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Taoiseach Kenny: No Interest in The North

Posted By: August 30, 2014

A version of this article,”Kenny is showing no interest in North,” appeared in the Irish Echo, August 27-September 2, 2014.  p.15.   Some years ago, but well into the Irish peace-process, I met with the late Fr. Alec Reid, a key player in the peace-process. At short notice, he travelled from Dublin by train to meet […]

TAKE HART – POLITICS IN NORTH IS VERY COLOURFUL

Posted By: August 30, 2014

Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belfast). Sathurday, August 30, 2014 DEAR Senator Gary Hart, Your fellow American, Richard Haass, left here disillusioned and in despair. We think he over-complicated things, so we have written this simple guide to help you understand politics and society here. We hope you find it useful. So welcome to wherever […]

The peace process is going round in ever decreasing circles

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, […]

HOW THE CAUCUS MAC BRIDE CAMPAIGN SCARED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

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 […]

20 TH ANNIVERSARY OF IRA CEASEFIRE

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 […]

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