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  • Two 16-year-old boys from Kerala drown in Northern Ireland

    By ANI

    DUBLIN: Two 16-year-old Kerala-origin boys residing within the UK, have “tragically drowned” in a lake in Northern Ireland, native media reported.

    The deceased youngsters recognized as Reuven Simon and Joseph Sebastian had been amongst a bunch of six buddies who had cycled to Enagh Lough outdoors Derry, for a swim on Monday night, Ireland’s public service broadcaster RTE reported.

    It is believed the incident occurred after a few of them went swimming, the media outlet mentioned. According to a press release by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, after complaints by a variety of folks of issue within the water an alarm was raised at round 6:30 am, triggering a rescue and restoration effort.

    Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) additionally mentioned {that a} rapid-response paramedic, 5 emergency crews, a hazardous space response crew and an ambulance officer had been dispatched to the scene. NIAS additionally tasked the air ambulance to take care of the incident, in keeping with RTE.

    One boy was taken from the water to the hospital, the place he was later pronounced useless. Police mentioned a second boy was additionally recovered from the water “after extensive searches by Foyle Search and Rescue and police divers. “He was sadly pronounced useless on the scene”, the media outlet mentioned.

    A 3rd boy was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening accidents. Three different boys had been unhurt however in shock, mentioned a Police Service of Northern Ireland assertion.

    Micheal Martin, Prime Minister and head of presidency of Ireland expressed his sympathy to the households.

    Meanwhile, Father Michael Canny, a Catholic parish priest within the close by Waterside district, mentioned as many as eight boys could have cycled to the lake. “I understand they decided to enter the lough for swimming, which is not uncommon for locals to do,” he mentioned as quoted by RTE.

    He mentioned the boys attended native main and grammar faculties and acquired their GCSE outcomes final week.

    “They are part of the Indian Kerala community who worship here at St Columb’s in Waterside. Two of the mothers are nurses, I understand. Another works in the health service and another is a local business here. It’s an awful tragedy and there is tremendous sadness all around.”

    The Mayor of Derry/Londonderry and Strabane District Council councillor, Sandra Duffy, expressed her disappointment on the incident and mentioned that she’s going to open a Book of Condolence. Meanwhile, Michelle O’Neill, an Irish politician known as the incident “heartbreaking news”.

    “Heartbreaking news from Derry, as two young boys have tragically lost their lives at Enagh Lough. My heartfelt sympathies to the families, friends and local community at this very difficult time,” she mentioned in a tweet.

    DUBLIN: Two 16-year-old Kerala-origin boys residing within the UK, have “tragically drowned” in a lake in Northern Ireland, native media reported.

    The deceased youngsters recognized as Reuven Simon and Joseph Sebastian had been amongst a bunch of six buddies who had cycled to Enagh Lough outdoors Derry, for a swim on Monday night, Ireland’s public service broadcaster RTE reported.

    It is believed the incident occurred after a few of them went swimming, the media outlet mentioned. According to a press release by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, after complaints by a variety of folks of issue within the water an alarm was raised at round 6:30 am, triggering a rescue and restoration effort.

    Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) additionally mentioned {that a} rapid-response paramedic, 5 emergency crews, a hazardous space response crew and an ambulance officer had been dispatched to the scene. NIAS additionally tasked the air ambulance to take care of the incident, in keeping with RTE.

    One boy was taken from the water to the hospital, the place he was later pronounced useless. Police mentioned a second boy was additionally recovered from the water “after extensive searches by Foyle Search and Rescue and police divers. “He was sadly pronounced useless on the scene”, the media outlet mentioned.

    A 3rd boy was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening accidents. Three different boys had been unhurt however in shock, mentioned a Police Service of Northern Ireland assertion.

    Micheal Martin, Prime Minister and head of presidency of Ireland expressed his sympathy to the households.

    Meanwhile, Father Michael Canny, a Catholic parish priest within the close by Waterside district, mentioned as many as eight boys could have cycled to the lake. “I understand they decided to enter the lough for swimming, which is not uncommon for locals to do,” he mentioned as quoted by RTE.

    He mentioned the boys attended native main and grammar faculties and acquired their GCSE outcomes final week.

    “They are part of the Indian Kerala community who worship here at St Columb’s in Waterside. Two of the mothers are nurses, I understand. Another works in the health service and another is a local business here. It’s an awful tragedy and there is tremendous sadness all around.”

    The Mayor of Derry/Londonderry and Strabane District Council councillor, Sandra Duffy, expressed her disappointment on the incident and mentioned that she’s going to open a Book of Condolence. Meanwhile, Michelle O’Neill, an Irish politician known as the incident “heartbreaking news”.

