Shane Harrison

Dublin

Dublin Correspondent, BBC Northern Ireland at BBC

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The Omagh bombing inquiry: one father’s 26-year fight for the truth - podcast

Jan 27, 2025 | theguardian.com | Hannah Moore |Shane Harrison |Rudi Zygadlo |Sami Kent

The Omagh bombing was the single worst atrocity of the Troubles. As the journalist Shane Harrison explains, it was carried out when hopes were high in Northern Ireland that the country would never experience such violence again – four months after the signing of the Good Friday agreement in April 1998. The car bomb on 15 August killed 29 people, including Aiden Gallagher, a 21-year-old mechanic.
When One Musicfest starts, how to get there and what to expect

Oct 25, 2024 | macon.com | Shane Harrison

One Musicfest gets going at Atlanta's Central Park at noon on Saturday, Oct. 26, and continues through 11 p.m. that night. On Sunday, the fest continues with a noon opening and wrapping up at 10 p.m. Entry gates are at the Atlanta Civic Center at 395 Piedmont Ave. NE. A few helpful tips: check the weather and plan your outfit accordingly, understand what you can and cannot bring into the festival, chart your perfect schedule and figure out how you're going to get there. WHAT IF IT RAINS?
Soul singer Frankie Beverly has died six months after final Atlanta show

Sep 11, 2024 | macon.com | Shane Harrison

Less than six months after performing his farewell Atlanta show, Philadelphia-born soul troubadour Frankie Beverly died on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, according to a statement released by his family via Instagram. "He lived his life with pure soul as one would say, and for us, no one did it better. He lived for his music, family and friends," the family said. Beverly, along with his band Maze, had just completed a farewell tour this year.
Ireland to set up inquiry into sexual abuse at schools run by religious orders

Sep 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Shane Harrison

The Irish government is to set up a statutory commission of inquiry into sexual abuse at schools run by Catholic religious orders after a preliminary investigation found almost 2,400 allegations of historic abuse. The investigation, led by a leading barrister, Mary O’Toole, documented 844 alleged abusers in 308 schools run by 42 religious orders across the republic of Ireland.
Race hate crimes in Northern Ireland up by a third, police say

Sep 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Shane Harrison

Race hate crimes in Northern Ireland have risen by a third in the last 12 months, according to provisional police figures. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) operational statistics show 409 additional incidents were reported between September 2023 and September 2024 compared with the previous 12 months. Assistant chief constable Bobby Singleton described the figures and what they represented as “really stark”.
Irish prime minister says €336,000 cost for bike shelter is ‘inexcusable’

Sep 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Shane Harrison

Ireland’s prime minister, Simon Harris, has said he is “angry and annoyed” at the “inexcusable” €336,000 cost for a bike shelter at Leinster House in Dublin, the seat of the Irish parliament. The taoiseach told a news conference that “people can see the benefit of having somewhere to park a bike at a workplace” but what they don’t get is “the extraordinary sum of money” the shelter cost, and neither does he.
Ex-TV news presenter Mike Nesbitt to return as Ulster Unionists’ leader

Aug 30, 2024 | msn.com | Shane Harrison

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Ex-TV news presenter Mike Nesbitt set to return as Ulster Unionists’ leader

Aug 30, 2024 | theguardian.com | Shane Harrison

The former television news presenter Mike Nesbitt is to become the leader of the Ulster Unionist party for the second time, succeeding Doug Beattie who quit last week. Nesbitt, 67, who led the UUP between 2012 and 2017, was the only declared candidate when nominations closed on Friday evening. He is expected to be formally ratified as leader at an extraordinary general meeting of the party on 14 September.
Colum Eastwood resigns as leader of Northern Ireland’s SDLP

Aug 29, 2024 | msn.com | Shane Harrison

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Colum Eastwood resigns as leader of Ireland’s SDLP

Aug 29, 2024 | theguardian.com | Shane Harrison

The leader of the Social Democratic and Labour party (SDLP), the once dominant party of Irish nationalism in Northern Ireland, has announced that he is stepping down after nine years in the job. Colum Eastwood, 41, the MP for Foyle, told a news conference in his native Derry that the time was right for someone else to take on the role and named his fellow party MP Claire Hanna as his preferred successor. Eastwood says he will continue to be an active MP, and to build the case for a new Ireland.