A POLITICIAN who formally complained to party officers over the selection of the DUP’s first openly gay candidate told them that Dr Ian Paisley would be “turning in his grave”. Councillor John Finlay, who was re-elected to Causeway Coast and Glens Council, also stated “some soul searching is now required” by those within the partyContinue reading “DUP politician’s leaked complaint to party officers over first openly gay candidate”
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‘Forty years after they murdered him, Daddy is finally at rest’
THE daughter of a SDLP activist murdered by a loyalist gang 40 years ago has told of the heartbreaking decision to exhume her father’s remains. Denise Mullen said she was left with “no choice” but to move dad Denis’ body from a plot in Co Tyrone after years of pain stopped both her and herContinue reading “‘Forty years after they murdered him, Daddy is finally at rest’”
‘Suspended’ DUP man pictured at party fundraiser months after sex assault conviction
HERE is shamed sex assault councillor Ian Stevenson attending a DUP fundraiser in his Co Antrim hometown last week. The disgraced Causeway Coast and Glens Borough representative (49) sat amongst party members and politicians at the Ballymoney table quiz despite his suspension from the party. The former mayor, found guilty of groping a nursing colleague,Continue reading “‘Suspended’ DUP man pictured at party fundraiser months after sex assault conviction”
Sex assault politician to contest election after DUP man’s nomination
AN OUTGOING DUP representative has defended signing nomination papers for a sex assault councillor seeking re-election. Alderman Frank Campbell said it was “up to the public to decide” if they wanted shamed Ian Stevenson to retain his Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council seat after backing him to run. Mr Stevenson, convicted of groping aContinue reading “Sex assault politician to contest election after DUP man’s nomination”
The RUC widow left with a collusion legacy
Published in the Sunday World (March 25, 2018) IT’S been over 40 years since Rosemary Campbell was left a heartbroken widow. But for the 84 year-old nothing has changed since the day her Catholic RUC husband was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. That’s because the grandmother has been left with a collusion legacy where walls ofContinue reading “The RUC widow left with a collusion legacy”
Bringing the horror of Ulster’s past, into today’s classroom
POINTING at an image of his bandmates on an assembly hall screen, Stephen Travers asks a roomful of school pupils, ‘Can any of you identify the Protestants or the Catholics?’ It was a question no teacher would dare ask, but for the Miami Showband survivor it was part of an important lesson not being taught in today’s classroom – the horror of Ulster’s troubled past. SomeContinue reading “Bringing the horror of Ulster’s past, into today’s classroom”
Patricia Devlin 