Agreement on NI Protocol needed to halt ‘momentum’ for paramilitaries, MPs told
The comment came as the Independent Reporting Commission addressed the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster.
The comment came as the Independent Reporting Commission addressed the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster.
Professor Colin Harvey also called on all armed groups to disband and to ‘get out of the way’ of a united Ireland.
The comments were made during a panel discussion organised by the pro-unity group Ireland’s Future.
A Troubles victim told an Irish committee that the UK government’s legacy bill was ‘despicable’.
Sam Marshall, a former republican prisoner, was killed by loyalist terrorists as he left a Lurgan police station.
Catholic priest Patrick Ryan told the programme he had maintained a network of Europe-wide contacts used to generate arms and money for the IRA.
Darren Service, 40, has been charged with preparation of terrorist acts, hijacking and placing a hoax bomb.
Doug Beattie was commenting after his constituency office was vandalised hours after he announced his party would no longer participate in the demos.
Doug Beattie’s constituency office was targeted hours after he criticised loyalist rallies against Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.
A window was smashed at the property in Portadown, Co Armagh.
Doug Beattie said his party will not be involved in rallies that he said were ‘raising tensions’ in Northern Ireland.
A 41-year-old man had been arrested by police investigating the security alert on Friday, while a woman has been released on police bail.
Officers said a 41-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman had been arrested.
The UVF is suspected to have been behind a security alert which saw Simon Coveney being evacuated from a peacebuilding event.
Police say a van driver was forced to drive a device he believed to be a bomb to Holy Cross chapel while the event was ongoing.