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UNIONISTS PURSUING AN EXERCISE IN STUPIDITY

Posted By: January 15, 2014

  ” Most despicable of all, it’s designed to act as cover for the real reason Unionists won’t sign up to Haass and that is a refusal to accept the rule of law applying to flags, emblems and parades, the last visible vestiges of Unionism’s resistance to the concept of living on equal terms with the rest of the people on this […]

“ What an old horror …vanity has always been his main motivation…”

Posted By: January 14, 2014

FEEBLE LEADERSHIP LOGICAL OUTCOME OF PAISLEY YEARS Fionnuala O’ Connor. irish News ( Belfast). Tuesday, Jauary 14, 2014 WHEN something breaks the monotony of today’s sludge-treading politics, not to mention two shockers in short order, the effects take a bit of absorbing. First Richard Haass, invited in by Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness supposedly to bring sweet amity, broke […]

Dr McAreavey: Haass a missed opportunity

Posted By: January 14, 2014

Irish News ( Belfast). Monday, January 13, 2014   A SENIOR Catholic cleric has described the failure to reach compromise at the Haass talks as a missed opportunity. Bishop of Down and Dromore John McAreavey urged parties to sustain the momentum generated in recent weeks to strike a deal. Efforts to agree on a final […]

‘Father’ of civil rights movement dies

Posted By: January 14, 2014

Irish News.( Belfast).December 17, 013 John Manley Political Reporter THE man described as the “father and inspiration” for the north’s civil rights movement has died in Dublin. Co Down-born Dr Conn McCluskey died yesterday morning, aged 99. A general practitioner by profession, Dr McCluskey and his late wife Patricia were key figures in the 1960s campaign […]

Dr McAreavey: Haass a missed opportunity

Posted By: January 13, 2014

Irish News ( Belfast). Monday, January 13, 2014 A SENIOR Catholic cleric has described the failure to reach compromise at the Haass talks as a missed opportunity. Bishop of Down and Dromore John McAreavey urged parties to sustain the momentum generated in recent weeks to strike a deal. Efforts to agree on a final draft […]

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