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Failure to reach Northern Ireland deal ‘disappointing’

Posted By: December 31, 2013

Gerry Moriarty, Kilian Doyle Irish Times ( Dublin). Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 13:42 Taoiseach Enda Kenny and British prime minister David Cameron have described the failure of Northern Ireland’s political parties to reach agreement on issues surrounding the past, parades and flags as “disappointing”. US diplomat Dr Richard Haass and his colleague Professor Meghan O’Sullivan were returning to the United […]

Human Rights Key to Haass Talks Success

Posted By: December 29, 2013

Relatives For Justice . December 29th, 2013 As the talks chaired by Dr. Haass and Prof. O’Sullivan draw to a conclusion many victims and survivors genuinely wish the process well and that an outcome can be arrived at that properly addresses for them core issues affecting their everyday lives.   The hopes of many are pinned […]

Group seeks to apply N. Ireland lessons in Israel

Posted By: December 25, 2013

Washington Jewish Week. Monday, December 23, 2013 By Eric Hal Schwartz. Staff Writer There are plenty of American companies and dollars invested into Israel and the Palestinian territories, but an American organization called the Holy Land Principles has launched a new campaign to get Cisco and its subsidiaries to sign on to an agreement to follow the same kind of fair […]

LACK OF POLITICAL HONESTY FUELLING DISSIDENTS’ FIRE

Posted By: December 21, 2013

Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, December 21, 2013 THERE is something inconsistent and maybe even a bit dishonest about our politicians’ condemnation of current republican violence. As they grapple with the conceptual rigors of designing a new flag (how about a single piece of cloth with a different flag on each side?) their comments […]

Law of Unintended Consequences.

Posted By: December 18, 2013

The Belfast columnist casts a weary eye over the Wee North. LEARNING TO LIVE WITH UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belfast). Saturday,November 23, 2013 SHOULD paramilitary murals carry a health warning? You might think of including a phrase such as “Sectarianism kills”, “What about social and economic issues?” or even “Catch yourselves on”. Any of these […]

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