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Connla Young

@ConnlaYoung

Irish News journalist [email protected]

 Based in Belfast
Joined April 2015
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Derry City and Strabane council withdraws support for job fairs that include British military irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Derry City and Strabane council withdraws support for job fairs that include British military

Derry City and Strabane council withdraws support for job fairs that include British military

Nationalists support Sinn Féin motion

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BREAKING: Apprentice Boys parade through Lower Ormeau banned by Parades Commission irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Apprentice Boys parade through Lower Ormeau banned by Parades Commission

Apprentice Boys parade through Lower Ormeau banned by Parades Commission

Parade barred from crossing Ormeau Bridge

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Garvaghy Road residents’ stand ‘fully vindicated’ by High Court Drumcree ruling irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Garvaghy Road residents’ stand ‘fully vindicated’ by High Court Drumcree ruling

Garvaghy Road residents’ stand ‘fully vindicated’ by High Court Drumcree ruling

SoS Chris Bryant legally entitled to ban Orange Order parade through nationalist district

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Court throws out Orange Order challenge to Drumcree parade bar irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Court throws out Orange Order challenge to Drumcree parade bar

Court throws out Orange Order challenge to Drumcree parade bar

‘The Secretary of State’s decision was lawful and within the margin of discretion properly afforded to him’

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Lower Ormeau Road residents apply for Apprentice Boys protest involving 1,500 people irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Lower Ormeau Road residents apply for Apprentice Boys protest involving 1,500 people

Lower Ormeau Road residents apply for Apprentice Boys protest involving 1,500 people

Apprentice Boys have applied to walk through nationalist district next month

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Formal application to exhume remains of republican hero Roger Casement and return them to Co Antrim irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Formal application to exhume remains of republican hero Roger Casement and return them to Co Antrim

Formal application to exhume remains of republican hero Roger Casement and return them to Co Antrim

Easter Rising figure wanted to be buried at Murlough Bay

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Solicitor Kevin Winters brands ‘IRA lawyers’ comments as ‘odious, irresponsible and dangerous’ irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Solicitor Kevin Winters brands ‘IRA lawyers’ comments as ‘odious, irresponsible and dangerous’

Solicitor Kevin Winters brands ‘IRA lawyers’ comments as ‘odious, irresponsible and dangerous’

David Davis made the remarks during a legacy debate on Tuesday

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Garvaghy Road residents will ‘not forget’ the murder of people linked to Drumcree dispute irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Garvaghy Road residents will ‘not forget’ the murder of people linked to Drumcree dispute

Garvaghy Road residents will ‘not forget’ the murder of people linked to Drumcree dispute

Breandán Mac Cionnaith was speaking ahead of latest court ruling on parade determination

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British soldier shot in gun battle with IRA hunger striker Francis Hughes speaks for first time irishnews.com/news/northern-…
British soldier shot in gun battle with IRA hunger striker Francis Hughes speaks for first time

British soldier shot in gun battle with IRA hunger striker Francis Hughes speaks for first time

IRA man Francis Hughes later died during 1981 hunger strike

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‘IRA lawyers’ comments by Tory MP branded ‘grossly irresponsible’ irishnews.com/news/northern-…
‘IRA lawyers’ comments by Tory MP branded ‘grossly irresponsible’

‘IRA lawyers’ comments by Tory MP branded ‘grossly irresponsible’

David Davis made remarks during legacy debate on Tuesday

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Orange Order Portadown parade involving up to 15,000 people this weekend deemed ‘not sensitive’ by PSNI irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Orange Order Portadown parade involving up to 15,000 people this weekend deemed ‘not sensitive’ by...

Orange Order Portadown parade involving up to 15,000 people this weekend deemed ‘not sensitive’ by...

‘Support’ parade and rally comes after Orangemen banned from nationalists Garvaghy Road

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Orange Order fails to notify Parades Commission about Portadown march this weekend irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Orange Order fails to notify Parades Commission about Portadown march this weekend

Orange Order fails to notify Parades Commission about Portadown march this weekend

Portadown Orangemen banned from marching along nationalist Garvaghy Road

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Relatives of people killed by RUC and British Army raise concerns about legacy plans irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Relatives of people killed by RUC and British Army raise concerns about legacy plans

Relatives of people killed by RUC and British Army raise concerns about legacy plans

Power to prosecute Troubles cases to be moved from Belfast to London

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Relatives of people killed by RUC and British Army raise concerns about legacy plans irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Relatives of people killed by RUC and British Army raise concerns about legacy plans

Relatives of people killed by RUC and British Army raise concerns about legacy plans

Power to prosecute Troubles cases to be moved from Belfast to London

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Car used to kill Catholic teenagers stolen from RUC man irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Car used to kill Catholic teenagers stolen from RUC man

Car used to kill Catholic teenagers stolen from RUC man

Thomas ‘Tucker’ Donaghy and Margaret McErlean killed by UDA/UFF in February 1974.

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Drumcree legal challenge returning to High Court irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Drumcree legal challenge returning to High Court

Drumcree legal challenge returning to High Court

Challenge launched after Drumcree parade banned from nationalist Garvaghy Road

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Another ‘unnotified’ loyalist march linked to Drumcree parade ban irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Another ‘unnotified’ loyalist march linked to Drumcree parade ban

Another ‘unnotified’ loyalist march linked to Drumcree parade ban

Orange Order members banned from nationalist Garvaghy Road

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PSNI to apologise and pay damages to family of GAA fan killed by Glenanne Gang irishnews.com/news/northern-…
PSNI to apologise and pay damages to family of GAA fan killed by Glenanne Gang

PSNI to apologise and pay damages to family of GAA fan killed by Glenanne Gang

British military set to fight sectarian killing case

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19-month-old baby escapes injury in north Belfast pipe bomb attack on family home irishnews.com/news/northern-…
19-month-old baby escapes injury in north Belfast pipe bomb attack on family home

19-month-old baby escapes injury in north Belfast pipe bomb attack on family home

Pipe bomb victims believes attack was case of ‘mistaken identity

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British government Troubles plan ‘reverses GFA reforms’ irishnews.com/news/northern-…
British government Troubles plan ‘reverses GFA reforms’

British government Troubles plan ‘reverses GFA reforms’

Attorney General in London to take on key prosecution role

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