NEW: Detectives investigating the murder of Natalie McNally in Lurgan on 18 December 2022 have today, 13 January, arrested a 46-year-old man in the south Belfast area. He has been taken to Musgrave Police Station where he is currently being questioned by detectives.
A minute’s silence has taken place at Stormont by politicians, Women’s aid campaigners and relatives of victims of gender-based violence in memory of Natalie McNally and Bruna Fonseca
I sketched this piece a couple of weeks ago, and since then two more women have been murdered, Natalie McNally and Bruna Fonseca.
This time last year the country came to a standstill, shell shocked with grief after the murder of Ashling Murphy.
“I came out to my family via WhatsApp. That was the last conversation I had with my parents.” Incredibly poignant and impactful conversation at Belfast City Hall today in recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance. #TransRightsAreHumanRights@belfastcc 🏳️⚧️
Night Bus in Belfast - CQ BID are encouraging businesses & customers to support Translink's pilot Christmas Night Bus (1am) throughout the December weekends . If it is widely used we will vigorously make the case for a permanent night time service.
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11 November 1941 | On the Polish Independence Day the Germans carried out the first execution by shooting in the yard of Block 11 of the #Auschwitz camp. 76 people were shot in the back of their heads - almost all of them Poles. 1/5