In the last post I mentioned the
murder of the Quinn brothers in Ballymoney back in 1998.
I've occasionally mentioned Bishop Patrick Walshe in these columns, not always favourably. But he spoke rather eloquently at their funerals and I thought it was worth repeating a line as we approach the 12th anniversary of their deaths:
"For all too long the airwaves and the printed page have been saturated with noises - strident, harsh, discordant noises - carrying words of hatred, of incitement, of recr... Continue reading ...
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