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Treatment of UKIP leader shocking

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:29:16 GMT

From now on I will be supporting UKIP.

Alliance confusion over Assembly term extension

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:27:33 GMT

It would appear that the Alliance Party’s Stewart Dickson MLA is unsure about the direction in which he or his party really wants to travel.

Standing on our own feet

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:14:03 GMT

Alex Kane (‘Us and them’, News Letter, May 20) makes some interesting observations with regard to the recent census figures.

TUV’s politically motivated attack

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:44:33 GMT

The letter from Samuel Morrison (News Letter, May 17) was as predictable as it was doom laiden.

Dealing with a divided society

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:46 GMT

The slogan ‘a shared future’ is constantly used by our politicians, so let’s examine how this concept can be applied to education.

No solutions from Alliance

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:21:28 GMT

Paula Bradshaw (Letter, May 17) exhibits all of the key traits of Alliance representatives when talking about the creation of a shared society in Northern Ireland.

No support for dementia carers

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:36 GMT

Dementia has been very prominent in the news recently and it’s good that the government finally seems to be taking this issue seriously, especially during Dementia Awareness Week (May 19-25).

The reality of life in modern Northern Ireland

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:25:55 GMT

In the latest ‘Together Building a United Community’ proposals from the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) there remains very little detail, but also a particular concern that a “united community” concerns only bringing together “Protestants” and “Catholics”.

Maze traffic chaos was predictable

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:25:17 GMT

On Tuesday co-First Minister Robinson branded his critics in the Assembly “a tribe of Jeremiahs”.

DUP should end cosy relationship

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:24:44 GMT

Jonathan Bell is right to say, on Radio Ulster, that Sinn Fein’s and the SDLP’s opposition to the National Crime Agency operating in this part of the United Kingdom raises questions about those parties’ commitment to law and order.

Jeremiah’s name used wrongly

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:29:12 GMT

Watching the news item of Peter Robinson berating those political opponents in Stormont today, I was grieved to hear him liken the complaints of those whose views he so obviously derides and despises, to a “tribe of Jeremiahs who infest the political process”.

An all-Ireland approach to law and order?

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:28:47 GMT

The News Letter editorial (May 4) addresses the inability of the Northern Ireland legal system to successfully prosecute ‘dissident republicans’ for their crimes.

Blame for injustice lay with de Valera

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:27:54 GMT

Morning View (May 8) rightly pays tribute to the thousands of Irish soldiers from the south of Ireland who served in the British Armed Forces during World War Two. The fact that some 5,000, who had gone absent without leave from the Irish Army to fight for the Allied cause, were subsequently treated as pariahs in their own country is a matter of enduring shame for the Irish state.

Time to tackle the nightmare of counterfeit cash

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:14:17 GMT

Recently I watched a televised true story of a British couple visiting Dubai.

Birmingham’s forgotten victims

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:06:54 GMT

On Friday last, we at Innocent Victims United were humbled to meet with Julie and Brian Hambleton whose sister Maxine, along with 20 other innocent civilians, perished at the hands of republican terrorists on November 21, 1974 in what are known as the ‘Birmingham pub bombings’.

Pressure forced Poots into U-turn

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:08:02 GMT

On April 24 the Northern Trust announced that it was set to close all of its residential care homes.

Fostering: making a difference

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:49:51 GMT

We need foster carers, and we need them urgently. Around three quarters of all children in care in Northern Ireland are in foster or approved kinship care, making fostering the single biggest provider of state care for children here.

God’s holy word and truth on homosexuality

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:33:18 GMT

David Ford states in the News Letter (May 6) that homosexual relationships are not sinful.

Reallocate A5 roads cash

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:32:58 GMT

The Confederation of British Industry’s call for money tied up in the stalled A5 project to be spent on other road improvement projects is very welcome.

Role of Irish in World War II

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:31:54 GMT

In reference to the News Letter’s Morning View on May 8, regarding the contribution of people from the south of Ireland to the British Armed Forces during World War II and their alleged punishment by the Irish state for having joined the British forces.