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Fermanagh priest on partition problem

Posted By: October 31, 2014

 “On this day: October 1945.” Edited by Eamon PhoenixIrish News.  Thursday, October 30, 2014IN an article in The Irish News on this day, the Rev Thomas Maguire, parish priest of Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh, stressed the need for a united Nationalist front to oppose Partition. Monaghan-born Fr Maguire had emerged by the 1930s as a vocal opponent of Partition and supporter of de Valera. By the early […]

Peter Hain says David Cameron ‘not engaged enough’ with Northern Ireland

Posted By: October 30, 2014

BBC.NI. October 29, 2014   A former Northern Ireland Secretary has accused the prime minister of not engaging “closely or energetically enough” with Stormont politicians. Labour’s Peter Hain said “constant care and attention” by David Cameron was needed. Talks aimed at resolving difficulties among the five parties in the devolved government are under way in […]

John Kerry sends ‘fellow would-be president’ to Northern Ireland

Posted By: October 25, 2014

 Simon Carswell. Irish Times. Saturday, October 25,2014 Gary Hart, the former US senator and two-time contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, is the latest in a long line of high-profile former politicians tapped by the US’s State Department to help bring long-eluded peace to a troubled part of the world. On Tuesday secretary of state […]

LET EX-PRISONERS PRODUCE SHOPPING LIST OF SOLUTIONS

Posted By: October 24, 2014

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALWAYS REINTEGRATED THEIR PRISONERS WITHOUT GOVERNMENTAL HELP. UNIONISTS REFUSE TO FORGIVE – SO REINTEGRATION HAS BARELY STARTED Briege Gadd. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, October 24, 2014 EDDIE Kinner is a released life sentenced loyalist ex-prisoner. What he said just after the loyalist ceasefires 20 years ago was recalled on a news programme […]

Caucus Applauds Gary Hart Appointment

Posted By: October 23, 2014

Capitol Hill. Wednesday, October 22, 2014 — Irish-Americans greatly wecome the appointment of former U.S. Senator Gary Hart as Special Envoy to Northern Ireland. Fr. Sean Mc Manus— president of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus— said : “ Gary Hart is no johnny-come-lately.He has a long standing and deep interest in Irish  justice and […]

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