Mark Devenport
@markdevenport
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Keeping an eye on Stormont & more. Ex BBC NI Political Editor, Ireland Correspondent & United Nations Correspondent DMs Open markddevenport on threads
Belfast
Joined February 2010
Covered a lot of ground in this discussion with QUB academics who specialise in post-conflict societies. From literature inspired by NI's troubles to improving child welfare, plus amnesties & the search for truth & justice.
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RT @BelTel: Belfast will host its first-ever Halloween Blood Run this October, in honour of much-loved political broadcaster Ken Reid, who….
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Belfast will host its first-ever Halloween Blood Run this October, in honour of much-loved political broadcaster Ken Reid, who passed away from leukaemia i...
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Palestine Action ban presents complex challenges for PSNI via @RTENews
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Police in England arrested over 700 people in recent weeks for wearing Palestine Action t-shirts, while the PSNI has arrested just two, despite many attending a rally in Belfast last weekend. The...
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Looking forward to chatting to Stephen Walker about his forthcoming biography of David Trimble in Antrim on October 30th
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RT @Saintfield_CC: SAINTFIELD CHAMPIONS 💙💛. Following results elsewhere, Saintfield are NCU Section 2 winners! . 🟦🟨🟦🟨 .
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RT @IrlEmbIndia: A special message from Irish cricketer @KevinOBrien113 🏏🇮🇪🇮🇳. The bond between our countries will remain unshaken by the a….
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RT @NUJofficial: The NUJ has deplored the deliberate killing of Al-Jazeera journalists. Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said: . "Thi….
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The Israeli government has admitted to killing five Al-Jazeera journalists and media workers in an airstrike on a tent outside the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza last night.
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Historic Hillsborough Castle to host high-level international meeting on Western Balkans
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Northern Ireland’s historic Hillsborough Castle will provide the backdrop for a foreign ministers’ meeting on the Western Balkans later this year.
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RT @StepWalkTV: Delighted to launch this year’s Aspects Festival. Chatting to Lady Hermon at Bangor Abbey on 3 October. Tickets https://t.c….
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RT @TitanicBelfast: Today marks 20 years since Rory Golden became the first Irish diver to visit the site of RMS Titanic, accompanied by fo….
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RT @BBCGarethG: Why has the UUP turned to another man in uniform?
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Jon Burrows joins Ulster Unionist assembly members which include former soldiers and a retired submarine commander.
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RT @mandy_mcauley: Cousin of woman stabbed to death in her home near Maguiresbridge in 2017 says executive ministers must do more to protec….
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The cousin of a woman murdered in 2017 says the government must to do to protect victims of domestic abuse
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UN human rights chief criticises UK Palestine Action ban
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Volker Turk urges the UK government to lift the "unnecessary" ban on the group.
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Police say a woman and two children killed in Fermanagh shooting
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Police say all three died from gunshot wounds and a man is seriously injured in hospital.
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RT @AlexCrawfordSky: Shocking statement about how the journalists the world has been relying on for images and reports about what’s going o….
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RT @vincekearney: Police have confirmed that three people who died from gunshot wounds in Co Fermanagh this morning and a fourth person who….
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RT @DarranMarshall: A third person has died following a shooting incident in County Fermanagh.
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Police say all three died from gunshot wounds and a man is seriously injured in hospital.
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RT @bbcnewsline: Self driving cars already on the roads in cities in the US, and now they've arrived in Belfast. The driverless electric sh….
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RT @BBCNews: Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election
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Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.
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