William Odling-Smee in conversation
Belfast Telegraph
William Odling-Smee: I started work at the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1970, having to deal with kneecappings, bombs in the Abercorn and the Rose and Crown… I’d had experience of warfare in Nigeria, but it was a bleak time
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NI’s first ‘Rural Pride’ to launch parade date
Belfast Newsletter
The Mid Ulster Pride committee meets in the Church of Ireland rectory, with Rev Andrew Rawding acknowledging that he was “a driving force” behind …
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Secretary of State Julian Smith has met representatives of loyalist paramilitary groups to discuss the Brexit withdrawal agreement and legacy arrangements.
Irish News
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Pupil challenges St Columb’s College’s beard ban
Belfast Telegraph
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The IRA campaign in Cork against Protestants and non-republicans was on a truly vast scale
Kevin Myers in Independent.ie
[[] https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-the-ira-campaign-in-cork-against-protestants-and-nonrepublicans-was-on-a-truly-vast-scale-26698803.html ]
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