Gerry Carroll
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Eamonn McCann to step down as Derry councillor on health grounds
- Irish News
- March 1, 2021, 22:12
Veteran activist Eamonn McCann is to step down as a councillor for health reasons. Mr McCann said he had been diagnosed with the neurological condit(...)

Winston Churchill name-checked in Belfast as clock ticks towards Brexit
- Irish News
- December 30, 2020, 18:01
The prospect of Northern Ireland, along with Britain, formally exiting the European Union around the bewitching hour on New Year’s Eve was a cause for(...)

Man with dissident republican links who was shot dead in west Belfast is named
- Crime & Law
- June 27, 2020, 15:18
The man shot dead in west Belfast on Saturday was a well-known dissident republican, according to security, political and local sources. He was named (...)

Covid-19 death toll in NI set to be ‘less severe’ than 3,000 predicted
- Irish News
- April 15, 2020, 14:36
As the Covid-19 restrictions were extended for another three weeks in Northern Ireland, Minister for Health Robin Swann said the predicted number of d(...)

Coronavirus: Eleven more deaths confirmed in Northern Ireland
- Irish News
- April 12, 2020, 14:55
Eleven more people have died in Northern Ireland from coronavirus, the Public Health Agency (PHA) reported on Sunday, bringing the total number of con(...)

Dublin and Stormont arrive at united front to tackle Covid-19
- Irish News
- March 20, 2020, 16:11
Inside the grey and modern building that houses the North-South Ministerial Council on Upper English Street in Armagh, political leaders from both sid(...)

£1,000 pay rise for NI politicians a ‘slap in the face’ for workers
- Irish News
- January 21, 2020, 15:28
Members of the recently restored North Ireland Assembly are to receive a pay rise of £1,000, with one of the beneficiaries of the raise describing the(...)

Belfast West: Paul Maskey of Sinn Féin retains seat easily despite slip in votes
- Politics
- December 13, 2019, 10:16
The outgoing Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey was easily returned in Belfast West, elected with a sizeable majority of 14,672 votes over his nearest rival, Ge(...)

Westminster votes ‘signal a big change’ in Northern Ireland
- Social Affairs
- July 10, 2019, 22:25
A teenage LGBT campaigner from Derry says people feeling pessimistic about the future will be more hopeful after the Westminster vote to legislate for(...)

Varadkar and May likely to urge North’s parties to forge early summer deal
- Politics
- May 29, 2019, 19:05
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the British prime minister Theresa May, who are reviewing what progress has been made in the talks aimed at restoring S(...)