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Drumcree hasn’t been forgotten, say Orangemen

Posted By: July 04, 2015

Portadown Orangemen marked 6,000 days of their protest at Drumcree on last JulyIrish News( Belfast). Saturday, July 4, 2015Orangemen will hold their annual Drumcree parade tomorrow – and will be blocked from completing their walk once again, just as has happened each year since 1998.The parade was at one time the focal point of Province-wide anger and disorder, as Orangemen pressed to complete […]

THE economic crisis in Greece is likely to be the most significant European influence on internal Irish politics, north and south, since the Spanish civil war (1936-39).

Posted By: July 04, 2015

Patrick Murphy. Irish News. ( Belfast). Saturday, July 4, 2015 PATRICK MURPHY SATURDAY COLUMN KC NEWS The result of tomorrow’s Greek referendum will impact on Irish political opinion and it will likely shape election manifestos on both sides of the border. Like the Spanish civil war, events in Greece will foster a new emphasis in […]

RTE and the Angelus: Daily bells still chime with me

Posted By: July 02, 2015

Paul Hopkins. Belfast Telegraph. July 1, 2015   RTE’s broadcasting of the Angelus has been described as an anachronism; a throwback to the confessional Ireland of the mid-20th century. But Paul Hopkins finds the simple, quiet minute a day allows him time to reflect and take stock I bet God doesn’t stop eating his tea […]

Graffiti warns Catholics to stay away

Posted By: July 01, 2015

CONNLA YOUNG. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, July 1. 2015. SECTARIAN graffiti warning Catholics to stay out of loyalist areas has appeared on walls across east Belfast.The sinister development came as interface tensions continue to rise ahead of the annual Marching Season.Nationalists claim that flares and other missiles were hurled at Catholic-owned homes in the Bryson Street and […]

Fallout from Greek referendum will impact on the Republic’s election poll

Posted By: July 01, 2015

Brian Feeney. Irish News( Belfast). Wednesday, July 1, 2015 MUCH excitement in the southern media about Sinn Féin being down three per cent in a Red C poll at the weekend. Then of course there would be much excitement because the southern media are unanimous in their hostility to Sinn Féin and grasp at any […]

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