A FORMER Fermanagh Unionist Councillor has been described as “a leading member of the UDA” who enlisted the help of a British Army officer to enable the Loyalist paramilitary group blow up Aghalane Bridge in 1972. Jack Leahy, a well-known publican in Lisnaskea and a member of the Ulster Unionist group on Fermanagh District Council, was identified by Captain Vernon Rees in an audio interview taped by the Imperial War Museum. Rees admitted that he agreed to Leahy’s request to keep troops away from the bridge for four hours while Loyalists bombed Aghalane. Furthermore, Rees – responsible for British Army security along the south Fermanagh Border in the early 1970s – passed his agreement through Special Branch.
How To Save Money On A Weekend City Break
17 December 2020
Even though the coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot of travel plans for millions around the world, eventually restrictions will be lifted and life will be more or less back to normal. We all need a short and sweet weekend city break from time to time.
Whether you re getting stressed out because of work, your studies or you just need to break up your routine a weekend trip can do you a lot of good and you ll usually come back feeling revitalized. There are a few questions to answer first, of course: your budget, where to visit, and what to do when you get there. It always helps to have someone else with you to help plan everything, but if you re traveling solo, then you re going to need a few solid tips to assist you with your much-needed city break!
Santa Claus.
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Most of the early Christmas songs were religious. However, Up On The Housetop was the first Christmas song to tell the story of Saint Nicholas, otherwise known as Santa Claus. Hanby s song was largely inspired by Clement Moore s famous 1823 poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas.
The first Christmas song to mention Santa Claus was Benjamin Hanby s Up On The Housetop, written in 1864.
Most of the early Christmas songs were religious. However, Up On The Housetop was the first Christmas song to tell the story of Saint Nicholas, otherwise known as Santa Claus. Hanby s song was largely inspired by Clement Moore s famous 1823 poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas.
IWM Duxford is considered Britain’s best-preserved Second World War airfield, from which historic and contemporary flying continues today.
The American Air Museum was designed by renowned architects Foster + Partners in collaboration with Ove Arup and Partners as consulting engineers. Counting the Cost memorial at IWM Duxford by Renato Niemis outside the American Air Museum. Picture: IWM American Air Museum IWM Duxford
- Credit: IWM
Although not yet 30 years old, the museum is considered an outstanding and innovative architectural site, and won critical acclaim in 1998 when it was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize.
Norman Foster is one of England’s most internationally acclaimed modern architects, and this building serves as an excellent example of his work, anticipating many of his later designs.
Military medicine museum planned for Cardiff Bay playground and waterfront site approved
Thousands have objected to the use of land that is popular as a leisure destination in Cardiff Bay
14:10, 16 DEC 2020
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Plans have been approved for a museum of military medicine on the site of a playground, well-used open space and a small hut in Cardiff Bay despite thousands petitioning against it.