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SDLP Cllr Tim Attwood on why he took down an IRA sign to protect shared spaces

A Belfast City Councillor has removed an IRA sign attached to a lamppost in west Belfast.

A Belfast City Councillor has removed an IRA sign attached to a lamppost in west Belfast.

SDLP councillor Tim Attwood said that he and party members had "decommissioned" the sign - and that now is the time to "decommission offensive loyalist flags and banners from shared spaces across Belfast."

Also on the programme, gay Presbyterians quit over decision which means anyone in a same-sex relationship cannot be a full member of the church and Stephen talks to Kate Grant who is breaking barriers as a model with Down鈥檚 Syndrome.

1 hour, 27 minutes

IRA Sign

IRA Sign

A Belfast City Councillor has removed an IRA sign attached to a lamppost in west Belfast.
SDLP councillor Tim Attwood said that he and party members had "decommissioned" the sign - and that now is the time to "decommission offensive loyalist flags and banners from shared spaces across Belfast."

Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Church

Members of the Presbyterian church are quitting in protest over a decision which means anyone in a same-sex relationship cannot be a full member of the church. It's also been agreed at the church's annual general assembly that the gay couples' children cannot be baptised.
The new policy was adopted last week by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
More than twenty people spoke at the debate on Friday morning

Kate Grant

Kate Grant

Nineteen-year old Kate Grant is a model, but she's a model with a difference. Kate has Down's Syndrome.
And she is the focus of tonight's 麻豆社 True North which follows Kate at Belfast fashion week.

Frampton at Windsor

Frampton at Windsor

It was always going to be a big fight - but it's just got bigger!
It's finally been confirmed - Carl Frampton will be fighting under the lights at Windsor Park on the 18th August. And as if that wasn't enough to get fight fans excited - Tyson Fury confirmed he will be fighting in the undercard.

RHI Inquiry

RHI Inquiry

The inquiry has now heard that Mr.Brimstone phoned a civil servant to ask for details about the RHI scheme.
That civil servant was called Stuart Wightman - who oversaw DETI's energy efficiency branch.
Stephen Brimstone didn't say that he was a DUP special adviser, got the info, and got a boiler for himself.

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