Jamie Bryson (centre) arriving at court yesterday, May 19, with his legal counsel including John Larkin (second from left) (Credit: Jonathan Porter/Press Eye) The rules of a Stormont committee were subverted in 2015 to cause “political embarrassment” to former first minister Peter Robinson, a court has heard. The trial of loyalist activist Jamie Bryson, former … Read more
We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough. If you’ve seen value in our reporting, … Read more
Her child was subjected to an operation on one hip at the age of two, and then immediately afterwards told that another was needed on the other hip. She is now sure that the first operation was “at best premature,” but the second was “not needed at all,” said Sinn Féin finance spokesman Pearse Doherty … Read more
Gerry Adams has rejected a suggestion that he was a senior IRA member released from internment as a precondition to talks aimed at securing a truce between it and the British army in 1972. The former Sinn Féin leader was giving evidence on the second week of his High Court action against the BBC, in … Read more
The memorial statue of the hunger striker and former MP is to be unveiled on Sunday afternoon at the Republican Memorial Garden, Gardenmore Road in Twinbrook. The first hunger striker, Bobby Sands News Catch Up – Tuesday 29 April The event is part of a day commemorating Sands, who died on May 5 during the … Read more
Gerry Adams was about 30 minutes into the story of his life and still focused on events more than 60 years ago when his lawyer suggested they might fast forward a little bit. “Just to move things on,” Declan Doyle said. Although the senior counsel, with an eye to the legal niceties, deferred to the … Read more
We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough. If you’ve seen value in our reporting, … Read more
A ONCE-OFF €280 grant paid alongside Child Benefit is only available to those born after a certain date, it has been confirmed. Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary said the New Baby Grant is given to those eligible alongside their first month’s Child Benefit. 1 The New Baby Grant is a once-off payment worth €280Credit: … Read more
Irish MEPs ask EU to assess legality of German plan to deport of Irish Palestine activists The Journal On 21 April, Germany will deport me – an EU citizen convicted of no crime – for standing with Palestine The Guardian Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters The Intercept ‘We condemn Germany’s complicity in genocide’: … Read more
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy has told TDs she bears “no ill will and my door is always open” after she won a Dáil vote of confidence by 96 to 71 with two abstentions. In a short statement at the end of the debate, she said: “I will continue to uphold my solemn declaration to vindicate … Read more