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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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Mounting anger over Dublin collusion

BY PhIlIP BRaDfIElD
p.bradfield@newsletter.co.uk

Athlete cleared of attack

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A FULL REVIEW OF THE ACTION FROM KUKRI SECTIONS ONE AND TWO
Round Up: Pages 31-33

FUTURE STARS FROM CITY OF DERRY AND LETTERKENNY SHOW THEIR TALENTS
Mini Rugby: P 36

MILLAR, MCCALL, WYLIE EXTEND JUNIOR CUP SPONSORSHIP

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BANBRIDGE CELEBRATE HISTORIC DAY

BELIEF: Banbridge skipper, Simon McKinstry barges through during the First Trust Senior win over Instonians to book the club Cup semi-final into their first senior final FIRST TRUST CUP REVIEWED: Pages 30-31

Roads claim another life

AN elderly woman has died following a two-vehicle road traffic collision in the Newry area yesterday afternoon. A 56-year-old man injured in the incident on the Newry Road, Poyntzpass is said to be in a serious condition. Motorists were diverted away from the area for several hours while PSNI and specialist investigators examined the scene. The name of the 70-yearold woman who died has not yet been released. In a separate incident, a female pedestrian in her 70s was struck by a vehicle in the Twinbrook Road area of Dunmurry yesterday evening. Her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

THe DUP has accused the Irish government of reneging on pledges to answer questions about alleged collusion with the IRA. And the party has made it clear that it will not agree a way forward on the past with the Northern Ireland Office until the Taoiseachs office lives up to pledges said to have been made at the St Andrews talks in 2006. The DUP demand comes amid mounting unionist anger at what they say is a one-sided approach to the past, with Britain blamed for the Troubles in which the IRA killed far more than any other group. Last week Irish Prime Minister enda Kenny said he would repeatedly insist Britain hold a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane. But last night DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson said: The Irish government accepted at the St Andrews talks that

any questions dealing with the past would not be exclusive to Northern Ireland. He said that if Britain apologies for people killed by its security forces and pursues Libya for arming the IRA then why should people of influence in the Republic of Ireland not be held to account for their role in the Troubles?. Mr Donaldson added: We have made it clear in our talks with the Northern Ireland Office that any process to deal with the past must include the Republic of Ireland involvement. In a three-page News Letter report today which examines the various allegations, unionists highlight the Irish authorities attitudes to the Provisional IRA, including government sympathy for its formation, the later failure to extradite its terrorists and instances of individuals supporting IRA actions. See pages 6, 7 & 8

Dangerous driver jailed

A LORRY driver who admitted killing a teenage girl by dangerous driving was jailed for 33 months yesterday. Mark John Boyd pleaded guilty to causing the death of 18-year-old erin eagleson by driving dangerously on the New Line between Carrick and Ballynure on July 5, 2009. Turn to page 12

Former Olympic medal winner Liz McColgan outside Arbroath Sheriff Court, where she was found not guilty of assaulting her estranged husband, Ulster man Peter McColgan, at their home PICTURE: Andrew Milligan/PA this year. See page 13

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