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Northern Ireland epitomises Labour’s weakness
31 Jan 2025 04:10 GMT
… the court of human rights in Strasbourg over … administration signed the Northern Ireland protocol and Windsor Framework … brake” to prevent Northern Ireland diverging from national regulations … Labourites who supported Northern Ireland’s annexation by …
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Irish American legal community will not rest until justice is done for Pat Finucane
31 Jan 2025 22:31 GMT
… and son of the murdered human rights lawyer Pat Finucane, addressed a … on civil rights campaigns in Northern Ireland, this was not just another … Finucane—his tireless advocacy for human rights and his tragic death—remains …
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Judgment reserved in anti-poverty strategy challenge
31 Jan 2025 16:34 GMT
… ; an anti-poverty strategy for Northern Ireland.
The human rights group, the Committee on … strategy was inserted into the Northern Ireland Act, following the St Andrews … for Communities said that the Northern Ireland Executive Anti-Poverty Strategy, which …
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Extent of global ‘blasphemy’ laws revealed in report
31 Jan 2025 15:30 GMT
… longer exist in Britain, Northern Ireland still criminalises "blasphemy … the education system in Northern Ireland as an example of … s ability to advocate for human rights "undermined" … to advocate for universal human rights is undermined by its …
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Stormont's failure to adopt anti-poverty strategy labelled 'appalling'
31 Jan 2025 13:18 GMT
… Northern Ireland is “appalling”, the High Court heard today.
Counsel for a human rights … under section 28E of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Karen Quinlivan KC … a section inserted into the Northern Ireland Act following the 2006 St …
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Scotland knows Brexit is holding Britain back. Why won’t Labour admit it?
31 Jan 2025 12:10 GMT
… that Scotland, as well as Northern Ireland, voted decisively to remain in … of law and respect for human rights – are precious fundamentals in our …
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COLUMN: Aging Across Borders, #3
27 Jan 2025 22:50 GMT
Since Fall 2023, my spouse and I have been living on the road. We were 65 when we began. We are closing on 67 now, living on social security and one pension. We stay for one month in each place. So far, we have lived in Portugal, Spain, Albania, Montenegro …
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Lt General Sir Peter Graham, last colonel of the Gordon Highlanders
29 Jan 2025 22:53 GMT
… , Catholic civil rights marches in Northern Ireland had led to sectarian clashes … Court of Human Rights on alleged prejudice against Catholics in Northern Ireland during military … . However, it was back to Northern Ireland yet again two years later …
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Give IRA victims any compensation due to Gerry Adams, says Ann Travers
29 Jan 2025 19:40 GMT
… with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer … for victims rights, in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland …
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Time flies: Looking back at five years since Brexit
29 Jan 2025 18:15 GMT
… two Irelands, the Northern Ireland Protocol proves unpopular with Northern Ireland’s unionists. That … leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to push through the … would lose many of their human rights protections guaranteed under the ECHR …