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Denis Cairns speaking to the Sunday World in August. A MAN who reported historical sex abuse allegations has said he feels "abandoned" by the Catholic church after it withdrew safeguarding support to him.Derryman Denis Cairns (42) slammed a decision by Nottingham Diocese to cut off his access to a safeguarding officer in the final stages... Continue Reading →
THE family of a young mum who took her own life just five weeks after giving birth have pleaded with those struggling with post-natal depression to seek help. Shaciara McDowell, 18, passed away at her Co Antrim home on Monday just a month after welcoming baby son Cáhir Gerard into the world. Her family say... Continue Reading →
Jake Mac Siacais speaks to the Sunday World. A FORMER IRA man who spent years in the next cell to hunger striker Bobby Sands has opened up for the first time about life in the H-Blocks during Northern Ireland’s most troubled times.Jake Mac Siacais (62) revealed how years of being surrounded by death and tragedy... Continue Reading →
A BELFAST woman raped while on holiday in Europe has told how she felt “abandoned” after reporting the horror attack. Alicia Perry (44) said she was left stranded in Macedonia for 10 days, unable to access medical help and forced to face hours of gruelling police questioning after reporting the serious sexual assault. The well-known model... Continue Reading →
IT'S been just over 47 years since west Belfast man Stan Carberry last saw his father. "I can remember it well," the 55 year-old recalled. "I was eight years-old at the time and myself and my brother and sisters were all getting ready for school, the six of us running around, and he was trying to get us... Continue Reading →
THE best friend of late radio star Stephen Clements has vowed to use his memory to help those struggling with mental health issues. Larry Goodey, the BBC presenter's close pal of 30 years, said he hoped Stephen's legacy would be giving a voice to those who "feel they have nowhere to go". In a powerful... Continue Reading →
Article first published in the Mid Ulster Mail on August 17, 2012 Bernadette Devlin LITTLE has changed in the 40 years since Bernadette Devlin McAliskey took her seat in Westminster. There’s been progress, she says, the token gestures, the handshake.But change? In 1969 the 21 year-old was thrust onto the main political stage when she... Continue Reading →
MURDERED loyalist Ian Ogle predicted his own death after masked UVF thugs stormed his place of work a year before he was butchered in the street. The east Belfast thugs followed the dad-of-two (45) to his window fitting job, smashed up a car he was travelling in before ordering colleagues to force the father out... Continue Reading →
A survivor of the Miami Showband massacre has called the existence of army documents naming an undercover solider at the scene as "the final nail in the coffin". Des Lee, who miraculously survived the 1975 atrocity, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) papers calling out Captain Robert Nairac and his alleged role in the UVF... Continue Reading →
THE father of the youngest victim in the shocking sectarian murders of three children has said the PSNI should reopen the investigation into their deaths. David Joyce, whose eight year-old son Jason died alongside his two brothers in a UVF petrol bomb attack on their Ballymoney home in 1998, said justice has yet to be... Continue Reading →
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