Photo – Odd couple: Kevin Boyle in 2008 (L) and former PUP Assemblyman Billy Hutchinson, see below –
The lawyer and the loyalist… how a Catholic barrister turned the UVF towards the path to peace
Belfast Telegraph
Kevin Boyle, a civil rights campaigner from Newry, forged an unusual relationship with Billy Hutchinson while he was serving two life sentences. In his new book, former foreign correspondent Mike Chinoy says the double-killer’s release on licence helped begin steering the paramilitaries away from violence
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/the-lawyer-and-the-loyalist-how-a-catholic-barrister-turned-the-uvf-towards-the-path-to-peace-39082627.html ]
Lyra McKee: The search for a lost body on Cave Hill
Irish Times
The son of a Church of Ireland preacher, Stuart had grown up in Monaghan before eventually settling in north Belfast as a teenager. He’d fallen in love …
[[] https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/lyra-mckee-the-search-for-a-lost-body-on-cave-hill-1.4211907 ]
Coronavirus updates: Lockdown powers to halt ‘threat we all face from this deadly virus’
Belfast Telegraph
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-updates-lockdown-powers-to-halt-threat-we-all-face-from-this-deadly-virus-39084916.html ]
Aer Lingus cargo plane will be returning to Dublin from Beijing in first of hundreds of missions to pick up emergency hospital supplies
The Liberal
[[] https://theliberal.ie/aer-lingus-cargo-plane-will-be-returning-to-dublin-from-beijing-in-first-of-hundreds-of-missions-to-pick-up-emergency-hospital-supplies/ ]
Pro-choice groups call for abortion access to be protected during pandemic -Irish Examiner
A number of pro-choice groups have called for the guarantee of abortion rights during the Covid-19 pandemic, including for Northern Irish citizens to have access to Irish hospitals during that time.
[[] https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/pro-choice-groups-call-for-abortion-access-to-be-protected-during-pandemic-990328.html ]
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