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It is not only David Hilditch’s family who will mourn his passing. David will be mourned, missed and grieved for by his party colleagues, those who would be regarded as political opponents and the community in Carrickfergus, a town which he loved, cared for, served and represented for 32 years.
During the Brexit negotiations, much was made of the threat of republican violence if there were any border checks, or any physical infrastructure on the border between the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic. Even when it was suggested that there could be a solution involving technology, this was ruled out by Michel Barnier and the Brussels bureaucrats and there were dire warnings that republicans would target any technology. Nationalist politicians in Belfast and Dublin talked it up and played it up, the bureaucrats in Brussels lapped it up and the UK Government caved in to the bully-boys...
Royal Black Institution to mark 40th anniversary of murders of Sir Norman Stronge and son James © Sir Norman Stronge was sovereign grand master of the Royal Black Institution from 1948 to 1971 Sir Norman Stronge, a former sovereign grand master, and his son James were shot dead at their home by the IRA on January 21, 1981. The IRA gang then firebombed the property, Tynan Abbey in Co Armagh, with the resulting blaze leaving the historic building in ruins. Several events are planned to mark the anniversary of the killings which the institution’s current Sovereign Grand Master Rev William A...