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Northern Ireland abortion buffer zone ruling is a ‘historic day’ – Green MSP

A Scottish Green MSP who proposed the implementation of buffer zones around abortion clinics has welcomed a judgment allowing similar legislation in Northern Ireland. The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday the Abortion (Safe Access Zones) (Northern ...

07 Dec 2022 at 13:36

Local News

Public inquiry into collusion-linked murder of solicitor Pat Finucane ordered

The Government has ordered a public inquiry into the collusion-linked loyalist paramilitary murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989. Mr Finucane, 39, was shot dead at his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 by the Ulster Defence ...

11 Sept 2024 at 15:45

Northern Ireland

Families voice concern of potential impact of bill on La Mon bomb investigation

Concern has been expressed around any potential impact of the Government’s legacy bill on a fresh probe into the La Mon bomb attack. Twelve people were killed and scores more injured when the Provisional IRA exploded a bomb at the hotel on the ...

15 May 2023 at 16:07

Northern Ireland

Leaving ECHR over Rwanda scheme ruling would be foolish, says Tory MP

Any move to abandon or ignore the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in response to a Supreme Court ruling over the Government’s Rwanda scheme would be “foolish and rash”, a Conservative MP has said. Sir Robert Buckland has recently ...

03 Dec 2023 at 11:09

Local News

Immunity provision in Legacy Act is not human rights compliant, judge rules

Provisions for conditional immunity from prosecution for Troubles offences in the Government’s Legacy Act are not compatible with human rights legislation, the High Court has ruled. Delivering a judgment at Belfast High Court, Mr Justice ...

28 Feb 2024 at 12:15

Northern Ireland

Ministers pressed on whether legal action over Legacy Act ‘helps or hinders’

Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn has questioned whether the Government will be “helped or hindered” by legal action taken in defence of controversial legacy legislation. The Legacy Act received royal assent last autumn ...

24 Apr 2024 at 14:32

Northern Ireland

Victims’ group to task new legacy body with probing Teebane blast

A victims’ group is set to ask a new legacy body to look at the killing of eight workers near an Army barracks in Co Tyrone in 1992. No one has ever been charged or convicted over the attack at the Teebane crossroads by the ...

14 Feb 2024 at 13:48

Northern Ireland

Public inquiry ordered into collusion-linked murder of solicitor Pat Finucane

11 Sept 2024 at 14:16

Northern Ireland

Government to appeal over High Court ruling on Legacy Act

The Government has announced it is to appeal over a ruling by the High Court in Belfast that one of the key elements of the Northern Ireland Troubles Legacy Act is unlawful. Last week, Mr Justice Adrian Colton ruled ...

07 Mar 2024 at 12:15

Northern Ireland

Widow says time for truth as public inquiry into Pat Finucane murder announced

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has said it is time for the truth to come out about his killing after “35 years of cover-ups”. Geraldine Finucane was speaking after the Government ordered a ...

11 Sept 2024 at 17:54

Northern Ireland

Government was warned NI abortion laws could infringe human rights

The Government was warned in 1992 that abortion laws in Northern Ireland may constitute an infringement of human rights, declassified papers have revealed. However, it was also said that any attempt to repeal ...

29 Dec 2022 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill threatens human rights protections, report finds

Proposed new legislation to over-ride sections of the Northern Ireland Protocol poses a “significant threat” to human rights protections, a new report has contended. Negotiations between UK and EU officials ...

10 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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