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NORTHERN Irish leaders condemned Sunday night’s murder of loyalist paramilitary John “Bonzer” Boreland yesterday in an apparent internecine shooting.
The senior member of the dissident north Belfast group of the Ulster Defence Association was gunned down just before 10pm in Sunningdale Gardens in the unionist Ballysillan area.
His section, led by Egyptian-Irish loyalist “brigadier” Andre Shoukri, had been involved in local feuds with the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH
Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER
