ON THIS DAY: 12TH DECEMBER 2001: Nuala O’Loan, Police Ombudsman for the North of Ireland presents report to relatives of the Omagh bombing victims As the Police Ombudsman for the North of Ireland, Nuala O’Loan met with and presented the relatives of the victims of the Omagh bombing with a report into her findings into […]
A former captain of the Tyrone GAA football ladies team says she may now vote for the DUP because of the party’s pro-life stance. GAA star, Lisa O’Hare, who captained the Tyrone ladies team to become Ulster champions in 2000 told BBC that she can no longer vote for either Sinn Féin or the SDLP […]
Hundreds of medical professionals have signed letters opposing a proposed abortion law in Northern Ireland, saying abortion is the unjust taking of a human life. They also insisted that the right to conscientious objection be upheld, and that healthcare professionals should not be forced to participate in or assist with abortions. More than 700 doctors and other healthcare workers […]
1971 was a key year in the struggle by the Catholic nationalist population of the North of Ireland for democratic rights. A moderate campaign for basic democratic provisions had begun in the early 1960s and grew to be a mass movement led by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (founded in 1967). It had provoked […]
A response from well-known Belfast priest Fr Paddy McCafferty to Sinn Féin’s attempts to reassure voters angry at the party’s support for abortion has gone viral. Thousands have liked and shared the priest’s open answer and praised his honesty at a time when the North is facing the imposition of abortion from Westminster. He […]