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Brian John Spencer. May 29, 2014. EamonnMallie.com Blog It would have been hypocritical for Peter Robinson not to have backed Pastor McConnell. He’s right at home. If people are shocked, it just shows how the DUP has conned people. It’s not a reformist, post-Troubles party; it’s a Cold-war era free Presbyterian sect that passes for a political […]
Posted By: May 30, 2014
Mick Fealty Slugger O’ Toole. Thursday, 29 May 2014, 5:01pm 39 I get the feeling Trevor has been itching to say something like this for a while. Here’s the presser from the Northern Ireland Conservatives’ Trevor Ringland on the First Minister’s queasy defence of Pastor Jack McConnell’s remarks on Muslims: “The DUP can present […]
Posted By: May 30, 2014
Amnesty International condemns Peter Robinson’s intervention as police investigate preacher’s remarks to Belfast congregation Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent theguardian.com, Wednesday May 28, 2014 Peter Robinson, first minister of Northern Ireland, sometimes attends James McConnell’s mega-church on the shores of Belfast Lough. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Amnesty International has accused Northern Ireland’s first minister, Peter Robinson, of letting down the victims of racist attacks […]
Posted By: May 30, 2014
Dr Khalid Khan: Senior plastic surgeon, originally from Pakistan Dr Khan did much of the reconstructive work on survivors of the Omagh bomb, and when he got a new job outside Northern Ireland in 2000 there was a petition for him to return. “I came back from Nottingham after five or six months,” he said. “This […]
Posted By: May 30, 2014
Fears over NHS workers and foreign investment as bid to defuse row fails BY LIAM CLARKE . Belfast Telegraph. Friday, MAY 30, 2014 One of Northern Ireland’s most senior surgeons has warned that Muslim doctors may leave the health service here as the row over Peter Robinson’s comments about Islam deepens. And as anger grows over his remarks, […]