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Oxford Chancellor talking nonsense about 9/11 and Northern Ireland

Posted By: June 04, 2015

Patrick Roberts @irishcentral June 4, 2015 + Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The notion that Britain would not have overreacted to a 9/11 in their own country like the US apparently did is being peddled by the Irish-born, new Oxford University Vice Chancellor Professor, Louise Richardson. It is poppycock, as the Brits […]

Man injured in bookies massacre tells of hearing news of murder rifle in museum

Posted By: June 04, 2015

By Gemma Burns . Belfast Media Group. Thursday, June 4, 2015   A Belfast man shot and injured in the Sean Graham’s massacre has described the moment when families were told the murder weapon was on display in a British museum. Mark Sykes, who was shot in the attack that killed his teenage brother-in-law Peter […]

OLD-FASHIONED TRIBAL POLITICS EMBARRASSING

Posted By: June 03, 2015

Brian Feeney. Irish News( Belfast). Wednesday, June 3, 2015   YOU know the cliché that doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity? That may be a reason why people here are finding something more interesting to do instead of voting in elections. The difference is […]

FLORIDA SENATE POLLED ON ANTI-IRISH AND ANTI-CATHOLIC ATTITUDE

Posted By: June 02, 2015

                Fallout from Mac Bride Principles repealCapitol Hill. JUNE 2, 2015— Florida’s repeal of the Mac Bride Principles legislation, passed in 1988, continues to cause political waves and provoke strong emotions.Governor Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 7024,which repealed Mac Bride  on May 21, 2015Florida’s action shocked and outraged Irish-Americans […]

Call to end bar on Catholic monarch

Posted By: June 01, 2015

CHRIS MARSHALL. The Scotsman.Friday, May 29,  2015 CENTURIES-old legislation which prevents there being a Catholic monarch is continuing to foster division and should be scrapped, a major report into sectarianism in Scotland has concluded.The Scottish Government-commissioned study said the 1701 Act of Settlement was evidence for some of the state “harbouring implicit and unacknowledged sectarianism”.Changes to the succession laws in 2011 gave sons and daughters […]

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