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Calls for Scotland-wide seagull summit amid warnings someone could be killed

1 day ago | irishnews.com | Craig Meighan

A Scotland-wide summit to tackle “deadly” seagulls must be held amid warnings someone could be killed, the Scottish Parliament has heard. Former Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross, who called a debate on the issue at Holyrood, warned that Scots risk losing their lives over the “growing problem” of “nuisance” gulls. Fellow Tory Rachael Hamilton said a nationwide summit must be held to tackle the issue as she warned that Scots are being left “scared, attacked and traumatised”.
Swinney: Reasonable for ex-Dundee University principal to return £150,000 payout

1 day ago | irishnews.com | Katrine Bussey |Craig Meighan

First Minister John Swinney has said it would be “reasonable” for a former principal of the cash-strapped University of Dundee to return a £150,000 payment he received when he stepped down. Professor Iain Gillespie told MSPs on Thursday it was not in his “thought process” to hand back the cash, although he accepted the “buck stops with me” for the university’s difficulties.
Bring back the rope, says Orange leader - On This Day in 1975

2 days ago | irishnews.com | Cormac Moore

June 26 1975CAPITAL punishment should be brought back in Northern Ireland to stamp out the increasing wave of murders, it was claimed yesterday. Mr Thomas Passmore, Grand Master of the Orange Order in Belfast, said of Tuesday’s murder of 25-year-old Protestant Alan Ralph as he sat in his car: “The inhuman monster which murdered Mr Ralph must be dealt with by the law. No amount of talk will have any influence on such a person”.
Swinney apology to Gypsy Travellers ‘significant milestone’, campaigner says

2 days ago | irishnews.com | Craig Meighan

A campaigner has lauded the First Minister’s apology over the “cultural genocide” of Gypsy Travellers in Scotland as a “significant milestone” for her community. Roseanna McPhee welcomed the apology, which she said was the result of years of campaigning. John Swinney made the formal apology at Holyrood on Thursday over “unfair and unjust policies” that caused “trauma” in what was known as the “tinker experiment”.
Israeli forces shoot dead 66-year-old Palestinian woman during raid on her home in east Jerusalem

2 days ago | irishnews.com | Julia Frankel

Israeli forces shot and killed a 66-year-old Palestinian woman during a raid on Tuesday night in east Jerusalem, her husband and a local Palestinian official said. Joudah Al-Obeidi, a 67-year-old resident of the neighbourhood’s Shuafat refugee camp, said his wife Zahia Al-Obeidi was standing on the roof of their home when Israeli forces stormed the camp and shot her in the head. He said she had posed no threat. “It is a crime,” he told The Associated Press.
Grand Central Station: ‘Rarely used’ PA system for new station cost £700,000

3 days ago | irishnews.com | Conor Coyle

A public address system installed at Grand Central Station in Belfast which has been “rarely used” since it opened last year has cost the public purse more than £700,000. The £340 million station fully opened in October 2024 and now operates as the central transport hub of bus and rail services in the north. The PA system is generally only used to announce delays to departures from the station and safety announcements.
No mention of A5 road project in Infrastructure minister’s 2035 transport strategy

3 days ago | irishnews.com | Conor Coyle

Infrastructure minister Liz Kimmins has launched a new transport strategy for 2035 which contains no mention of the A5 road project. On Tuesday the minister was not available to speak to the Irish News about her department’s loss in the legal challenge brought by the Alternative A5 Alliance the previous day.
Cormac Moore: Ireland’s ‘forgotten famine’ of 1925

3 days ago | irishnews.com | Cormac Moore

In a series of articles in January and February 1925, the Manchester Guardian reported on major distress in the west of Ireland due to food and fuel shortages. In its February 6 edition, it included an image of a starving family from Gorumna Island off the coast of Galway. While the photograph was not a contemporary one, taken in 1898 instead, otherwise the newspaper reported accurately on the conditions many people were facing in Ireland in 1925, particularly all along the west coast.
Education Secretary announces £40 million for crisis-hit Dundee University

3 days ago | irishnews.com | Craig Meighan

The Education Secretary has announced £40 million in funding for crisis-hit Dundee University. Jenny Gilruth said the money has been agreed “in principle” and will be given out over a two-year academic period. She said the Scottish Government had used a special power to order the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), which usually issues cash independently, to give the award directly to Dundee, due to the “exceptional circumstances” surrounding the university.
Four MLAs and two councillors in ten-day trip to US for young political leaders scheme

4 days ago | irishnews.com | Conor Coyle

Four Stormont MLAs and two local councillors travelled to the US for a ten-day trip as part of the American Council of Young Political Leaders programme earlier this month. Two Sinn Féin MLAs and one each from the SDLP and the DUP made the trip, which was paid for partly by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission and partly by the ACYLP, funded by the US State Department.