country, and as a State, and followed on from the marriage equality referendum two years prior. “Thats someth...

It may have been the highpoint of the relationship between Britain and Ireland. Anglo-Irish relations were never warmer than during the Queen’s visit to Ireland in 2011, when she attended a dinner with the great and the good in Dublin Castle, addressing President Mary McAleese with the words: “A Uachtarain agus a chairde” (“Madam President and friends”). A couple of days later, there was the surreal sight of the monarch strolling around the English Market in Cork, joking with the loca...

One of Newrys best-known businesspeople has been appointed chairman of Warrenpoint Harbour Authority as it looks ahead to dealing with the impact of Brexit next year. Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon announced the appointment of Dr Gerard OHare, managing director of property business Parker Green Group. Parker Green projects have included Newry shopping centre The Quays as well as The Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow, and shared office space in Newry and Dublin. Minister Mallon said: "...

A short history of the many groups whove claimed to be the IRA Updated / Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020 16:06 Analysis: from the Neutral IRA to dalliances with the Nazis, many different organisations have used the IRA name over the years Sinn Fein TD and chairperson of the Dáils Committee on Public Accounts, Brian Stanley, received a barrage of criticism for insensitive commentary on the Provisional IRA attack near Warrenpoint in Co Down, in August 1979. The attack involved the detonation of two ...

Claire Byrnes incisive interview with Mary Lou McDonald did our democratic State some service last week. Byrnes steady probing flushed out the crucial fact that the leader of Sinn Féin would rather suffer political damage than condemn an IRA atrocity. This seems to confirm that in the crunch Sinn Féin is directed by the IRA, which the security forces say is still active, still armed. The IRAs project is no secret: to unite Ireland no matter what mayhem that project causes. A major part of ...

Ship Spills Recycled Plastic on Maine Island, Residents Help Clean Up © Provided by New England Cable News For days, Sears Island in Maine has been a destination for professionals and volunteer cleanup crews trying to help after a mishap at a nearby ship terminal. Spilled recycled plastic and other byproduct packed for delivery to the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company has been washing up on the island in Searsport. Recently, the material bound for the energy plant in Orrington fell into the s...