Allison Morris
Crime Correspondent and Columnist at Belfast Telegraph
Award winning Crime Correspondent/columnist with @BelTel commentator specialising in politics and security. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Allison Morris
Joe Lynskey's niece opens up on victim’s disappearance: 'I often wonder was there more to it'Maria Lynskey at her homeAgainst all odds, Maria Lynskey remains hopeful that the remains of her uncle Joe — one of the remaining four Disappeared — will be found. This is despite senior republicans saying they have no more information on his whereabouts.
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sundayworld.com | Allison Morris
William Bailie (74) was left with facial injuries and bruising after the vicious attack on Wednesday of last week. One councillor said he “cried” when he heard the news that the man, known for his charity and community work, was targeted. Residents of the fishing village said that at lunchtime on Wednesday, Mr Bailie was involved in a verbal altercation with the driver of a white Transit van outside the school on New Harbour Road in Co Down.
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1 week ago |
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Allison Morris
The term ‘grooming gang’ is one that only really came into common parlance in recent years. If I were to go out into the streets and carry out a vox pop, asking people what they imagine when they think of grooming gangs, the majority would probably point to the gangs of Asian men who exploited young women in the northern English towns of Rotherham and Huddersfield.
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1 week ago |
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Allison Morris
They said people involved in both cases have passed away, with all key leads now exhausted. Last month, the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) said remains recovered from a grave in Co Monaghan were not those of Mr Lynskey — the former Cistercian monk turned IRA intelligence officer. His heartbroken family were convinced his remains had been found after more than half a century and had even planned his funeral. Mr Lynskey (40) was murdered by the IRA in 1972.
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2 weeks ago |
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Allison Morris
Loyalist Winkie Irvine to be sentenced over UVF guns and ammo found in car boot in MayJudge to deliver his ruling three years after top UVF man caught by policeWinston 'Winkie' Irvine leaving Laganside Courts on the 11th March 2025 (Belfast Telegraph)A leading loyalist caught with a car boot full of guns will now not be sentenced until May – three years on from the offence and six months after he admitted involvement in the UVF weapons plot.
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McCormack is the fourth pensioner convicted in recent months of similar offences, on some occasions exploiting the same women, a grooming gang of dirty old men including those paying to have sex with these women
BREAKING: The victims of a pensioner who plied them with heroin then pimped them out for sexual services reacted with anger today (Thursday) when he was handed a seven-year sentence. https://t.co/0RW06YwbVJ
Interview by @ismiseliam with Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin. Unionists have ‘no mileage left’ in attacking the Irish language, says new Conradh na Gaeilge president https://t.co/IGb2ey7hp4
RT @BelTel: A leading loyalist caught with a car boot full of guns will now not be sentenced until May – three years on from the offence an…