    “Heartbreaking news from Derry, as two young boys have tragically lost their lives at Enagh Lough. My heartfelt sympathies to the families, friends and local community at this very difficult time,” she mentioned in a tweet.

  • Provoking EU, UK units out new legislation to repair post-Brexit North Ireland commerce

    Britain set out steps on Tuesday to attempt to break the impasse with the European Union on commerce with Northern Ireland, lining up a brand new legislation that might successfully override elements of a Brexit deal and additional inflame ties with Brussels.

    In a press release to parliament, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss stated deliberate laws would ease the motion of products, apply Britain’s tax regime in Northern Ireland and hand London extra say over the legal guidelines governing the province.

    She repeatedly advised lawmakers the laws wouldn’t break worldwide legislation and that London would press on with talks with Brussels to attempt to discover a negotiated answer.

    But regardless of EU warnings over taking unilateral motion, the brand new legislation would change elements of the so-called Northern Ireland protocol, agreed with the bloc as a part of the settlement over Britain’s quitting the EU.

    European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic stated such motion was “not acceptable” and that Brussels would reply with all measures at its disposal. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated he thought a commerce conflict was unlikely.

    Johnson agreed to the protocol in 2019 to permit Britain to depart the EU’s single market and customs union with out controls being re-imposed on the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, very important to the 1998 Good Friday peace deal that ended three many years of violence.

    By putting such a deal, he successfully agreed to a customs border between Northern Ireland and the remainder of the United Kingdom. Britain now says the protocol is unworkable, and months of talks with the EU have failed to search out any options.

    “I am announcing our intention to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to make changes to the protocol,” Truss advised parliament to jeers from the opposition.

    “Our preference remains a negotiated solution with the EU and in parallel with the legislation being introduced, we remain open to further talks,” she stated.

    The UK will set out a plan to introduce legal guidelines Tuesday that might override elements of the Northern Ireland protocol and amend its post-Brexit commerce deal in a direct problem to the EU https://t.co/Kx72ESj4AK pic.twitter.com/TibJMCXZW7

    — Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) May 17, 2022

    She stated the federal government would pursue getting the laws via each homes of parliament no matter how any future talks progressed with the EU.

    The laws which foresees a “green channel” for items shifting from Britain to Northern Ireland and no additional.

    On Monday, Johnson stated the federal government wanted an “insurance” choice to have the ability to unilaterally override some post-Brexit commerce guidelines as a result of the protocol, as is, was threatening a hard-won peace within the British-ruled province.

    ‘Not been pleasant’

    Stephen Doughty, a international coverage spokesperson for the opposition Labour Party, agreed there have been issues however stated Britain wanted “calm heads and responsible leadership”.

    📢 WATCH LIVE: My assertion on the Northern Ireland Protocol from the @HouseofCommons https://t.co/fMADC7g3kG

    — Liz Truss (@trussliz) May 17, 2022

    “It is deeply troubling for the foreign secretary to be proposing a bill to apparently break the treaty that the government itself signed just two years ago, that will not resolve issues in Northern Ireland in the long term, and rather it will undermine trust,” he stated.

    The EU has repeatedly stated any commerce difficulties have to be resolved inside the parameters of the protocol.

    Sefcovic stated the British authorities’s announcement that “would disapply constitutive elements of the protocol, raises significant concerns”.

    “Should the UK decide to move ahead with a bill disapplying constitutive elements of the protocol as announced today by the UK government, the EU will need to respond with all measures at its disposal,” he stated in a press release.

    Britain has postponed bringing in lots of the checks foreseen by the protocol, which has snarled some foodstuffs in pink tape at a time when meals and power costs are rising, fuelling recession issues.

    Archie Norman, chairman of retailer Marks & Spencer and a former Conservative Party lawmaker, stated the British authorities’s proposals had been a “triumph of common sense”.

    Angela McGowan, the Confederation of British Industry’s Northern Ireland Director, known as on either side to point out flexibility to safe “peace and prosperity”.

    “With good political will a landing zone can undoubtedly be found so that GB-NI trade flows are smoothed,” she stated.

    The consequence of regional elections in Northern Ireland elevated stress on Johnson to introduce adjustments to the protocol after unionists refused to affix a brand new administration except there have been adjustments to the buying and selling guidelines.

    Jeffrey Donaldson, chief of the most important pro-British grouping the Democratic Unionist Party, welcomed Truss’s dedication to motion however he reserved judgment on whether or not his get together would as but return to the power-sharing administration.

    “We hope to see progress on a bill in order to deal with these matters in days and weeks, not months,” Donaldson advised parliament. “We want to see the Irish Sea border removed.”