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0007835e-642241-1-bh134306 1-14-1-bh134722 1-38-1-bh134280An event in Bray today marking the sixth anniversary of the deaths of Station Officer Brian Murray and Firefighter Mark O’Shaughnessy, both killed in the line of duty on September 26th 2007 while fighting a blaze at a disused factory.

The monument [at St Father Colohan Terrace] which was funded by fire crews from all around the country as well as Bray and Wicklow Town Councils and designed by Irish artist Ciaran Patterson, gives the impression of an axe head, half of which is buried in the ground. Resting on the axe head is a bronzed fireman’s hat, gloves and boots.

RIP

Memorial to Bray firemen unveiled in town centre (Yvonne Condren, Bray Herald)

(All pix: by permission, Bray Herald)

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Loyalist activist Willie Frazer arriving at court in Belfast earlier dressed as Muslim cleric Abu Hamza with a ‘hook-hand’ fashioned out of a wire coat hanger and Sellotape.

Jamie Bryson is sporting a wig while Jim Dowson wears a veil.

Frazer appears in court as ‘Abu Hamza’ (UTV Live News)

In Pictures: Willie Frazer wears Abu Hamza outfit to court (Belfast Telegraph)

Previously: The Right Hook

Anything Good In The Irish News?

A Marie Stopes Protestor

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teenage-pregnancy

A pharmacy project aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy has been launched in north and west Belfast. Community pharmacies will provide sexual health advice and, if needed, free emergency contraception to girls and young women aged from 16 to 19. It is a joint project from the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Health and Social Care Board (HSCB).

Dr Jillian Johnston from the PHA said: “The Public Health Agency wants to improve access to sexual health services for teenage women, particularly in areas of deprivation, and improve the sexual health of young people. She said young women could already access emergency contraception in pharmacies, but some may not be able to afford it. “There is a charge associated with it and that has been shown to be prohibitive, especially for young women.”

Deirdre Quinn from the HSCB said “As well as offering timely access to emergency contraception, the pharmacist will use each opportunity to discuss other issues relating to sexual health, including the risks of unprotected sex and the importance of long-term contraception.”

 

Belfast pharmacy project to reduce teenage pregnancies (BBC News NI)

654280955(Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster (centre) with Lady Dufferin, owner of Clandeboye Estate and Mark Logan, Dairy and Farm Manager)

Protectionism, you say?

An Irish dairy authority has been accused of protectionism after some Northern Irish milk processors found themselves unable to sell south of the border.

Many retailers in the Republic are requiring Ireland’s National Dairy Council (NDC) label guaranteeing milk was produced in the State when sourcing supplies. Because Northern Irish processors do not have that guarantee, contracts have been lost, including a major Dale Farm bid to supply Superquinn.

…Stormont enterprise minister Arlene Foster said. “If the campaign were to be replicated in Great Britain, excluding product that was not produced and processed in the UK, it would cause immense problems for the food industry in the Republic of Ireland.”

 

Oh.

Moo-nited Ireland anyone?

Milk campaign anti-competitive, says Enterprise Minister (Belfast News Letter)

Pic: FarmingLife.com

 

 

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