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Sinn Fein minister used publicly-funded government business car to ferry him to Provo funeral

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  Aug 2, 2020  
     
 

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  Sinn Fein minister used publicly-funded government business car to ferry him to Provo funeral  
     
  Sinn Fein finance minister Conor Murphy has acknowledged using his publicly-funded ministerial business car to "stop in" on the funeral of Provo chief Bobby Storey.  
     
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Ben Lowry: The IRA murder of Ian Gow MP really was futile, and vindictive
 
It is often said that terrorism and its murders are futile.
 
     
 
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Sam McBride: Mystery and suspicion surround one question: Why did Arlene Foster do it?
 
So self-destructive were Arlene Foster's actions this week that they have been indecipherable using conventional political analysis.
 
     
 
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Ex-RUC officer: I'm relieved I won't be charged over boy's murder but this has been harrowing for all involved
 
An elderly former RUC officer has expressed relief that he won't be charged with murder over the death of a young Belfast boy in 1969, but is also dismayed that he had to live in fear of a harrowing court ordeal.
 
     
 
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Secret documents show top Protestant churchman believed Rev Ian Paisley was a 'fascist' provocateur
 
Secret documents from the Republic of Ireland's archives reveal the deep distrust one of Northern Ireland's leading Protestant churchmen had for Ian Paisley – regarding him as a "fascist" provocateur.
 
     
 
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Ben Lowry: If London does care at all about Northern Ireland, it needs to act to help unionism — and fast
 
The economist Esmond Birnie wrote here on Thursday about the UK government trying to limit any future frictions that the devolved assemblies could put on internal UK trade.
 
     
 
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1986 secret files reveal future SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell passed on intelligence about loyalist arms importation
 
Among recently-released Irish government files is a document showing future SDLP leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell passing on intelligence about loyalist efforts to smuggle weapons.
 
     
 
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Nigel Dodds and Kate Hoey will now return to Parliament, as much needed voices for Northern Ireland
 
The elevation of Nigel Dodds and Kate Hoey to the House of Lords is wonderful news.
 
     
 
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A fixed link between Northern Ireland and Scotland will boost the ports of Belfast and Larne
 
In response to Ben Lowry, who thinks a bridge to Scotland a distant dream (July 25) and Robert Park and Shane Greer who support it (July 30, 31), the North Channel fixed link is perfectly doable — and necessary.
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
 
 
   
 
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