Posted By: September 16, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 1963, the 50th. Anniversary of the notorious Ku Klux Kan bombing of the16th. Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four African-American girls were killed in one of the most evil incidents in the Civil Rights struggle. As if to remind the world of similar hatred and racism, the Northern Ireland vesrsion of […]
Posted By: September 14, 2013
Haass’s Herculean task after summer shambles William Scholes. Irish News(Belfast). Thursday, September 13, 2013 AS they sashayed down a New york sidewalk for the television cameras this week, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness cut quite a dash. It wasn’t quite Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse but with a little […]
Posted By: September 13, 2013
Why our future is history unless we deal with past Next week’s roundtable talks chaired by Richard Haass provide the perfect opportunity to grasp the nettle of Troubles legacy issues, writes Patrick Corrigan Belfast Telegraph.Thursday,12 SEPTEMBER 2013 As Richard Haass gets ready to fly in – like a lone US cavalryman coming to rescue our […]
Posted By: September 12, 2013
Note : Irish News columnist explains how he sees the problems facing First Minister, Peter Robinson. ROBINSON BACK FACING AN IRRESISTIBLE FORCE Newt Emerson. Thursday, September 12, 2013 PETER Robinson is back and vowing to fight the next three elections, taking him up to the assembly contest in 2016. But what will he be […]
Posted By: September 11, 2013
BBC.NI. Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Northern Ireland’s first and deputy first ministers are due to have talks with US diplomat Richard Haass later, during their visit to New York. It comes in advance of Dr Haass’s trip to Northern Ireland next week. He is due to chair all-party talks set up to deal with some […]