Posted By: November 18, 2014
NOTE : Not too long ago, Queen’s University was a symbol of Catholic disadvantage.Moderate Catholic leaders charged there was a culture of anti-Catholic discrimination at Queen’s. Now, however, this article shows Catholics are making progress in the area of education. by Kevin Mullan. Derry Journal. November 17, 2014 Far more Catholics (2,080) than Protestants (580) […]
Posted By: November 17, 2014
Tom Kelly. Irish News ( Belfast). Monday, November 17, 2014 MARGARET Thatcher liked to say that “power is like being a lady, if you have to tell people you are, you are not”. Beleaguered Labour leader, Ed Miliband must understand that. Nick Clegg does but he has the luxury of knowing that his party has […]
Posted By: November 17, 2014
James O’Shea @irishcentral November 17,2014 04.Shock revelation that British leader Winston Churchill also wanted to visit Ireland.Winston Churchill expressed a strong desire for a united Ireland in 1946 in a meeting with Irish Ambassador to Britain John W Dulanty.This was despite Churchill being infuriated by Ireland’s neutral stance during the Second World War and his hostility towards Irish leader Eamon de Valera.Dulanty’s note on the […]
Posted By: November 16, 2014
NOTE ON THE ARTICLE BELOW:The Birmingham Six case was one of the first big cases that the Irish National Caucus brought to the attention of the U.S. Congress— and the Irish Embassy of that time (1974) tried to demonize us for attempting to free the six innocent victims. We had to battle both the British Embassy and the Irish Embassy. But […]
Posted By: November 16, 2014
Force refuses to say if it used RIPA anti-terror laws to snoop on Northern Ireland journalists The PSNI [ Police Service of Northern ireland] is refusing to state if it used anti-terror legislation to spy on journalists It claimed that detailing its use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act could undermine national security.Last month it emerged […]