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Simon Carswell

@SiCarswell

Journalist & author, News Editor at @irishtimes Past: Finance & US Correspondent, Public Affairs Editor Email: firstname.lastname{at}https://t.co/xh42HsGqhW

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‘Justice is dead’: Families gather to protest against UK’s decision to stop Troubles-era inquests irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

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RTÉ management were not aware employee had pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour… via The Irish Times

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‘It shows you can achieve anything in this country’: Derry’s first black mayor prepares to take office - Katie Mellett reports irishtimes.com/politics/2024/… via The Irish Times

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Update: 3 fresh inquests relating to the deaths of 4 people were approved by the AG yesterday ahead of the Legacy Act cut off, according to updated figures supplied this morning.
Brings total blocked to 38 inquests involving 77 people. irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

Update: 3 fresh inquests relating to the deaths of 4 people were approved by the AG yesterday ahead of the Legacy Act cut off, according to updated figures supplied this morning. Brings total blocked to 38 inquests involving 77 people. irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…
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‘As I opened our bedroom door, there was a neighbour going past. She had blood on her hands’. Such a powerful report by ⁦Seanín Graham⁩ - daughters recall murder of Terry McDaid. His case is one of 36 inquests halted by UK government’s Legacy Act

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Analysis: Will Ireland proceed with returning migrants to the UK if the stand-off continues? How?

Ireland’s plan to return asylum seekers to UK raises fresh questions

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RTÉ controversies: New report finds multiple ‘compliance failings’ at broadcaster - ⁦Arthur Beesley⁩ reports

Prof Niamh Brennan’s long-awaited report has exercised ‘restraint’ on question of apportioning blame on individuals

irishtimes.com/media/2024/05/… ⁦The Irish Times

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Northern Ireland inquests involving 74 deaths during Troubles sidelined after Legacy Act takes effect - ⁦Freya McClements⁩ reports irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0… via ⁦The Irish Times

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EU ban on smoky flavourings for ham and crisps will cause ‘major economic harm’ - Jack Power reports

Food company Kerry Group warned former taoiseach about potential impact on Irish industry, lobbying correspondence shows

irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0… via The Irish Times

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Godfather theme played as remains of Tony Felloni taken from church after Dublin funeral - Conor Lally reports irishtimes.com/crime-law/2024… via The Irish Times

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Emergency law set to be approved to transfer asylum applicants back to UK

Cabinet poised to back plan amid controversy over claim more than 80 per cent of people applying for asylum in Ireland are coming across the Border

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Tánaiste says claim that over 80% of asylum seekers come from UK via Northern Ireland is not based on data - ⁦Mark Paul⁩ reports
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British prime minister Rishi Sunak ‘not interested’ in deal with Ireland to return asylum seekers to UK - ⁦Mark Paul⁩ reports from London irishtimes.com/politics/2024/… via The Irish Times

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Judge convicted of sexually assaulting six males during 1990s will receive a custodial sentence, survivors told - Mary Carolan reports from the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour… via The Irish Times

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Britain acted with ‘systematic’ impunity regarding state killings and torture during Troubles, say international experts - Freya McClements reports irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0… via The Irish Times

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It was once a notorious loyalist bar at a Belfast interface that Catholics crossed the road to avoid

A decade ago, businesses beside it paid protection money

The new Ben Madigan bar has 'completely transformed the row' & brought normality to Cavehill Rd irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

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The Border ‘back door’: why are so many migrants crossing into the State from Northern Ireland?

The perception of a leaky border comes against a backdrop of simmering tensions and mounting political pressure on migration

Analysis from ⁦Jack Horgan-Jones

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The life and crimes of Tony ‘King Scum’ Felloni - the drug dealer who peddled heroin to his own children - ⁦Conor Lally⁩ reports

The drugs smuggler, who died on Mon at 81, flooded the Dublin streets he grew up in with heroin in the 1980s & 1990s

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Former Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh to contest European elections as an Independent - ⁦Jack Power⁩ reports from Brussels
irishtimes.com/politics/2024/… via The Irish Times

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