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THE Police Ombudsman’s probe into the “deeply flawed” RUC investigation into the double murders of their partners by lovers Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart in Castlerock, County Derry, in 1991 has shown shortcomings in the powers to compel retired police officers to come forward as witnesses, Sinn Féin has... Free article

DANIEL HEGARTY | SHOT DEAD DURING ‘OPERATION MOTORMAN’, 1972

BY PEADAR WHELAN

THE solicitor representing the family of Derry teenager Daniel Hegarty, shot dead by a British soldier during Operation Motorman on 31 July 1972, has accused the killer of lying about the events around Daniel’s death.
Solicitor Des Doherty was speaking after a fresh inquest held in Derry Courthouse... Free article

MIAMI SHOWBAND MASSACRE, 1975 | FAMILIES HIGHLIGHT NEW REPORT

BY MARK MOLONEY

A REPORT by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) into the Miami Showband Massacre has found strong evidence of RUC collusion in the murders by Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers who were also Ulster Volunteer Force members. Notorious loyalist killer Robin ‘The Jackal’ Jackson, an RUC Special Branch agent... Free article

The Kevin Cardiff School of Economics
KEVIN CARDIFF got a nice Christmas present when he finally landed the job at the European Court of Auditors (salary €276,000 a year) even though he’s the man who headed the Government’s finance division when an accounting blunder resulted in the ‘national debt’ being overstated by €3.6billion and despite the EU’s Budgetary Finance Committee... Free article

BY MARK MOLONEY

ÓGRA SHINN FÉIN members were among nine students arrested after anti-college fee campaigners from National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) occupied the offices of Fine Gael Galway/West TD Brian Walsh just before the Budget.
The occupation saw members of the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) group rush into Walsh’s office and chain themselves to furniture while... Free article

REPORT COVERS CANCER TREATMENT, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, OBESITY, MENTAL HEALTH, SUICIDE PREVENTION, SEXUAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY CARE, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AMBULANCE SERVICES

A MAJOR REPORT compiled by the Departments of Health in Belfast and Dublin, the result of two years’ work, has recommended what Sinn Féin has been proposing for years – all-island co-operation in health services... Free article

SEÁN GALLAGHER’S Presidential campaign spluttering into oblivion on RTÉ’s Frontline debate when Martin McGuinness quizzed him on his fund-raising for Fianna Fáil has been voted Ireland’s top TV moment of 2011.

The British royal wedding – where Pippa Middleton’s backside was obsessed over by the media more than her actual marriage to Prince William and the sectarian,... Free article

THE Irish Network Against Racism (ENAR Ireland) has welcomed the convictions yesterday (Tuesday) at London’s Old Bailey of Gary Dobson and David Norris for the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence 18 years ago.

Today (Wednesday) Gary Dobson was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years two months; David Norris was sentenced to a minimum of 14 years three months.

Catherine... Free article

VITA CORTEX workers – in occupation of the foam manufacturing plant in Cork for more than two weeks, including Christmas and the New Year – have responded positively to the call by Jobs and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton for them and management to use the state’s industrial relations machinery to try and resolve the dispute.

The Vita Cortex workers said they will do so to try... Free article