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History may shine light on contradictions of Robinson

Posted By: November 20, 2015

Jim Manley. Irish News(Belfast). Thursday, November 19, 2015 Few observers expressed surprise yesterday when Peter Robinson announced he is stepping down as DUP leader and first minister. At 66, with a recent health scare and an assembly election looming, anybody with half an interest in what passes for politics in the north knew his departure […]

Time Dublin listened to nationalists’ voice

Posted By: November 18, 2015

“In recent years the Irish government has gone too far in the opposite direction. Contrasted with the part Barry, also a Fine Gael minister played,[ Irish Foreign Minister] Charlie Flanagan’s contribution has been feeble and muted….  on the vexed issue of the legacy of the past, which has been the sticking point for some weeks, what has Flanagan said to encourage nationalists that […]

SDLP had no option but to oust McDonnell

Posted By: November 16, 2015

Tom Kelly.Irish News. Monday, November 16, 2015 The SDLP conference is over and there is a new king. In a weekend of carnage and terror, the SDLP membership have convincingly opted for a change of direction. Many moons ago, during another conference,the word came through to the floor of an SDLP closed session of the […]

‘Nelson files’ link British authorities to UDA death squads

Posted By: November 16, 2015

Jim McDowell. Irish Independent. Saturday, November 14, 2015Shock revelations about British army collusion with loyalist paramilitary death squads are set to rock the political institutions in Dublin and London. The fresh information is understood to focus on personal and highly incriminating files compiled by Brian Nelson.He was recruited by British Military Intelligence (BMI) to infiltrate the outlawed Ulster Defence Association at its […]

Anglo-Irish Agreement: deal was crushing blow for unionism

Posted By: November 15, 2015

Alex Kane. Irish Times.Saturday, November 14, 2015.The hall was full. Every chair in the building had been brought in from other rooms, yet there were still dozens of people huddled in the hallway and down the stairs. Someone was trying to rig up a Tannoy system to allow the growing crowd in the car park to listen to what […]

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