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A victim of the IRA bombing in Manchester can continue legal action against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, a high court judge has ruled.

criminal allegedly confessed his part in a gangland slaying at a boxing weigh-in to a former Sinn Fein councillor.The Special Criminal Court in Dublin was told that Gerry “The Monk” Hutch met ex-councillor Jonathan Dowdall in a car park some days after the murder of David Byrne – a member of the Kinahan crime gang.Sean Gillane SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said the death of Byrne, 34, was one of the first killings in the bloody Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud. READ MORE: US offers huge £3.8m reward to help bring down infamous Irish crime familyOn Tuesday, Mr Gillane said the murder attracted significant publicity and Hutch, 59, became “edgy and worked up” after a picture showing a man in a wig and another man in flat cap running from the hotel was published in a newspaper.The prosecution claims these two men were part of a six-man gang involved in the attack.The court was told that Hutch contacted Dowdall and arranged to meet him at a car park in Whitehall, Dublin, after the publication of the picture in a Sunday newspaper.Mr Gillane said Dowdall described Hutch as being “edgy and worked up”.He was said to have asked Dowdall to arrange a meeting with republicans because of the escalation of the feud with the Kinahans and threats made to friends and family members.Dowdall allegedly drove him to Northern Ireland on February 20 to meet senior republicans.Mr Gillane said Dowdall drove Hutch to a meeting in Strabane and the conversation between the pair was captured as the vehicle in which they were travelling was under surveillance.The prosecutor said Hutch discussed the feud with Kinahans and efforts to make peace or seek a ceasefire.Mr Gillane also said Hutch was heard saying he was not going to show “a

U2 frontman Bono has opened up about alleged death threats he received in his new, soon-to-be-released memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.In the book, Bono speaks about numerous threats the band received from the IRA, gangsters and some far right groups throughout their career.Bono claims in the book that Gerry Adams, the late, former Sinn Fein leader, said he “stinks” because of their pro-peace stance. “U2’s opposition to paramilitaries (of all kinds) had cost the IRA valuable fundraising in the US,” the book alleges.The musician spoke about the book for the first time yesterday (October 16) at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, and recalled how special branch officers said that /his wife, Ali Stewart, was the more likely target than him.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has tested positive for Covid.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to welcome Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O'Neill to Edinburgh today in their first meeting since Northern Ireland Assembly elections earlier this month.

Sinn Fein has become the biggest party at Stormont for the first time after it gained 27 seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, pushing the DUP into second place.

new Batman movie in Belfast after the city council overruled the age rating given to the movie.It means Northern Ireland’s capital will be the only location in the UK where the movie, starring Robert Pattinson, will have a 15A rating.The Batman was originally given a 15 rating by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).Michael McAdam, managing director of the Movie House chain in Northern Ireland, had previously made the application after he said cinema staff had faced abuse from parents in recent years because younger teenagers were not permitted to watch films with a 15 classification.He said a new 15A classification would allow parents to make the decision and accompany their children to the cinema.A proposal he took to the council’s Licensing Committee was narrowly defeated last month, but on Tuesday night the full council accepted a proposal from Sinn Fein councillor Arder Carson that the film should have a 15A rating.Mr Carson told the meeting: ‘My batphone has been ringing off the hook for these last two weeks with people asking me what in the sweet name of Gotham City is going on in that Licensing Committee.‘We all know the crux of the matter. There has been a request from the Moviehouse.‘The request from the applicant is that the council agrees to impose a rating of 15A which would allow young people under the age of 15 to see the film as long as they were accompanied by an adult.‘We have the authority to do this.

Tributes have been paid to a 'devoted' dad after his tragic death when he was killed by a falling tree in Storm Eunice.

colleague and racially abused him by calling him “Gerry Adams”, a court martial heard. Scots trooper Declan Coutts and colleague Maxwell Nicholls allegedly harassed fellow soldier Tpr Scott Alexander, with slurs about the IRA and “car bombs” and comparing him with ex-Sinn Fein president Adams.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has taken to social media to publicly celebrate her 25-year wedding anniversary to her husband Martin Lanigan.

DIY SOS debuted.‘This is who we are,’ Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou was so moved to tweet as she watched the programme which promises to change the homes and lives of nine deserving families in just nine days each.First up, was 13-year-old Amy Mulcahy, who was left with a life-altering brain injury after a rowing accident in Limerick in February 2019.Tweeting the emotional responses the show evoked from them, viewers spoke about how they were left ‘in bits’ by the moving programme and how it gave them ‘goosebumps’.Here’s what the nation of Ireland had to say about the first episode of DIY SOS…Jesus Christ I'm welling up watching Amy's mam addressing all the volunteers on #DIYSOSIRL… The simplicity of strangers showing up to help someone.

Belfast Telegraph.Sinn Fein councillor Sean Bateson, who knows the family personally, commented on the "terrible tragedy" and said the relatives were in a "very difficult place".He said: "The news that three local people - a husband, wife and a brother - have sadly lost their lives in a car accident is totally devastating."I know the victims personally and I know the families personally.

After much speculation, and a will-he wont-he debate on Twitter, the guests for this Friday’s Late Late Show have been announced. 

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald will be among the guests on this week's Late Late Show.