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04/03/2010
Other NI News In Brief
Quinn Killers Blamed
SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has condemned those responsible for destroying the Paul Quinn campaign billboard (pictured) on the Square in Crossmaglen. "This is the fourth attack on this billboard, the second within weeks and it is no spontaneous act of vandalism. Since the end of January there has been a concerted effort to tear down the posters calling for co-operation with the PSNI and Gardai which have hung around Cullyhanna and Crossmaglen since shortly after Paul’s murder in October 2007. We need to be very clear that the murderers and their organisation are active again, organising again, working hard to suppress the family's campaign for justice for Paul. We all know what that organisation is – the Provisional IRA. The destruction of the billboard and posters should not get political cover and I would call on Sinn Fein to condemn those responsible," he said.
Adams Gives Himself Up
The fugitive brother of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has handed himself over to the authorities in the Irish Republic. Liam Adams is wanted by police in Northern Ireland over claims he sexually abused his now grown-up daughter from the age of four. He was arrested in a Dublin police station under a European arrest warrant which was issued on Wednesday.
IICD Reports Own Demise
The last report from the body which oversaw decommissioning in Northern Ireland has been published. The achievements by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) underline the triumph of politics over violence, Secretary of State Shaun Woodward MP has said, noting that it saw IRA, UDA/UFF, UVF/RHC, INLA, OIRA and weapons from paramilitary micro-groups destroy arms over its 12 years in existence. In its final report the body said the "Shoukri paramilitary element" decommissioned in December 2009. The brothers, Andre and Ihab Shoukri were high profile UDA members expelled from the loyalist grouping. Ihab died in 2008.
Run For Life Call
The Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) is calling on runners to join their team in the BUPA Great North Run 2010, which takes place in Newcastle Upon Tyne on Sunday 19th September, and raise funds to help provide vital services for cancer patients and their families in Northern Ireland. To register, UCF require a £56 deposit and participants must raise a minimum of £600 sponsorship. As a member of the UCF Team, runners will be provided with two nights bed and breakfast accommodation, guaranteed race entry and travel insurance. Contact Sarah Atcheson at UCF on 028 9068 0765 or e-mail sarahatcheson@ulstercancer.org or click on www.ulstercancer.org/events
Moderator Elected
The Rev Norman Hamilton has been elected as the next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church. He is the minister of Ballysillan Presbyterian Church in Belfast and was nominated by 11 out of the 19 Presbyteries who met throughout Ireland. Rev Hamilton, 63, will take up office on 7 June, succeeding to Dr Stafford Carson.
Massacre Probed
It may have been almost 380 years ago, but the 'original 'Irish rebellion on 1641 is stil causing controversy. A group of academics has been tasked to reinvestigate a centuries-old massacre of Protestants in Ireland. University language experts have been given a grant of £334,000 to pore over thousands of witness accounts of massacres following the rebellion. The Protestant death toll was most recently put at between 4,000 and 12,000, mainly in Ulster. Four thousand depositions corresponding to about 20,000 pages which have been locked away in Trinity College Dublin (TCD) since 1741, have been transcribed into digital format over the past two years. The research team will use IBM technology, known as "dirty text" analysis software, to examine and cross-reference names, places, words and phrases and get as close to the truth as possible.
Underage Ciggies Sold
A Belfast retailer has been fined for selling cigarette products to a person under the legal age. Jim Doran, of Greenways on the Stewartstown Road in west Belfast, was fined £250 and ordered to pay court costs of £69. The prosecution was brought by Belfast City Council after the offence took place on 30 July last year.
(BMcC/CD)
SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has condemned those responsible for destroying the Paul Quinn campaign billboard (pictured) on the Square in Crossmaglen. "This is the fourth attack on this billboard, the second within weeks and it is no spontaneous act of vandalism. Since the end of January there has been a concerted effort to tear down the posters calling for co-operation with the PSNI and Gardai which have hung around Cullyhanna and Crossmaglen since shortly after Paul’s murder in October 2007. We need to be very clear that the murderers and their organisation are active again, organising again, working hard to suppress the family's campaign for justice for Paul. We all know what that organisation is – the Provisional IRA. The destruction of the billboard and posters should not get political cover and I would call on Sinn Fein to condemn those responsible," he said.
Adams Gives Himself Up
The fugitive brother of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has handed himself over to the authorities in the Irish Republic. Liam Adams is wanted by police in Northern Ireland over claims he sexually abused his now grown-up daughter from the age of four. He was arrested in a Dublin police station under a European arrest warrant which was issued on Wednesday.
IICD Reports Own Demise
The last report from the body which oversaw decommissioning in Northern Ireland has been published. The achievements by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) underline the triumph of politics over violence, Secretary of State Shaun Woodward MP has said, noting that it saw IRA, UDA/UFF, UVF/RHC, INLA, OIRA and weapons from paramilitary micro-groups destroy arms over its 12 years in existence. In its final report the body said the "Shoukri paramilitary element" decommissioned in December 2009. The brothers, Andre and Ihab Shoukri were high profile UDA members expelled from the loyalist grouping. Ihab died in 2008.
Run For Life Call
The Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) is calling on runners to join their team in the BUPA Great North Run 2010, which takes place in Newcastle Upon Tyne on Sunday 19th September, and raise funds to help provide vital services for cancer patients and their families in Northern Ireland. To register, UCF require a £56 deposit and participants must raise a minimum of £600 sponsorship. As a member of the UCF Team, runners will be provided with two nights bed and breakfast accommodation, guaranteed race entry and travel insurance. Contact Sarah Atcheson at UCF on 028 9068 0765 or e-mail sarahatcheson@ulstercancer.org or click on www.ulstercancer.org/events
Moderator Elected
The Rev Norman Hamilton has been elected as the next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church. He is the minister of Ballysillan Presbyterian Church in Belfast and was nominated by 11 out of the 19 Presbyteries who met throughout Ireland. Rev Hamilton, 63, will take up office on 7 June, succeeding to Dr Stafford Carson.
Massacre Probed
It may have been almost 380 years ago, but the 'original 'Irish rebellion on 1641 is stil causing controversy. A group of academics has been tasked to reinvestigate a centuries-old massacre of Protestants in Ireland. University language experts have been given a grant of £334,000 to pore over thousands of witness accounts of massacres following the rebellion. The Protestant death toll was most recently put at between 4,000 and 12,000, mainly in Ulster. Four thousand depositions corresponding to about 20,000 pages which have been locked away in Trinity College Dublin (TCD) since 1741, have been transcribed into digital format over the past two years. The research team will use IBM technology, known as "dirty text" analysis software, to examine and cross-reference names, places, words and phrases and get as close to the truth as possible.
Underage Ciggies Sold
A Belfast retailer has been fined for selling cigarette products to a person under the legal age. Jim Doran, of Greenways on the Stewartstown Road in west Belfast, was fined £250 and ordered to pay court costs of £69. The prosecution was brought by Belfast City Council after the offence took place on 30 July last year.
(BMcC/CD)
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