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21 Dec CG v Facebook: Court of Appeal agree on restrictions of social media

The claim was brought by a convicted paedophile in respect of a series of postings placed on Facebook by third parties, one of whom had been named as second defendant to the claims. The postings not only included data amounting to vituperative name-calling but also...

21 Dec Victims of Irish Police Spy Operation Demand Inclusion in UK Inquiry

Three victims of a controversial police spying unit operating in Ireland have filed legal action to demand their inclusion in the ongoing British Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI).  The spy unit has sparked controversy across Europe, while the Tánaiste has failed to support victims.   In 2015 revelations...

21 Dec McGurk’s Bar Massacre: Families Appeal to NI SoS for Release of Collusion File

The campaigning families of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre victims have appealed to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, to release a 45-year-old British file containing evidence of collusion in the atrocity between British security forces and Loyalist paramilitaries.   Ciarán MacAirt, a grandson of one...

21 Dec The Irish News: Woman’s abduction convictions quashed after 30 year battle

21 Dec BBC: Clinton and Armstrong win 30-year battle to clear names

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38382183...

21 Dec COURT OF APPEAL HEAR CASE AGAINST CONVICTION OF MARY CLINTON AND BERNIE ARMSTRONG

Mary Clinton and Bernadette Armstrong were arrested in 1987 for the false imprisonment of a man at 8 Rathbeg Close, Downpatrick in County Down. The hose they lived in had been occupied by Sandy Lynch, an agent of the British state, who proceeded to falsely...

20 Dec BBC: Former soldiers to be prosecuted for IRA man’s murder

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38340312...

20 Dec BBC: Kingsmills massacre: Survivor says he believes agents involved

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-38334533...

17 Dec Irish Times: Man with alleged links to Islamic terrorism challenges deportation

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/man-with-alleged-links-to-islamic-terrorism-challenges-deportation-1.2907665#.WFLvlrVAtc0.mailto...

17 Dec BBC: Kingsmills massacre: Survivor says he believes agents involved

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-38334533...