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Price: 72p (IR 1.05 EURO) Friday, May 27, 2011 The pride of Northern Ireland www.newsletter.co.uk

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Kicking Iris cleared


racism by report
into AN independent report
into a contract awarded by
Castlereagh Council to Kirk
touch McCambley has found no
evidence of impropriety.
At a meeting of the council
last night, councillors were
presented with the report,
which was commissioned to
establish if the council had
suffered a financial loss in
the granting of a cafe lease to
Iris Robinson’s former young
lover.
Speaking after hearing
the findings of the Deloitte
report, the DUP leader on
the council, Jimmy Spratt,
said: “There is no evidence
Some of the players of wrong-doing by officers of
who will participate in the council, or either past or
tomorrow’s inaugural present councillors within the
multi-ethnic football council in Castlereagh.”
festival in east Belfast.
The event will involve
over 400 people and
organisers hope it
Deputy snubs
will help address the
perception that the
lord mayor
loyalist community is THE election of Belfast’s
“racially intolerant” youngest ever lord mayor last
night sparked controversy,
with his deputy refusing to
See page 3 accept his congratulations or
even look at him.
PICTURE: Arthur Allison/ Ruth Patterson of the
Pacemaker DUP is the new deputy lord
mayor and will be working

Victim pleads for


closely with Sinn Fein’s Niall
O’Donnghaile throughout
their year in office.
However, both during
and after the meeting,
Ms Patterson refused to
acknowledge the 25-year-old
first-time councillor.
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SF to think again
‘Dublin probe
interference’
THE Irish government has
been accused of “political
interference” after insisting a
probe into claims of collusion
between the garda and the
IRA must finish its work by
November.
BY SAM McBRIDE killer from her new post. “obscene” and urged the party’s her salary is so high is absolutely The Smithwick Tribunal
and MARK RAINEY Ann Travers described the leadership to think again. immoral,” Ms Travers said. – investigating collusion
sam.mcbride@newsletter.co.uk appointment of Mary McArdle “I would meet Gerry Kelly once Yesterday, Sinn Fein said both allegations in the murders
of two senior RUC officers,
THE sister of IRA murder victim – who was part of a gang who Mary McArdle has been made to Ms Ni Chuilin and Mr Kelly had chief supt Harry Breen and
Mary Travers says she could murdered Ann’s sister – as a resign that post. If she had an received death threats from the supt Bob Buchanan – hasn’t
talk to Sinn Fein if they had the special adviser to Caral Ni Chuilin ounce of compassion or decency ‘Orange Volunteers’. yet even begun hearing from
“decency” to remove a convicted in the department of culture as she would realise that. The fact Turn to page 9 witnesses.
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NORTHERN IRELAND’S YOUNGSTERS PREPARE TO FACE WELSH – SPORT

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