Posted By: March 16, 2014
CAPITOL HILL. Saturday, March 15, 2014 — This week everybody has been speaking about the Irish peace process: President Obama, VP Joe Biden, Richard Haass, Members of Congress, etc. etc. First and Deputy First Ministers for Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson and Martin Mc Guinness were pledging that despite difficulties they were determined never to return […]
Posted By: March 14, 2014
The veteran politician Tony Benn died at home today at the age of 88, his family said in a statement. Picture by Andy Butterton/PA Wire Belfast Telegraph. MICHAEL MCHUGH – 14 MARCH 2014 Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has described Tony Benn as a true friend of the Irish people following his support for a united Ireland. His republicanism and dealings with […]
Posted By: March 13, 2014
Asbury Park PressMar. 13, 2014 Written by Malia Rulon Herman @mrulon WASHINGTON — A Red Bank man said Tuesday that, decades after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting in Northern Ireland in 1972, he still wants answers. >“These people carried out heinous crimes in Ireland and something has to be done,” Eugene Devlin of […]
Posted By: March 13, 2014
Richard Haass warned that “the passage of time will not by itself heal Northern Ireland’s society”. Photo: PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images By Raf Sanchez, Washington TELEGRAPH. 12 Mar 20142 Comments Northern Ireland’s path to peace and prosperity is far from assured and violence is likely to return unless its political factions are able to deliver progress, the former US peace envoy has warned. Dr […]
Posted By: March 13, 2014
Dr Richard Haass mark.rainey@newsletter.co.uk NEWS LETTER ( Belfast).13March 2014 Unionists have urged an influential Congressional committee in Washington to hear their side of the story following the failure of the Haass talks on political progress. Earlier this week, politicians on Capitol Hill heard briefings from those affected by loyalist and state violence, Amnesty International and the former police ombudsman for Northern […]