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THREAT TO RESIGN LEFT ROBINSON ON THE RUN

Posted By: March 01, 2014

Newton Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Saturday, March 1, 2014 IT is completely implausible that any Stormont party has not suspected for years that there was a backroom deal for IRA on-the-runs. The issue was high on the political agenda between the 2001 Weston Park talks and the failed 2005 on-the-runs bill. After IRA decommissioning, […]

PARTIES’ IGNORANCE REAL CAUSE OF PHONEY CRISIS

Posted By: March 01, 2014

Patrick Murphy. Irish News( Belfast). Saturday, March 1, 2014. THE most surprising thing about “on-the-run-gate” is that so many people were apparently surprised by it. While few were privy to details of the secret negotiations between Sinn Fein and the British government, the existence of a deal was obvious to anyone who has the slightest […]

A Nation once again?

Posted By: February 27, 2014

By Tomás McGoldrick, Ireland Correspondent. The London Economic. Wednesday, February 26, 2014 The recent Vision Critical poll of people in what could be known as ‘rest of the UK’ found that 62 per cent wanted Scotland to stay in the Union and 38 per cent are happy to see Scotland go it alone. It would have been interesting […]

ROBINSON HEDGES THREAT WITH SUFFICIENT WAFFLE

Posted By: February 27, 2014

Brian Feeney. Irish News ( Belfast).Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Peter Robinson’s resignation threat shows what a savage blow the failure of the prosecution of John Downey has dealt to the political process in the north. It’s not only the manner in which Mr. Justice Sweeney rejected the prosecution arguments and the completely incompetent way in […]

SHOULD THE IRISH HAVE A POSITION ON SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE?

Posted By: February 23, 2014

The author finds it odd that Irish nationalists/republicans have stayed silent on “ Scotland’s quest for independence.”   SILENCE ON INDEPENDENCE DEBATE SPEAKS VOLUMES Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast) Saturday, February 22, 2014. FOR a country which spent centuries seeking foreign aid in its struggle for freedom, Ireland is maintaining an embarrassing silence on Scotland’s quest for […]

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