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MI6 planted spies in Irish bars during Troubles

Posted By: June 27, 2014

Robert Mulhern. Irish Post ( London). June 26, 2014 UNDERCOVER British agents masqueraded as bar staff in Irish pubs across Britain to gather information during the Troubles, security sources have suggested. Former officers on both sides of the water claim in some cases the spies went ‘deep undercover’, penetrating Irish communities in emigrant heartlands throughout […]

Seanad exchanges over claim Government slow to act on British ‘miscarriages of justice’

Posted By: June 27, 2014

Michael O’Regan. IRISH TIMES.Thursday, June 26, 2014, 22:39 A claim by Fianna Fáil Senator Mark Daly that the Government was not doing enough to confront the British government on miscarriages of justice led to heated exchanges in the Seanad. Mr Daly said miscarriages of justice against Irish citizens and the State continued. “What are the […]

Murdered Catholic RUC officer ‘could have been saved’

Posted By: June 27, 2014

  Ombudsman says officers knew of plot to kill Sgt Joseph Campbell but did not warn him Dr Michael Maguire found senior RUC officers were aware of a specific threat to murder Sgt Joseph Campbell but failed to warn him and did not pass this information to the detectives who investigated his murder. Gerry Moriarty. Irish […]

SINN FÉIN – THE MONARCHIST PARTY

Posted By: June 26, 2014

Newton Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, June 26,2014.    IF YOU wanted to be cheeky, you could say Sinn Féin has always been a monarchist party. The original Sinn Féin, founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905, sought an independent kingdom of Ireland under a shared crown with Britain. After the Easter Rising the party […]

Peace Process

Posted By: June 24, 2014

Patrick Counihan @irishcentral June 24,2014 04:00 AM Sinn Fein leader Martin McGuinness urges caution before centenary commemoration invite is issued.Photo by: Google Images Martin McGuinness has held a historic one-on-one meeting with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in Belfast – and praised her role in the peace process.   Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister met the English monarch for 10 […]

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