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To understand and learn from Glenn Quinn’s tragic murder, we need to look through the right end of the telescope.
The murder of Glenn Quinn was a despicable crime committed by wicked thugs. All right minded people will wish the PSNI well in bringing those responsible to justice and I extend my sincere sympathies to his bereaved family. In my view, the decision of the PSNI not to knock Glenn’s door and tell him of Continue reading
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Who do you think you are kidding Mr Kelly?
So Gerry Kelly sued Malachi O’Doherty to restore his reputation. Really? I vaguely remember listening to the Nolan Show back in 2019 when Malachi made the original comments about Gerry Kelly’s role in the 1983 prison escape from the Maze. Like most ordinary people, I didn’t bat an eyelash listening to his comments about Kelly. Continue reading
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The Victims’ Commissioner has added insult to injury.
Perhaps only in Northern Ireland could a Commissioner for Victims and Survivors think that a proposal that adds insult to the injury of victims, fits within his job description. The proposal to include terrorists who died by their own hand in the definition of victims of the Troubles is pathetic, predictable and amoral. Thomas Begley Continue reading
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The monster has raised its head.
Last month I published a blog entitled, “There can be no hierarchy of hate crime”. The blog reflected on my own observations that the response to incidents that were anti – Semitic and those that were racist or homophobic was very different. Shortly after I published the blog, I was put in touch with a Continue reading
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There must be no hierarchy of hate.
In last week’s blog I examined the corroded state of our rule of law in Northern Ireland. I reflected that our society is awash with symbols, slogans and songs that eulogise terrorism, which left unchecked and unenforced degrade our sense of decency and undermine good relations. Starkly, I pointed out that in Northern Ireland it Continue reading
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The week the mask slipped on our corroded rule of law.
The outrage felt across Northern Ireland this week was palpable. The sight of men with their faces concealed, brazenly strolling into Laganside Court complex was bad enough. However, the revelation that they had the audacity to sit in the public gallery during a UVF murder trial, still sporting their disguises was a sobering moment of Continue reading
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