Posted By: September 28, 2015
Tom Kelly. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, September 28, 2015 NO APOLOGIES: SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell isn’t the first politician unable to say sorry WHAT is it about Northern Ireland politicians that the word ‘sorry’ seems to stick in their craws?A few weeks ago, gatekeeper and acting first minister Arlene Foster made remarks that jarred with many people in Northern […]
Posted By: September 27, 2015
Conor Lally . Irish Times. Saturday, September 26, 2015. “It was hugely significant, we all fell silent. One of the [(IRA)]men handed over a last gun, ceremoniously, to the general. Fr Alec whispered in my ear, ‘that’s the last gun out of Irish politics’. “He’s gone now and he’d worked in the shadows for a […]
Posted By: September 26, 2015
Irish News( Belfast). Saturday, September 26, 2015ALASDAIR McDonnell accusing the DUP of sectarianism drew criticism yesterday but it’s not the first time concerns have been raised over the party’s relationship with Catholics.It was only a year ago that a survey of DUP members showed three-quarters would oppose a relative marrying a Catholic.More members of the north’s largest political […]
Posted By: September 26, 2015
Conor Lally . Irish Times. Saturday, September 26, 2015. “It was hugely significant, we all fell silent. One of the [(IRA)]men handed over a last gun, ceremoniously, to the general. Fr Alec whispered in my ear, ‘that’s the last gun out of Irish politics’. “He’s gone now and he’d worked in the shadows for a long time. But that […]
Posted By: September 26, 2015
Irish News(Belfast). Monday, September 21, 2015A man wrongly jailed over the Birmingham pub bombings has thrown his weight behind a campaign for a fresh inquest.Twenty one people were killed and 182 injured when the IRA bombs exploded in two city centre pubs on November 21 1974.Paddy Hill and five others – the Birmingham Six – were released […]