Tag: Belfast
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Three men held over detective ‘murder bid’ released
[ad_1] Several people have already been arrested and charged in relation to the shooting, which police linked to dissident republicans. [ad_2] Source link
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William to visit Sheffield to join locals in discussions to end homelessness
[ad_1] Homewards is the Princes of Wales’s five-year project to help eradicate all forms of homelessness in six areas of the UK. [ad_2] Source link
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Irish premier tells Biden: It is possible to be for Israel and for Palestine
[ad_1] Leo Varadkar said the Irish people are so deeply troubled by the death and destruction in Gaza because ‘we see our history in their eyes’. [ad_2] Source link
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O’Neill and Little-Pengelly thank Joe Biden for support at St Patrick’s event
[ad_1] Michelle O’Neill said business leaders they spoke to were left with ‘a clear understanding’ on why they should invest in Northern Ireland. [ad_2] Source link
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Joe Kennedy praises ‘Leo the Radical’ during Boston visit
[ad_1] Outlining an anecdote in which his six-year-old son misheard the Taoiseach’s name as “Leo the Radical”, Mr Kennedy praised Mr Varadkar’s role in the Irish government throughout constitutional referenda which repealed legislative bans on abortion and extended marriage equality to gay couples. [ad_2] Source link
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Statues unveiled at Belfast City Hall on International Women’s Day
[ad_1] Campaigners Mary Ann McCracken and Winifred Carney are the first non-royal women to receive the honour. [ad_2] Source link
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Findings of report into agent Stakeknife due to be published
[ad_1] The Operation Kenova interim findings are expected to call for apologies from the UK Government and the IRA. [ad_2] Source link
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Varadkar says boycotting US trip would be ‘a mistake’
[ad_1] The Irish premier traditionally presents the US president with a bowl of shamrock to mark St Patrick’s Day. [ad_2] Source link
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Tribunal to examine claims of covert state surveillance of journalists
[ad_1] Film makers Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who were controversially arrested in 2018, have taken a case to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. [ad_2] Source link
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Claims Irish people have one-sided view of Middle East conflict unfair – Martin
[ad_1] “We have been very clear in terms of our condemnation of the Hamas attack of October 7, and indeed of Hamas itself as an organisation, and we’ve called on Hamas to lay down its arms, and the vast majority of the Irish people support that position,” the foreign affairs minister said. [ad_2] Source link