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Early abortion services in Western Trust resume after more than a year

Abortion services in the Western Health Trust have resumed after more than a year. Early abortion services in the trust area were suspended in April 2021 because of staffing shortages. On Tuesday a Trust spokesperson said the Western Trust Early ...

04 Oct 2022 at 13:51

Golf

'It’s not something that I would do' - Rory McIlroy on golfers playing in Saudi-backed breakaway tour

Dustin Johnson will play in the opening event of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series next week in Hertfordshire – with Rory McIlroy admitting he understands the lure. The former world number one will headline the new competition’s ...

02 Jun 2022 at 12:04

Derry News

Foyle MP Eastwood rejects British Government legacy spin as "out and out lie"

SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has described British Government claims that legacy legislation is designed to promote reconciliation as ‘an out and out lie’. Speaking in the House of Commons, the Foyle MP outlined a number of cases where ...

25 May 2022 at 10:51

Northern Ireland

Concern expressed over police strip searching of children

Concern has been expressed over the strip searching of children by police in Northern Ireland. Amnesty International has called on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to end the practice. It comes following a report by The ...

12 Jan 2023 at 19:20

Northern Ireland

Labour would repeal laws offering immunity to Troubles killers, Starmer vows

Sir Keir Starmer has said a Labour government would repeal planned laws offering immunity from prosecution for Troubles crimes in Northern Ireland. The draft legislation would provide immunity for people accused of Troubles ...

13 Jan 2023 at 15:00

Local News

United Nations calls for Legacy Bill to be scrapped

Amnesty International has welcomed calls from the United Nations for the British Government to withdraw its widely opposed Northern Ireland Troubles Bill. The organisation said the Troubles Bill breached the Good Friday ...

15 Dec 2022 at 15:19

Northern Ireland

‘Mixed emotions’ as relatives remember those not alive to see guilty verdict

The family of Aidan McAnespie have described a day of mixed emotions after a former soldier was convicted of his killing more than 30 years ago. David Holden was found guilty of the manslaughter of Mr McAnespie close ...

25 Nov 2022 at 19:22

Local News

Slight rise in Derry hate crime figures

A PSNI report has shown a slight rise in racially and sectarian-motivated crime in Derry. The annual report, which covers all council districts in the North up to September 30, 2021, showed that in the area covering ...

25 Nov 2021 at 17:22

Home

Irish Government makes opposition to Britain's Legacy Bill ‘very clear’

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that Ireland’s opposition to Britain's Legacy Bill is “very clear”. Mr Martin called on Westminster to halt the legislation’s progress. His call came after Amnesty International ...

07 Apr 2023 at 14:00

National News

Time for Irish Government to ‘put a marker down’ over UK’s legacy Bill – Amnesty

It is time for the Irish Government to “put a public marker down” over the handling of the legacy of Northern Ireland’s troubled past, Amnesty International has said. The non-governmental organisation led a ...

06 Apr 2023 at 14:14

Northern Ireland

Varadkar to decide on legal challenge to Troubles legacy bill within weeks

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to launch a legal challenge against the UK Government’s Legacy Bill. As the Bill moved a step closer to becoming law, ...

06 Sept 2023 at 16:05

Northern Ireland

Threatening graffiti with judge’s name appears on court building

Graffiti appearing to threaten a judge has appeared on a court building in Northern Ireland. The name of district judge Mark Hamill was daubed on the wall on Newtownards Court in Co Down alongside a ...

26 Jul 2023 at 17:03

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