Posted By: September 12, 2015
CatholicismProgressives and conservatives are in a rare unity welcoming Pope Francis to the US, but anti-Catholicism was rampant before John F Kennedy was presidentRory Carroll in Los Angeles. The Guardian. Saturday 12 September 2015 Congress and the United Nations rolling out their red carpets, nuns working overtime to bake communion hosts, prison inmates carving a walnut throne, tickets for events snapped […]
Posted By: September 11, 2015
Irish News Editorial. Friday, September 11, 2015The first minister steps aside, all but one DUP ministers resign and the Stormont institutions hang by a thread. To call the current political situation an unmitigated shambles would be an understatement.Peter Robinson backed himself into a corner with his ultimatum on Wednesday demanding adjournment or suspension.When Sinn Féin, the […]
Posted By: September 11, 2015
John Manley.Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, September 11, 2015 All the portents indicated that Stormont was doomed and that the DUP would pull the plug on devolution just ahead of the teatime news. But in a move that surprised the pundits and left most of them scratching their heads, Peter Robinson pulled not a rabbit […]
Posted By: September 11, 2015
Resignations create maximum drama but have few practical implications John Manley.Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, September 11, 2015 All the portents indicated that Stormont was doomed and that the DUP would pull the plug on devolution just ahead of the teatime news. But in a move that surprised the pundits and left most of them […]
Posted By: September 11, 2015
Ireland votes in favor of resolution granting observer states the right to fly their flags The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approves a resolution, intended for Palestine, that allows non-member observer states to fly their flags at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Video: Reuters Irish Times. Friday, September 11, 2015 Palestinians overwhelmingly won […]
