Connla Young

Belfast

Crime and Security Correspondent at The Irish News

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UVF commander Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine expelled from loyalist paramilitary group

1 day ago | msn.com | Connla Young

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UVF commander Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine expelled from loyalist paramilitary group

2 days ago | irishnews.com | Connla Young

Convicted UVF commander Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine is reported to have been expelled from the loyalist paramilitary group. Last month the Shankill-based loyalist was jailed for 15 months after he was caught with a haul of weapons in the boot of his car. His co-accused Robin Workman was given the minimum custodial sentence of five years. Neither was charged under terrorism legislation and politicians on all side criticised the sentence handed down to Irvine.
Independent republicans to hold Wolfe Tone commemoration

2 days ago | irishnews.com | Connla Young

Independent republicans will take part in a commemoration to remember United Irishman Theobald Wolfe Tone in Co Kildare this weekend. The ‘National Independent Republican Commemoration’ event on Sunday will mark the death in 1798 of the man many view as the father of Irish republicanism.
British military intelligence had a Garda mole at the time of Enniskillen bomb

5 days ago | msn.com | Connla Young

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British military intelligence had a Garda mole at the time of Enniskillen bomb

5 days ago | irishnews.com | Connla Young

A member of the gardai was supplying information to British military intelligence at the time of the IRA’s deadly Enniskillen bomb, it has been claimed. Eleven people lost their lives when the 40lb bomb exploded close to a cenotaph in the Co Fermanagh town in November 1987. Among the dead were three married couples while one man, Ronnie Hill, remained in a coma for 13 years before his death in 2000.
Daughter of Catholic man murdered by loyalists has been treated ‘inhumanely’

1 week ago | msn.com | Connla Young

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Daughter of Catholic man murdered by loyalists has been treated ‘inhumanely’

1 week ago | irishnews.com | Connla Young

The daughter of a Catholic man murdered by loyalists has claimed she has been treated ‘inhumanely’. Paula Fox-Lavery was speaking after prosecutors confirmed a man alleged to have confessed to hiding a gun used in the murder of Leonard Fox will not face court action. Mr Fox was shot dead by loyalists in the Ballybeen estate, east Belfast, in September 1992 while he carrying out work on a local home. A former republican prisoner, he had cut his ties with the movement when he was killed.
Commercial eel fishing suspended on Lough Neagh amid environmental crisis

2 weeks ago | irishnews.com | Connla Young

Commercial eel fishing on Lough Neagh has been suspended over concerns about the quality of the catch taken from the lake, which is in the grip of an environmental crisis. The temporary suspension of eel fishing came into force on May 12, just a week after the traditional eel fishing seasoned opened. It is hoped fishing can resume again on June 9.
PSNI £200m ‘recovery plan’ rejected by Stormont department

2 weeks ago | irishnews.com | Connla Young

A £200m PSNI recovery plan has been “shredded” after a plea for extra cash was rejected by a Stormont department. The plan was drawn up by chief constable Jon Boutcher last year with the aim of increasing the number of officers to 7,000, with civilian staff rising to more than 2,500. The current PSNI officer count is just over 6,200.
Policy criticised by PSNI chief constable used to avoid answering questions about his own travel

2 weeks ago | irishnews.com | Connla Young

The PSNI has used a policy previously criticised by chief constable Jon Boutcher to avoid answering questions about a £10,000 trip to the US as part of St Patrick’s Day celebrations. A series of questions about Mr Boutcher’s March visit to the states has been met with a ‘neither confirm nor deny’ (NCND) response by police. In the past Mr Boutcher has been critical of the use of NCND by the British government in relation to Troubles cases.