Sam McBride

RT @BelTel: Five other sources corroborated allegations about Gerry Adams that were made by an anonymous contributor to a BBC documentary,…

A Catholic ex-PSNI officer who said he was taking legal action over alleged sectarianism now isn't doing so, the Chief Constable says, adding that he doesn't believe there was sectarianism in his TSG unit - but the man says: "I stand by every word". https://t.co/xtCfi7N7Ep

RT @BelTel: In the mid-1990s, David Ervine was threatening to “bomb the **** out of Dublin” if the Irish Government didn’t “behave itself”.…

RT @BelTel: LATEST | Gerry Adams denies under oath that he was the senior IRA figure released for talks in 1970s ➡️ https://t.co/HAwcVXGgW…

The reality of Northern Ireland's schools: Drugs, attacks and abuse as suspensions at highest level for more than a decade. Almost three quarters of those suspended are boys, with 15% of those suspended put out of school three or more times a year. https://t.co/HCLFhCKd7U

The head of the NI Civil Service privately apologised to the deputy First Minister after the civil service inadvertently exposed that the DUP’s claims to have got rid of the Irish Sea border are nonsense, WhatsApp messages obtained by @BelTel reveal. https://t.co/WNaS1HiNkw

RT @DENISEJOHNSTO10: The tricolour and its symbolism have undoubtedly been tarnished by paramilitary use of it The ulster banner tarnished…

Fascinating report from @MarkLTighe on Gerry Adams vs the BBC: Adams said Seán MacStíofáin was a “self-professed” IRA chief of staff. The BBC lawyer asked if that implied he maybe made it up. Adams said he had “no independent way of verifying” the claim. https://t.co/gAlYSBsxWt

The flag NI needs which doesn't exist: It is absurd that Northern Ireland doesn't have an official flag. For years, unionists and nationalists had separate - and understandable - arguments against a new flag. Now both have good reasons to support it. https://t.co/m3wIhvQxps

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Irish nationalists weren’t cheering yesterday as news of Nigel Farage’s successes came in. They should have been. He’s their most likely route to a border poll. History shows that what's good for the Union is often what unionism trenchantly opposes. https://t.co/VVoyO7B5C9

More than a year before John Hume stepped down as SDLP leader, the British Ambassador to Dublin was “shocked” to see how mentally incapable he had become of political discussion, he said in a newly-declassified confidential cable to London. https://t.co/XY5K9a7H1b

The top Army officer in Northern Ireland wanted to keep key south Armagh installation because he feared there may be deaths if it was removed – but Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s key NI adviser, said he’d “bullied” the Army into dismantling it, files show. https://t.co/0ZygWgQITe

An adviser to David Trimble suggested that a border poll could be held at the same time as the 2001 General Election because he thought it would help get UUP voters out to polling stations. Trimble ultimately adopted the idea, but the Government said no. https://t.co/8ZpoEjvjk3

RT @KevDoyle_Indo: For the last time and in the traditional way… Editor Alan English leaves the Sunday Independent newsroom… and naturally…

More than a decade before Queen Elizabeth II’s seminal state visit to Ireland, Tony Blair and David Trimble suggested such a visit — but were knocked back by the taoiseach, who feared for the monarch's security, declassified files reveal. https://t.co/bi7gjaEfmi

A former DUP councillor who said Michelle O’Neill would be “put back in her kennel” hasn’t had to pay a penny for her legal claim – despite a judge saying that he’d face a potentially ruinous legal bill. https://t.co/OKH1MmH54A