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Price: 85p (IR 1.30 EURO) Saturday, July 7, 2012
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Robinson: probe
McGuinness role
FIRST Minister Peter Robin-
son yesterday called for Martin
McGuinness to be investigated
by police if a murder probe into
the soldiers who killed marchers
on Bloody Sunday goes ahead.
As pressure intensifed on the
PSNI over its decision to inves-
tigate the 1972 killings, Mr Rob-
inson argued that the logic of
the police decision is that they
should investigate his Stormont
Castle colleague.
Speaking yesterday morning
after several unionists had sharp-
ly criticised the PSNI proposal to
investigate the Paratroopers but
not others, the DUP leader said:
How could you avoid an inquiry
into that and say that were going
to have an inquiry into the Army
personnel that were there?
The Deputy First Minister has
openly admitted that he was in
charge [of the IRA in Londonder-
ry that day]. If that was the case
then there has to be an investi-
gation if youre investigating the
Army.
Last night the PSNI declined
to comment.
But Mr McGuinness hit back,
saying: I consider comments
from unionist politicians today
in the wake of the decision of the
PSNI to investigate the events of
Bloody Sunday as an attempt to
divert attention away from the
actions of the Parachute Regi-
ment on that day. Turn to page 8
BY SAM McBRIDE
political Correspondent
sam.mcbride@newsletter.co.uk
pICTURE: Mark Jamieson
Coleraine actress Jayne
Wisener with husband
Wayne Austin, a banker
from London, after their
wedding at St patricks
Church in Coleraine
yesterday.
Jayne landed her frst
major role as Johanna in
the flm Sweeney Todd,
which also starred Johnny
Depp.
She also played a student,
Sandie, in the BBC
Northern Ireland drama 6
Degrees
Jayne is
star of the
show on
her big day
INSIDE
72 PAGES
Call for retrospective
review of lending rates
THE Ulster Farmers Union has written to the major banks in Northern Ireland asking them to retrospectively review the lending rates imposed on farm borrowings. The UFU says it has made this request in light of the Libor interest rate scandal. UFU president Harry Sinclair said: Farmers confdence in the banking process has been
shaken by claims that the Libor inter-bank interest rate was being manipulated. As a consequence we have asked the banks in Northern Ireland to retrospectively review the borrowing rates charged to farmers, to establish if farmers have in any way been overcharged. Mr Sinclair added: In recent years we have been contacted regularly by our members expressing a concern that despite the Bank of England reducing interest rates to historically low
levels, their individual farm business borrowing rates from the commercial banks remained quite high. We raised this concern with all the banks and indeed many farmers spoke directly to their banks about their concerns. The Bank of England was cutting interest rates to stimulate the economy but farmers were frustrated that the commercial banks were not passing on the benefts. During this period the banks
cited the Libor inter-bank lending rate as a factor as to why farmers actual borrowing rate was signifcantly higher than the headline rates of interest. It has to be said that there are now major question marks against the credibility of the Libor rate during that period. The interest rates charged to farmers should therefore now be reviewed retrospectively because there is still a lingering doubt in the farming community
BY RICHARD HALLERON
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Five year old Catherine Hanna, from Rathfriland, helping her granda, James Patterson, from Kilrea get his 1914 Traction Engine Bonnie Doon ready for Ballymena Steam and Country Fair at Ballymena Showgrounds on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th July.
PICTURE: CAROLINE PATTERSON
Continued on page seven
31 Farming Life, Saturday, July 7, 2012
www.farminglife.co.uk
Robbie Mulligan, Banbridge, takes a keen interest in the cattle judging at Newry Show.
Agriculture Minister Michelle ONeill at Limavady Show.
Tommy Collins presents Mrs Patricia Maguire with fowers to mark over 50 years of service to Newry Show
James McParland with his Limousin at Newry show.
12 page shows
special INSIDE
Greenmount
Awards Day
PAGES 56-58
DUP man joins
Causeway row
page 7
Life in fast lane
the M1 is
50 years old
pages 14&15
Customers sceptical
on bank crisis
resolution 4&5