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about 2 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Naomi Long announces prison staff increase in response to rising prisoner numbers

Since July 2021 the prison population has increased by over 500 prisoners

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3 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Naomi Long to appeal judgment striking down law that banned people from saying ‘Jimmy Savile was ...

Naomi Long is planning to use public funds to appeal a High Court judgment which overturned a law that criminalised s...

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3 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Naomi Long is misleading public by denying her law banned us from saying Savile was a paedophile ...

Naomi Long is one of the most capable politicians of her generation, and yet a law which raised few eyebrows as it sa...

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4 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Defiant Naomi Long says she did nothing wrong and refuses to rule out perverse paedophile law appeal

Justice Minister Naomi Long has refused to say if she will spend more public money appealing a law protecting suspect...

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4 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

We were cruel to ban people from mourning the dead during Covid, says emotional Edwin Poots

A deeply emotional Edwin Poots has said the Executive was "cruel" to ban the public from visiting graveyards during C...

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6 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

PSNI deputy chief constable’s future uncertain as neither of two new employers will say he’s join...

There is confusion over the future of PSNI deputy chief constable Mark Hamilton after neither of the two bodies to wh...

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6 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

PSNI Deputy Chief Constable ‘spared discipline months ago’ over unlawful decision

The Policing Board decided three months ago not to discipline PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Mark Hamilton, it has been ...

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7 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Naomi Long hails health service after husband suffers 'massive seizure'

"Still processing everything that this means for us..."

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7 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Stormont ‘doomed to death by a thousand collapses without reform’, Naomi Long tells Alliance conf...

Alliance leader Naomi Long has warned that Stormont is condemned to “death by a thousand collapses” without major ref...

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9 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Jimmy Savile was a paedophile – but I could be jailed for saying that, thanks to Stormont’s new law

Jimmy Savile was a paedophile. Those words have for years been accepted as uncontroversially factual — but now utteri...

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10 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Claims top cleric sexually abused and mutilated victims — but is now protected by new Stormont law

A senior Protestant cleric had a secret life in which he sexually assaulted young girls and sadistically mutilated th...

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11 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Stormont’s draconian new law would have criminalised news reports that exposed Kincora scandal

Days before it fell last year, Stormont passed a law which if it had been in place earlier would have made some of th...

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

King Charles’ coronation: A moment of elite political and religious unity... but also of public i...

If, as the academic David Cannadine postulated four decades ago, the popularity of the monarchy can be divined from t...

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Revealed: DUP leader’s U-turn over ‘danger’ that Brexit posed to the Union

Just weeks before the Irish Sea border was implemented, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told an academic Brexit was just a trad...

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almost 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Secrecy over legal aid payments made to lawyers ‘is set to continue for years’

Lawyers’ vast legal aid earnings will be kept secret for years to come, it can be revealed.

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almost 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Northern Ireland has ‘enormous black hole in budget’, warns Chris Heaton-Harris but NI Secretary ...

Chris Heaton-Harris has said he is worried the NI Executive has an “enormous black hole” in its budget, which could l...

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almost 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Alliance Party councillor Micky Murray requires hospital treatment following Belfast attack

An Alliance Party councillor has been inundated with support after he was attacked in Belfast and required hospital t...

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almost 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

UUP’s Mike Nesbitt calls on Justice Minister to ‘clarify difference’ between prison service and p...

The Ulster Unionist Party MLA Mike Nesbitt has called on the Justice Minister to “provide clarity” after an announcem...

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about 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Queen’s family members at Balmoral while Jeffrey Donaldson shares ‘outpouring of emotion’ across ...

Members of the Royal Family have arrived at Balmoral, where the Queen is under medical supervision after doctors beca...

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about 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Queen’s family gather in Scotland while Jeffrey Donaldson shares ‘outpouring of emotion’ across N...

Members of the Royal Family are travelling to Balmoral, where the Queen is under medical supervision after doctors be...

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about 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Queen’s family members arrive at Balmoral while Jeffrey Donaldson shares ‘outpouring of emotion’ ...

Members of the Royal Family have arrived at Balmoral, where the Queen is under medical supervision after doctors beca...

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about 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

New prime minister needs to change Stormont cross-community voting system, says Alliance Party le...

The new prime minister should reform Stormont and change the cross-community voting system to allow an Executive to b...

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over 2 years ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Chief constable warns low pay could see PSNI losing officers

"My concern is the amount of people who are leaving early to mid-service."

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over 2 years ago
belfastlive.co.uk

PFNI says policing will "collapse" without greater funding

"It's almost a total disregard, as if policing isn't important."

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sam McBride: Alliance could topple Sinn Féin and DUP as rivals still fail to understand party’s g...

No party has grown more in the 24 years since the Good Friday Agreement than Alliance — and yet it was the Agreement ...

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

How did Alliance get 17 MLAs with 116,000 votes and TUV get just one with 66,000?

It is understandable that Jim Allister is feeling hard done by, returning to Stormont alone despite taking almost 66,...

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over 2 years ago
newsletter.co.uk

Election 2022: Changing times in East Belfast

News Letter reporter GRAEME COUSINS looks at the key battles on his home patch

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

UVF blamed for north Belfast bomb hoax aimed at Simon Coveney

Police believe the UVF is behind a security alert that led to Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney being evac...

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over 2 years ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Shankill, Twinbrook, Turf Lodge and East Belfast youth unite for sexual harassment awareness camp...

"We want to educate young people about what sexual harassment is and the impact it can have on victims"

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

No-fly zone in Ukraine should ‘not be taken off the table’, says Alliance leader Naomi Long

A no-fly zone in Ukraine which could involve Nato forces engaging Russian planes should “not be taken off the table”,...

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Alliance tops donations list thanks to ex-member’s legacy, but Sinn Fein still NI’s wealthiest party

The Alliance Party got more notifiable donations than any other Northern Ireland political party in the final months ...

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over 2 years ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Ex-boxer Paddy Barnes takes up position with Probation Board for Northern Ireland

The double Olympic medallist is one of 13 new appointments to the body

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Law to tackle stalking in Northern Ireland passed by MLAs

Stormont politicians have passed a new law to tackle stalking.

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over 2 years ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Anti-semitic graffiti in South Belfast condemned

South Belfast Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw spoke out against the vandalism at the Northern Ireland Assembly

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Robin Swann has ‘space’ to remove remaining Covid restrictions, claims Justice Minister Naomi Long

Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister hopes she has given “space” for Health Minister Robin Swann to remove Covid-19 re...

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over 2 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

UUP’s Doug Beattie apologises after tweeting ‘joke’ involving Edwin Poots

Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie has apologised on Sunday after he was criticised for posting what he descri...

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over 2 years ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Lisa Dorrian family says 'no body' murderers should receive at least 20 years

Joanne Dorrian speaks to local council asking for support on proposals for Charlotte's Law

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almost 3 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Warning of ‘catastrophic’ cuts to PSNI officer numbers following Executive draft budget approval

There is a warning of “catastrophic” cuts to PSNI officer numbers following the approval of an Executive draft budget...

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almost 3 years ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

FICT report chair’s insight on recommendations: The NI ‘civic flag’, bonfire enforcement and parades

A long-delayed report on flags and culture in Northern Ireland has recommended having a new civic flag or emblem for ...

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