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The Irish Sun
07-05-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Israel bombardment of Gaza echoes dark episode in GAA's history – Kneecap are showing integrity for pro-Palestine stance
A GAA column, you say? Not today, folks. Sure, we are smack bang in the middle of another whirlwind Championship season. Advertisement 4 Kneecap faced criticism in the UK for past comments Credit: Free for editorial use 4 It came after the rap group showed solidarity with Palestine Credit: kneecap32/Instagram 4 52,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7 Credit: Rex 4 It bears similarities to the death of Sean Browne Credit: � 2024 PA Media, All Rights Reserved Cork's 20-year quest to take Liam MacCarthy back to Leeside is in full swing. Two of the provincial Armagh lock horns with But in the midst of all that drama, horrors are taking place. Advertisement Read More on Gaza Calls are growing to ditch them from the While Kneecap themselves acknowledged that earth and the trio have shown integrity in exposing it to young audiences. More than 52,000 people are dead, mostly Advertisement Most read in Sport The Gaza strip has been obliterated and it is all unfolding before our eyes while Western powers do nothing. A drones off the coast of Malta last week. Israeli troops attacked ambulances on March 23 and medics were killed. 'It just makes me happy', says legendary singer Elton John as he praises 'brave' Irish musicians Journalists have been murdered. Medication is being rationed and will soon run out. Benjamin Netanyahu's government will no longer cooperate with the Advertisement US president The British establishment have a front-row seat but does nothing. Sounds all too familiar — and another distressing image comes to mind. It is that of Bridie Brown, the 87-year-old widow of Bellaghy Derry club in 1997. QUEST FOR JUSTICE Bridie and her family have been on a harrowing quest for justice for 28 years, yet their search for the truth goes on. Advertisement More than 25 people — including state agents — have been linked to his death. Yet the British government are appealing a court order that it must hold a public inquiry into the murder. Bridie's impassioned appeal to Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn not to block the inquiry and force her to travel to London to campaign for justice fell on deaf ears, consistent with their calls for the truth for almost 30 years. Seán Brown was a father of six and a GAA man who was killed for being just that. Those names are mentioned most when it comes to victims of the Troubles who were GAA members, but the number is thought to be more than 150. Advertisement Why are we talking about Kneecap when over 50,000 Palestinians are dead? Why are there aggressive attempts to silence both them and the Brown family? Sport gives us a wonderful escape from life's troubles and that will be the case again this weekend when 30,000 pour into Clones and even more hit Croker the next day. All of our troubles can fade away when a farmer directs you into a field so you can eat ham sandwiches out of your car boot or your team comes racing out of the Advertisement But this weekend, spare a thought for Bridie Brown and her family's quest for justice. And think of the men, women and children trapped in Gaza without food, water and hope.
BBC News
10-04-2025
- BBC News
Emma Bamber: Horse trader avoids jail after delay in case
A horse dealer who fraudulently sold horses to people all over the UK has been given a suspended 18-month prison Bamber, 42, with an address at Bridge Street, Garstang in Preston, adamitted seven charges of fraud by false representation and one of engaging in misleading commercial offences were carried out on various dates between January and December at Antrim Crown Court, Judge Fiona Bagnall said Bamber "played a vital role" in a series of frauds and her actions "illustrates her capacity for extremely deviant and manipulative of behaviours". The judge said the delay in concluding the case justified suspending the sentence for two years. She said the offending was "a reasonably large scale operation" with the eight victims spread across the Bagnall said that in June 2018, police in the Limavady area of County Londonderry started receiving complaints naming an Emma Bamber from Glendra Sports Horses based in nearby Feeny as having committed numerous alleged fraud offences."Over the following weeks and months numerous complaints were made against the defendant," said the judge and the court heard that due too the size of the investigation and because "the victims of this offending are situated all over the British Isles, the investigation was dealt with by CID," Judge Bagnall the financial impact of each individual sale was not that significant, the impact on the victims was more than financial, the judge added."Some of the horses were being bought for novice riders and were clearly inappropriate for that role," said Judge Bagnall, adding that "it is fortunate that no one had been badly hurt through the actions of the defendant". The court was told the particulars of the offending revealed Bamber told one a victim a horse was "suitable for her grandchildren" when, in fact it, was an also claimed a horse she sold was an Irish sports horse when it was another occasion, Bamber claimed an animal called Bridie had "a full set of x-rays and five stage vetting" when it did not, and further claimed that Bridie was "an 'extremely talented show jumping horse and sound in all ways", when, in fact, it was also took deposits for horses she did not have and did not transport. Passing sentence, Judge Bagnall said it was clear that despite her claims that she was repeating information her bosses had told her, Bamber had not only "held herself out as knowing about horses, but also told lies after lies to clients in order to sell what were completely inappropriate horses to a susceptible purchasers"."This further reinforces my view that the defendant knew that what she was doing was misleading clients in order for them to purchase horses which were not as described, and further that at times were not being delivered after sale," said the judge.
