Posted By: October 21, 2015
Allison Morris.Irish News( Belfast). Wednesday, October 21, 2015 The government-ordered assessment of paramilitary activity was a masterclass in stating the obvious. That the UDA is fragmented and some areas continue to be involved in violence is hardly shocking news. That the UVF leadership has only ‘limited control over its membership’ and in some cases is […]
Posted By: October 20, 2015
Seoul/Washington. October 15, 2015. The World Peace Prize Awarding Council (WPPAC) has announced that Richard L. Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, is to receive its World Peace Prize-Top Honor on February 3, 2016. The Seoul, South Korea-based Founder and Master Planner of the World Peace Prize, Rev. Dr. Han Min Su, said: “Our Washington office, […]
Posted By: October 20, 2015
BBC. NI. October 20, 2015 The IRA’s ruling body, the ‘army council’ still exists, but has a “wholly political focus”, the Northern Ireland secretary has said. Theresa Villiers was detailing the findings of an official assessment of paramilitary activity in NI. Following her statement, the DUP said its ministers who resigned from Stormont would now […]
Posted By: October 20, 2015
Less than 30% of applications to the PSNI are from nationalists Deborah McAleese. Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, October 20, 2015 The PSNI may have to consider reintroduction of the controversial 50-50 recruitment policy as the organization struggles to attract new Catholic officers.Police figures show that, worryingly, Catholics are greatly under-represented at recruitment level, with less than 30% of […]
Posted By: October 19, 2015
Tom Kelly, Irish News, Monday, 19, 2015ONE of the most successful aspects of our so-called peace process is that has almost become an industry of its own as legions of former politicians, civil servants, peaceniks, community activists, prisoners and combatants traverse the world to share the Northern Ireland experience.Like a group of navvies on a tea break […]
