Posted By: August 30, 2014
Government disengagement from NI / Venn diagram by @StormontCircles By Steven McCaffery.TheDetail.August 29, 2014 On the 20th anniversary of the IRA ceasefire, it’s interesting to wonder if the current British and Irish governments could have delivered an end to the Troubles if they’d been in power in 1994?On the basis of their stewardship of this calmer phase of history, […]
Posted By: August 29, 2014
HOW THE CAUCUS MAC BRIDE CAMPAIGN SCARED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT Further proof of the effectiveness our Mac Bride Principles Campaign — and how it scared the British Government, as revealed by declassified, official British Government documents in this Irish Times article. Notice how the British Government lumped the Irish National Caucus with Noraid — though the […]
Posted By: August 29, 2014
Taoiseach should emulate Albert Reynolds and act on North Gerry AdamsIRISH TIMES. Friday, August 29, 2014, 06:12This week marks the 20th anniversary of the 1994 IRA cessation. The Ireland of the early 1990s was a very different place. Political censorship and exclusion was the norm. Successive Irish governments worked with British governments in pursuing a negative agenda […]
Posted By: August 28, 2014
‘By Vincent Kearney BBC News NI , Wednesday, August 27, 2014 The Belfast Telegraph headline on the day of the IRA ceasefire in 1994 1994: IRA declares ‘complete’ ceasefire Priest played ‘vital role’ for peace. The statement was written in neat, small handwriting on a tiny sheet of paper. I had been met by a […]
Posted By: August 28, 2014
\ James ‘Jimmy’ Nesbitt was a Detective Chief Inspector Ivan Little. Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, august 27, 2014 He was a detective of the old school, an instinctive and skillful RUC man who was hell-bent on catching the most brutal killers in Northern Ireland and putting them behind bars. And Jimmy Nesbitt, who tracked down most […]