Liam Tunney

2 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Liam Tunney

More than 7,000 decisions affected after commission failed in its appealThe fallout from a legal ruling almost five years ago has left Northern Ireland as the only region of the UK where the public are unable to check whether someone has been previously barred from acting as a charity trustee. A register of removed trustees is kept on both the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).

6 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Liam Tunney

Translink branded ‘short-sighted’ over banning of bikes on trains before 9.30am Campaigner says zero tolerance approach calls into question firm’s sustainable travel goalsThe hardening of a policy to not permit bicycles on trains before 9.30am on weekdays is “short-sighted”, a campaign group claims. The rule is in place to maximise the space available to passengers during peak times.

6 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Liam Tunney

Retired man, 82, was convicted of abusing three boys at school in 1994A retired teacher facing several civil claims in Canada over alleged child sex offences is understood to be living in Northern Ireland, court documents have revealed. Papers filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia have named Raymond Thomas Clavin — also known as Raymond or Ray Griffith — as one of four defendants in a civil case alleging a range of historical sex offences against a teenage boy.

6 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Liam Tunney

‘Marijuana should be legal’: Belfast mayor says overhaul needed in NI attitude to drugsAlliance man also wants safe spaces for addicts to inject to stop overdosesLord Mayor of Belfast Micky Murray (Abigail Ring/Hot Press)Northern Ireland should take steps to legalise the use of marijuana and open a safe injection facility, Belfast’s Lord Mayor has said.

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Liam Tunney

Clarity sought on job ads seeking ‘political views’MLA queries need to put question on monitoring forms ​NI job applicants are being increasingly asked for their political opinionsThere is a need for clarity over why NI job applicants are increasingly being asked for their political opinions, an Alliance Party MLA has said. The requirement has been included in the monitoring section of several job applications on HR company website GetGot, which advertises for vacancies across NI.