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By Paul Jacob Erese and Love Ann Sison EBC UK Bureau, Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — As winter season approaches, members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church Of Christ in Birmingham, United Kingdom and Belfast, Northern Ireland put faith into action by donating over 4,000 winter clothing and over 3,000 care packages to local communities and charities. The event is one of many, simultaneously held with other INC congregations all […]
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — Northern Irish police on Wednesday began probing historic allegations of abuse at women’s homes run by the Protestant and Catholic Churches in the UK province, where thousands were ostracized from society. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) launched the probe after a panel commissioned by the regional government on Tuesday called for a full inquiry into the Church-run homes for women. Detective Chief Superintendent Anthony McNally said specially trained […]
by Julien LAGACHE Agence France-Presse DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) – Gerry Adams went from being the political voice of the Irish Republican Army, reviled by the British government and Northern Ireland’s Protestants, to playing the peacemaker in bringing the province’s Troubles to an end. As he hands over the reins of power of Sinn Fein to Mary Lou McDonald, Adams has more recently become an anti-austerity figurehead and an opponent of Brexit while cultivating an avuncular image […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (Reuters) — A policeman was wounded in a shooting at a petrol station in north Belfast on Sunday evening (January 22), the police service said. Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said the wounded policemen underwent surgery following the attack. “At 7:30 tonight some of our community police officers were doing their duty in north Belfast, and as they were coming out of a petrol station in Crumlin Road there was an attempt […]
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) – Britain’s departure from the EU faced two separate legal challenges in Northern Ireland’s High Court Friday. Lawyers for one group lodged an application with the court to challenge London’s decision to abide by the June 23 referendum result and proceed to leave the European Union. In a letter last month, the group had asked British Prime Minister Theresa May to allow votes on the issue in both the British parliament […]
