Belfast City Council was warned of threats to HMOs in June 2025 - a year before the recent racist attacks By @lukejbutterly.bsky.social

As racist attacks spread across Belfast, volunteers and neighbours stepped in to get families to safety, filling a vacuum left by state institutions, writes Chloë Trew (@ppr-org.bsky.social)

The Lough Neagh Partnership recommended that stakeholders enter negotiations over the future ownership of Lough Neagh before carrying out fundamental due diligence. They advised waiting until the Earl of Shaftesbury "is ready to proceed with the transfer of ownership”. By @tommygreene.bsky.social

Geraldine Finucane arrives at the public inquiry into her husband's murder. She says that after more than 37 years of waiting she hopes there will be no more delays @thedetailtv.bsky.social

Pat Finucane public inquiry formally opens today after 37-year campaign for answers

‘The facts are the facts’: Ex-Ombudsman stands over Loughinisland collusion finding 10 years on

Fermanagh priest Father Joe McVeigh claimed that the Pope “would be totally opposed to the destruction of a sacred place” to mine gold. @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports from the Sperrins inquiry

Reporter @shaunacorr.bsky.social is back at the Dalradian gold mine inquiry again this morning Catch up on all of our coverage so far:

Join us for a special screening of acclaimed investigative documentary 'No Stone Unturned' on Friday 12 June. The event will feature a talk by Dr. Michael Maguire on his landmark Police Ombudsman report, and a post-film discussion with the journalists behind the film and relatives of the victims.

Proposals to replace a public road as part of a Dalradian Gold mine application could negatively affect people who are older, disabled, or from the Catholic community, a public inquiry has heard. @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports

A quarter of those arrested for the racist disorder in Belfast in August 2024 have since been reported to the police for domestic abuse. “The myth that violence against women and girls is increasing because of immigration is completely unfounded and does not reflect the experience of Women’s Aid"

One in four arrested over 2024 Belfast race attacks have since been reported for domestic abuse By @lukejbutterly.bsky.social & Nic Murray

Investigation with @thedetailtv.bsky.social & the Guardian this morn. We reveal how British security services were involved in formulating the Legacy Act, despite the fact the act was supposed to investigate state killings. Read here thedetail.tv/articles/sec... - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Revealed: The secret group linked to security services that helped shape the Legacy Act By @coramazov.bsky.social

Police were called to the Sperrins gold mine inquiry this week, the second time since it resumed last month. The inquiry saw heated exchanges over the future of a public road running through the proposed mine site @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports

A "significant volume of concerns" were raised about child safety, school related traffic conflicts and industrial traffic movement, at the Sperrins mine inquiry on Tuesday. @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports

I will be speaking at Maynooth University tomorrow, 20 May, at the event Ireland's Hidden Border Violence. From 12pm. More information here: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Plans to send 70 heavy goods vehicles a day along single-lane rural roads was branded a “public safety issue” at the Sperins gold mine inquiry @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports

Free seminar for journalists on Monday 18th May in Dublin on emerging issues in law governing protection of journalists and their source relationships in Ireland. The focus of the seminar will be on surveillance of journalists and the status of journalistic privilege.

The Sperrins gold mine inquiry could be derailed for a third time over timetable issues that saw both the applicant and objectors threaten legal action against the Planning Appeals Commission. The inquiry has been beset by delays since it was announced in 2020. @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports

A gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains will have no negative impact on tourism in the area, an inquiry into the plans has heard. But if it does, an economist speaking for Dalradian Gold suggested it “could be mitigated through a tourism fund”. @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports

The PSNI did not refer a single child arrested during the Ballymena riots into the government mechanism used to identify victims of child criminal exploitation, despite concerns that young people were groomed or coerced into violence. @lukejbutterly.bsky.social reports

Mining is among the world’s “deadliest and most dangerous” industries, an NGO has told an inquiry into a proposed goldmine in the Sperrin mountains. Trócaire said it had seen "examples of psychological terror tactics that are deployed against communities.” Report by @tommygreene.bsky.social

Mining is among the world’s “deadliest and most dangerous” industries, an NGO has told an inquiry into a proposed goldmine in the Sperrin mountains. Trócaire said it had seen "examples of psychological terror tactics that are deployed against communities.” Report by @tommygreene.bsky.social

The PSNI did not refer a single child arrested during the Ballymena riots into the government mechanism used to identify victims of child criminal exploitation, despite concerns that young people were groomed or coerced into violence. @lukejbutterly.bsky.social reports

Policing Sperrins gold mine could cost up to £3m a year, inquiry hears The PSNI has previously written off a £500,000 bill linked to the mine's security costs. It has emerged that Stormont did not ask the PSNI to be a statutory consultee at the inquiry, despite mounting security questions

King Charles would make millions through royalty payments if a Sperrins goldmine goes ahead, an inquiry has heard. The Crown Estate, a property portfolio worth billions owned by the British monarch, would receive a portion of the Dalradian mine’s annual gold sales @tommygreene.bsky.social reports

My first report from the ongoing public inquiry into gold and precious metals mining plans for the Sperrins. I'll be covering a few days of it for @thedetailtv.bsky.social. A local council told the inquiry yesterday that the £21-26 billion plans were 'like candy floss' thedetail.tv/articles/dal...

