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Files refer to ex-IRA Chief’s work rules and their use in NI

Posted By: January 12, 2015

THE MORE TIME GOES BY, THE MORE WE SEE HOW PIVOTAL THE MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN. These new files,  from the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development,  were released under the 20/30 year rule .    Kevin Mullan Londonderry Sentinel.10 January, 2015 Amongst the files released under the 20/30 year rule is correspondence relating to the application of the MacBride […]

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RISING TIDE OF ROWS OVER 1916 EVENTS

Posted By: January 11, 2015

Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belfast). Saturday, January 10, 2015 OH GOOD, it looks like we are going to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising by having a huge row. How very appropriate. The row stems from conflicting interpretations of the Rising’s attempt to shape modern Ireland. The writings of Pearse and Connolly (and […]

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DOOR HAS BEEN OPENED TO SHED LIGHT ON PAST

Posted By: January 08, 2015

Jim Gibney. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, January 8, 2015 FOR the first time since the conflict in the north broke out in the mid-1960s and after decades of campaigning, a door has been opened to the past which potentially should allow the truth to be known for the relatives of those bereaved in the […]

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LATEST DEAL NOT PERFECT BUT IT COULD BE WORSE

Posted By: January 08, 2015

Newton Emerson. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, January 8, 2015 DUP staffer and north Belfast councillor Lee Reynolds has written a fascinating blog on the Haass talks, which he observed at close quarters as his party’s note-taker. Reynolds blames the failure one year ago mainly on Haass himself, accusing the US diplomat of growing bored with […]

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DUP LEFT RED-FACED BY GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST

Posted By: January 07, 2015

Allison Morris. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, January 7, 2015 IT has become an annual tradition: just as the last of the leftovers are fed to a grateful dog, the declassified government files are released giving a glimpse of a not so bygone time, a time when Paisley was still rabble rousing and Adams was […]

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