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Ministers urged to extend Horizon exonerations to Scotland and Northern Ireland

Subpostmasters in Northern Ireland and Scotland wronged in the Horizon scandal should have their convictions quashed in a Westminster law change because the “mess” was made there, ministers have heard. The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill ...

20 Mar 2024 at 17:31

Northern Ireland

Long ‘deeply disappointed’ as NI excluded from law to exonerate subpostmasters

Northern Ireland’s justice minister has said she is “deeply disappointed” that legislation to exonerate subpostmasters wronged in the Horizon scandal excludes the region. Naomi Long said she will “urgently” review options to provide an alternative ...

22 Feb 2024 at 20:16

Northern Ireland

Bill to exonerate Horizon scandal victims to be extended to Northern Ireland

Legislation aimed at quashing the wrongful convictions of subpostmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal is to be extended to Northern Ireland, the Government has said. Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake announced the move, stating it had ...

22 Apr 2024 at 15:24

Northern Ireland

Prosecutor expected review after ‘sham’ trial of subpostmaster, inquiry told

A prosecutor expected questions to be asked and a review to be carried out after a “sham” case against a subpostmaster ended in a not guilty verdict. Kevin Shiels, a public prosecutor in Northern Ireland, said a review of the prosecution of ...

31 Jan 2024 at 13:09

Derry News

Foyle AMH New Horizons host purple picnic to help smash mental health stigmas and start conversations

On Wednesday May 11, AMH New Horizons, Foyle, chose Guildhall Square, Derry as the venue for their Great Big Purple Picnic, to mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Themed to combat loneliness, a cup of tea and a chat was the ...

27 May 2022 at 11:00

Home

Litter picking weekend for Race Fit and Horizon Mountain bike club

Horizon Mountain Bike Club and Race Fit MTB coaching joined forces on Saturday, December 9 and Sunday, December 10 to clean their favourite local biking location around Ballykelly and Loughermore. Last Saturday and Sunday, around 15 ...

15 Dec 2023 at 17:00

Local News

Action Mental Health marks 60 years

Local mental health charity Action Mental Health (AMH) is marking 60 years of providing vital mental health services across Northern Ireland. As one of Northern Ireland’s leading disability and mental health charities Action Mental ...

04 Jun 2023 at 11:30

National News

WATCH: 'School's Out' for 150 budding young golf fans at the 2023 Horizon Irish Open

Now in his tenth year bringing a large group of budding young golfers to the Irish Open, Gerry McStay will have his hands full with 150 teens travelling to the K Club over the week. Gerry, a teacher at St Patrick's High School in ...

06 Sept 2023 at 14:23

Northern Ireland

£1.8 million in redress payments secured for NI Post Office IT scandal victims

Some £1.8 million in redress payments have been secured for three Northern Ireland victims of the Post Office IT scandal. More than 900 former sub-postmasters across the UK were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 because ...

18 Feb 2025 at 16:17

Northern Ireland

Department ‘working at pace’ to ensure postmasters see convictions quashed

Department of Justice officials are working “at pace” to plan for implementation of legislation to overturn convictions of wrongly accused postmasters and mistresses in the Horizon IT scandal, Naomi Long has said. The ...

20 May 2024 at 16:06

Northern Ireland

MPs reject bid to include Scotland in Bill to exonerate Horizon scandal victims

The UK Government has resisted attempts to include Scotland in the proposed law to exonerate subpostmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal. MPs voted 265 to 42, majority 223, against a motion from the SNP ...

29 Apr 2024 at 20:07

Northern Ireland

Ex-investigator ‘feared challenging Horizon experts would not go well’

A former Post Office investigator has said she could not question Horizon system experts because she believed that “if you started to challenge too much, it didn’t go well”. The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry ...

26 Jan 2024 at 17:29

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