Brendan Hughes
@brendanhughes64
Journalist, currently Political Reporter for @BBCNewsNI. [email protected]
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'Kingsmill was an overtly sectarian attack by the IRA. It was mounted because the deceased men were Protestants and for no other reason.'
'There has been no acknowledgement by the IRA of the utter wrongness of the atrocity.'
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.The Royal Society of Ulster Architects is proposing an alternative York Street Interchange project which will be 'more affordable, quicker and less disruptive to deliver' 👇
It follows Department for Infrastructure saying current plans could take another 11 years to complete:
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The PSNI is reviewing its policy of not issuing custody photos of convicted criminals, the chief constable has said.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI
A TUV bid to rename Mid and East Antrim Borough Council's Ballymena headquarters after the late Queen Elizabeth II has been rejected, as the Cabinet Office says the building doesn't have a strong enough royal connection.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI
Belfast's stalled York Street Interchange road project is 'not progressing at present' - and could take another 11 years to complete.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI
DUP MP Ian Paisley says his party is 'the last line of defence for the union'.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI
DUP MP Ian Paisley says he 'voted against' Jeffrey Donaldson's deal with the UK gov to restore Stormont.
Asked if the deal was oversold, he says there was a 'degree of spin' but Gavin Robinson has created 'space for the party to tell the story properly'.
BBC Radio Ulster
A housing association has been appointed to redevelop a contentious bonfire site in north Belfast.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI
TUV leader Jim Allister in Northern Ireland Assembly hits out at the 'excessive salaries' for senior staff in NI councils.
'One of them who didn't do one day's work in the year in question because she was on suspension was paid £188,000 - the former chief executive of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council,' he tells MLAs.
🚨Live stream: Simon Harris set to become Ireland's next taoiseach
bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl… BBC News NI
DUP interim leader Gavin Robinson says there has been 'no contact on a party basis whatsoever' with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI
📢Live stream: DUP interim leader Gavin Robinson on Talkback on BBC Radio Ulster:
bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-n… BBC News NI DUP
Leo Varadkar will make his last visit to Northern Ireland as taoiseach later when the North-South Ministerial Council takes place in Armagh.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI
There will be no 'dissenting voices' in the DUP challenging the installation of Gavin Robinson as interim party leader, MP Carla Lockhart has said.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI
A PSNI policy not to issue custody photos of convicted criminals has caused confusion among its own staff, internal emails reveal.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe… BBC News NI