Posted By: November 15, 2015
Irish Americans helped settle the conflict in Northern Ireland. Jewish communities could play a similar role for Israel and PalestineJonathan Freedland. The Guardian. Friday, November 13, 2015Diasporas can be trouble. Whether it was the German-Americans who agitated to keep the United States out of the war against Hitler, the Irish-Americans who bankrolled the IRA’s “armed struggle”, or the Cuban-Americans who lobbied to keep […]
Posted By: November 12, 2015
Allison Morris. Irish News(Belfast). Thursday, November 12, 2015Any British soldiers convicted in relation to the Bloody Sunday murders would have to serve their sentence in full due to a legal anomaly.The loophole under Good Friday Agreement legislation means that Troubles-related offences committed before August 1973 are not eligible for early release after two years.The legislation only covers […]
Posted By: November 11, 2015
Brian Feeney. IrishNews(Belfast).Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Now that Gerry Adams has returned safely from the $500 a plate Friends of Sinn Féin fundraising dinner in New York the British and Irish governments can sign off on the deal that’s been on the table since last week. Will it be today, tomorrow or Friday? It doesn’t […]
Posted By: November 10, 2015
Irish News(Belfast). Tuesday,November 10, 2015 Relatives of 10 people shot dead by British soldiers in Ballymurphy in 1971 have called for a Hillsborough-style inquiry A call for a Hillsborough-style investigation into the Ballymurphy shootings by British soldiers has been rejected by the assembly.MLAs voted by 48-44 against Sinn Féin’s motion.It requested Secretary of State Theresa Villiers join the Irish government […]
Posted By: November 10, 2015
DUBLIN ORANGE ORDER ON 1916 RISING John Monaghan. Irish News(Belfast). Tuesday, November 10, 2015 THE Orange Order has been accused of “seeking to distort” the Easter Rising after a Dublin lodge described it as a rebellion aimed at replacing peace with “rape and murder of life and property”.The comments were made hours after the order held […]
