Posted By: January 13, 2014
Did the notorious racist Governor George Wallace have a true conversion? Did he really believe those terrible things about African-Americans, or did he just use those things to come to power? The same question now arises about the new look to Rev. Ian Paisley. Did he really believe the poisonous and venemous things he said […]
Posted By: January 13, 2014
Dan Keenan. Irish Times( Dublin) Monday, January 13, 2014 Pessimism is a normal default position for many commentators in reference to Northern Ireland. And it is no different when it comes to the combined efforts of Richard Haass and Meghan O’Sullivan to find a way forward on parades, flag-flying and how to contend with the Troubles legacy. The former US […]
Posted By: January 13, 2014
The resigned laugh that says Dr Haass isn’t coming back… Richard Haass laughs off prospect of returning to Belfast during his interview for BBC BY NOEL MCADAM . Belfast Telegraph. January 11, 2014 Richard Haass laughed loud – and just a little too long – when asked if he might come back to Northern Ireland to chair […]
Posted By: January 13, 2014
Niall O Sullivan. Irish Post ( London). December 16, 2013 THE SCOTTISH media has been accused of ignoring the “poison” of anti-Irish racism by a woman who suffered months of vicious abuse. Glasgow-based journalist Angela Haggerty said she was appalled by the failure of Scottish media outlets to report that a bigoted podcast host who branded her “Taig […]
Posted By: January 13, 2014
BBC Northern Ireland. December 28, 2013 Shorts proposed opening a factory in west Belfast NI 1983/1984 state papers A proposal from east Belfast aircraft factory Shorts for the development of a west Belfast plant in 1984 was blocked by the British government, newly released state papers reveal. The plan was strongly supported […]