Dalradian goldmine claims of local economic benefit are ‘like candy floss’, inquiry hears Concerns were also raised over ongoing delays and a possible third postponement of the Sperrins inquiry. @tommygreene.bsky.social reports

Chants of “not one more” filled Belfast city centre on Saturday, as crowds demanded an end to femicide and gender-based violence. Thirty women have been murdered in Northern Ireland since 2020, making it the most dangerous place to be a woman in the UK. Jane Nic Uilliam reports

Palestine Action accounts for third of cases involving displays of support for terror groups in Northern Ireland over the past 25 years ‘Treating peaceful protest as terrorism is not only disproportionate, it is absurd’ - Amnesty's @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social www.thedetail.tv/articles/pal...

PSNI charged three times more 'terror' display cases relating to Palestine Action - a group only banned last year - than they have for loyalist paramilitaries in over 25 years. Amnesty NI said using terror law against peaceful protest was 'absurd'

Palestine Action has made up a third of all files submitted by the PSNI to prosecutors over alleged displays of support for proscribed organisations in Northern Ireland in the past 25 years

Police were called to Dalradian Sperrins gold mine public inquiry following a dispute over unauthorised recording of the proceedings. A man said he had a brain injury and needed a recording to be able to follow the information presented. Requests for a live stream of the inquiry have been denied.

Stormont’s economic assessment of a proposed Dalradian gold mine in the Sperrins has been “misrepresented” by the company, a public inquiry has been told ✍️ @shaunacorr.bsky.social

NEW: Planning Appeals Commission summon PSNI to Omagh goldmine inquiry after man, who says he was left disabled through brain injury, spotted sound recording in the audience. The 63-yr-old says lack of transcript/ record of proceedings breaches his human rights

Latest from the Omagh goldmine inquiry as council barrister says there’s no need for the project, citing 2025 supply and demand data from the World Gold Council. I’ll be reporting for @thedetailtv.bsky.social again this week thedetail.tv/articles/glo...

Analysis of global gold supply and demand was used to challenge the economic case for Dalradian’s Sperrins project, an inquiry has heard @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports from the second week of the reconvened public inquiry

Closed doors and open questions: inside week one of the Sperrins mine inquiry Here's my wrap of week one of the Omagh goldmine inquiry as week two set to commence at Strule Arts Centre this morning. I'll be reporting for @thedetailtv.bsky.social again this week open.substack.com/pub/thedetai...

Closed doors and open questions: @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports from inside week one of the Sperrins mine inquiry

New research suggests that sand dredging at Lough Neagh is negatively impacting the entire ecosystem, including water quality, habitats, and biodiversity. Can Stormont keep ignoring the evidence?, asks journalist @tommygreene.bsky.social

New research suggests that sand dredging at Lough Neagh is negatively impacting the entire ecosystem, including water quality, habitats, and biodiversity. Can Stormont keep ignoring the evidence?, asks journalist @tommygreene.bsky.social

A US-backed company seeking to mine gold in the Sperrin Mountains operated “in breach of planning control” for years over a “temporary” exploratory site it failed to restore, a public inquiry heard on Wednesday. @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports

Latest from the Omagh goldmine inquiry - cyanide still referenced in the planning application. I'll be writing on the issue for investigative and long-form journalism outlet @thedetailtv.bsky.social this week. Read all about the proceedings here.. www.thedetail.tv/articles/cya...

Cyanide is still referenced in Dalradian Gold’s application to mine in Northern Ireland despite assurances the toxin will not be used to process ore on site, a public inquiry has heard. Reporting by @shaunacorr.bsky.social

A trial of controversial live facial recognition technology that scanned thousands of faces and cost tens of thousands of pounds produced no matches, The Detail can reveal. Passengers travelling from Dublin to Holyhead were scanned in February as part of a UK immigration enforcement pilot.

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Over 100 Scottish terrorism charges have been linked to Palestine Action. That's more in seven months than all other groups faced in 25 years. Most of the other Scottish cases were linked to the UVF and other loyalist paramilitary groups

‘Disastrous’ anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits to resume There were more than twice as many families in Northern Ireland were affected than originally thought - 800 rather than 350