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NI paper review: Germany jailing and terrorist snowman by Niall Glynn BBC News NI

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26 October 2017

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The papers of Thursday include the German arrest of an IRA member, racist attacks in Belfast on Syrian refugees, and a terrorist snowman.

The front pages of the Irish News, Daily Mirror, Belfast Telegraph, and News Letter all feature Declan O’Neill, a Belfast doctor from Belfast.

Over the weekend, Anne O’Neill, 51 was indicted for murdering her son Mr O’Neill.

Mrs O’Neill was killed at her parents’ Finaghy home in south Belfast.

Three papers show photos of Mr. O’Neill smiling with the woman he is accused of murdering.

The main story in the Irish News is a plea from a family who fled war-ravaged Syria four years ago to call for the purpose of stopping racist attacks.

Nabeha Arnous and Feras, her husband, have four daughters. They say their home on Iris Street, off the Springfield Road, has been targeted by stone-throwing teenagers within the last eight months.

On one occasion , children entered the house to yell insults, Mrs Arnous says, while in the most recent incident, stones were thrown at it on Friday night.

“I would say please don’t hurt anyone. She asks for an immediate stop to the violence. The Titan Launcher

The headline of the News Letter is “Germany can imprison IRA men so why can’t they?”

Doug Beattie, Ulster Unionist MLA was reacting to the four year sentence given to James Anthony Oliver Corry for a 1996 mortar attack at the UK military barracks.

Mr. Beattie stated that he was “staggered” and “astounded” by the “scandalous” sentence however he praised the German government on being able to persevere in seeking justice through the courts.

He said that the British government should follow suit and stop being weak.

Belfast Telegraph reveals the pace of the planning process.

The newspaper reports that an expert from Scotland has been hired to fix “Belfast’s planning issues”.

Jim Mackinnon has “been parachuted into the city to write a high-level review of the city council’s work after complaints from developers who appear to be dissatisfied with how long it takes city hall to process applications” according to the report.

With winter fast approaching, Christmas decorations are already popping up in many stores.

However, the posters displayed in a building used by groups of dissident republicans in Londonderry – and pictured in the Belfast Telegraph – have been called “obscene” by an DUP MP.

A snowman armed with a rocket launcher and the message “wishing you a joyful Christmas” is in the window of Junior McDaid House in the city, where the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association is headquartered.

Gregory Campbell, DUP’s Gregory Campbell says to the paper that most people view Christmas as a family holiday and republicans are trying to make it synonymous with terrorism.

The Irish News and Daily Mirror both inform that Hazel Stewart, a double murderer, was ordered by the High Court to return insurance money she claimed after killing her husband.

The move that will see her current family home sold, comes after an investigation by the National Crime Agency.

Rarely does a week go by without another auction featuring Titanic memorabilia. But, very few auctions showcase the iceberg that caused the tragedy.

However hundreds upon hundreds of images of the aftermath of the tragedy, some of which show the iceberg, are part an archive which will be auctioned off at the Remarkable Rarities sale in Boston.

Louis M Ogden, a socialite who was on the RMS Carpathia when the tragedy unfolded, snapped the photos.

The Belfast Telegraph also published the story.

For serious dressers This is a fantastic opportunity.

The Belfast Telegraph says that some of Northern Ireland’s most famous landmarks are being recreated in new silk pocket squares.

It’s a joint venture with tailor Christopher Suitor and artist Stephen Whalley.

Images include the Dark Hedges and the Harland and Wolff cranes and Portballintrae.

If your loved ones give you one as a Christmas present, don’t turn your nose to it.