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Belfast Telegraph
Belfast bomb massacre bar McGurk’s ‘drinking hole for IRA sympathisers’, claims unionist peer Kilclooney
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-bomb-massacre-bar-mcgurks-drinking-hole-for-ira-sympathisers-claims-unionist-peer-kilclooney-36769476.html …
Belfast Telegraph
McDonalds rape trial comments left me sickened, says Cahill
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/mcdonalds-trial-comments-left-me-sickened-says-cahill-36768323.html
Irish Examiner
Revamp of decades-old teaching will reflect current discourse
While the main drive behind a review of sex education in Irish schools is that so much of it is decades old, the discussions it should help begin will undoubtedly return to more recent public and political debate, writes Education Correspondent, Niall Murray. Some of the topics Education Minister Richard Bruton wants emphasised, like consent and positive sexual relationships, were at the heart of the reaction to the recent Belfast rape trial.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/revamp-of-decades-old-teaching-will-reflect-current-discourse-835412.html
Irish Examiner
Save the 8th ‘congratulate’ Josepha Madigan as FG announce she will lead campaign for repeal and be supported by “point ministers” in regions across the country.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/save-the-8th-congratulate-josepha-madigan-as-fg-announce-she-will-lead-campaign-for-repeal-835565.html …
Irish Times
Sex on the syllabus
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/sex-on-the-syllabus-our-outdated-curriculum-badly-needs-an-update-1.3448319
Irish Independent
All second level students will get lessons on sexual consent
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/all-secondlevel-students-will-get-school-lessons-in-sexual-consent-36768804.html
Belfast Telegraph
Jim McDowell: Imagine getting a threat to your life just for doing your job… in 45 years reporting, I got 21 of them
https://amp.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news-analysis/jim-mcdowell-imagine-getting-a-threat-to-your-life-just-for-doing-your-job-in-45-years-reporting-i-got-21-of-them-36767927.html?__twitter_impression=true
The Independent
Antisemitism in Labour cannot be dismissed as smears. Antisemitism is more widespread within the Labour Party than was thought and complaints cannot be dismissed as right-wing smears, the leadership of the Jeremy Corbyn-backing Momemtum movement has said.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/antisemitism-labour-jeremy-corbyn-smears-momentum-a8285656.html
Express
EU at war
France and Italy in furious row as Europe plans to move naval base after Brexit. Spain and France are locked in a bitter war of words with Italy over where to station the new European Union naval base as splits emerge in Europe over post-Brexit plans. The current base is located in the UK in Northwood, with Britain having ran Europe’s naval station for a number of years. Now France have backed Spain to be the new home of Europe’s navy after March 29, 2019 – and Italian officials are furious. The French and Spanish Defence Ministers agreed the stitch-up this week, declaring
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/940365/brexit-news-france-italy-war-europe-naval-base-northwood-post-brexit
The Independent
Falklands War anniversary
Why did Britain enter armed conflict with Argentina over these windswept islands? Yesterday marked 36 years since Argentina seized control of the Falkland Islands from Britain, drawing the UK into an armed conflict that would prove to be one of the defining events of the 1980s for both countries.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/falklands-war-anniversary-uk-argentina-british-empire-why-conflict-territories-margaret-thatcher-a8284501.html
Christian Today
ISIS claims Easter Monday murders of Pakistani Christians
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/isis-claims-easter-monday-murders-of-pakistani-christians/128035.htm
Catholic Herald
Displaced Iraqi nun refused British visa
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/04/02/iraqi-nun-displaced-by-islamic-state-denied-uk-visa/
Catholic Herald
US Church receives tens of thousands new Catholics this Easter
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/04/02/us-church-receives-tens-of-thousands-of-new-catholics-this-easter/
Religious News Service
Fifty years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., these riveting images still convey the power of his work.
https://religionnews.com/2018/04/03/picture-a-king/
Irish Examiner
What better way to remember Martin Luther King than listen to his ‘I have a dream’ speech
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/what-better-way-to-remember-martin-luther-king-than-listen-to-his-i-have-a-dream-speech-835557.html …
Guardian
50 years after Martin Luther King’s death, a ‘new King’ fights for justice
Rev Dr William Barber, a pastor and political leader in North Carolina, believes mere remembrance is not enough
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/03/william-barber-martin-luther-king-mlk-50th-anniversary-new-king?CMP=twt_gu&__twitter_impression=true
Opinion
Irish Times
Women no longer content to be silent on lack of church role
Rite&Reason: There is no prohibition in the scriptures about women ministering, Sharon Tighe-Mooney
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/women-no-longer-content-to-be-silent-on-lack-of-church-role-1.3448134
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