Blog

Edwin Poots using language of the past

Posted By: October 15, 2015

POISONOUS SECTARIANISM AND UGLY ANTI-CATHOLIC BIGOTRY     Irish News Editorial(Belfast). Friday,  October 9,  2015 Anyone watching Edwin Poots’s “stench” outburst on Wednesday night will surely wonder how on earth we can build a society based on equality and respect in the midst of such a poisonous political atmosphere.It was perhaps not just what the former health minister said […]

Latest initiative won’t fix fractured loyalism

Posted By: October 15, 2015

Allison Morris. Irish News (Belfast).Thursday, October 15, 2015As Jonathan Powell continued to smile while straining his ears to understand my west Belfast accent as I put a question to him regarding the new loyalist unity initiative this week, I realised he was that unusual thing in politics, a half glass full type of person.Tony Blair’s former […]

Irish American lobby chief says victims legislation was shelved because of pressure from U.S.

Posted By: October 13, 2015

Fr Sean McManus, President of the Irish National Caucus.Eamon Sweeney. Derry Journal.Tuesday, October 13, 2015The President of a powerful Irish American lobby group in Washington D.C. says proposed legislation on dealing with past in Northern Ireland was shelved by the British Government because it became known the issue was to be made the subject of a United States Congressional hearing.Reacting to […]

Controversial bill on past delayed amid concerns

Posted By: October 13, 2015

The  Stormont House Agrreement bill has been held up because of strong objections— and because   the Irish National Caucus was briefing the US Congress about the bill’s serious flaws. Fr. Sean Mc Manus — President of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus— said :” I congratulate the few brave souls in Northern Ireland for […]

Admirable aim unachievable

Posted By: October 13, 2015

 Allison Morris. Irish News (Belfast).Tuesday, October 13, 2015AS loyalist leaders prepare to gather to announce details of a new conflict resolution initiative today one of the most remarkable aspects will not be what they say, but, that they’re all together under one roof.Militant loyalism is more fractured than it has been at any time in history and […]

Page 15 of 68« First...10...1314151617...203040...Last »