Paramilitary violence is “torturing” communities in the North due to “complacency” about peace, a senior Belfast youth worker has warned. It is only a “fluke” that 2023 saw no deaths through paramilitary activities, Mr Stephen Hughes added, responding to figures from the PSNI. Up until 2022, paramilitary violence “was a declining issue”, he told The…
Parents in the North have overwhelmingly rejected a Westminster law that would force Catholic schools to teach about accessing abortions, a consultation has shown. However, the department of education said its hands are tied and it will be releasing guidance on teaching access to abortion this month. In response to a department of education consultation…
Dirty Linen: The Troubles in my Home Place, Martin Doyle (Merrion Press, £24.99). Martin Doyle tells us in the introduction to this book that the Linen Triangle “stretched from Lisburn across the southern shore of Lough Neagh to Dungannon in Co. Tyrone and south to Newry, the heartland of a trade that was both agricultural…
The decision by some rural Catholic schools to change to integrated education in the North has been described as “deathbed conversions” by the bishop of Derry.
Baroness Nuala O’Loan has introduced a private members bill to Westminster, seeking to reduce the time limit for abortion in the UK from 24 to 22 weeks.
The Iona Institute NI has welcomed a Bill from the DUP which would outlaw abortions on babies with disabilities such as Down Syndrome