Posted By: February 14, 2016
Niall O’Dowd @niallodowd February 12,2016 12:43 AMDonald Trump shows his colors again in comments about Pope Francis’ trip to Mexico.Donald Trump’s anti-Catholic comments about the Pope on Thursday were no accident.Trump never speaks without knowing the impact of his words, despite his sometimes careless demeanor.He has dragged anti-Catholic and anti-papal rhetoric into an election for the first time […]
Posted By: February 13, 2016
Connla Young. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, February 13, 2016Relatives of those shot dead by soldiers in Ballymurphy in 1971 were among those who met the Lord Chief Justice in Belfast yesterday. Patrick McVeigh was killed by an MRF patrol who claimed he was holding a weapon. Forensic tests were negative and his family have been fighting for 40 years to clear his name…The north’s […]
Posted By: February 13, 2016
Connla Young. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday 13 February 2016SECRETARY of State Theresa Villiers has been accused of being insensitive following remarks made about the Loughinisland massacre.Emma Rogan hit out after Ms Villiers said RUC officers and British soldiers had no direct involvement when the UVF shot dead six people in a bar in the Co Down village in 1994.The […]
Posted By: February 13, 2016
John Manley.Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, February 13, 2016.There’s nothing new in trying to redress Ireland’s aversion to trees but Ireland was once covered in forest but now trees cover little over one per cent of the landJohn Manley believes there’s still some way to go…AS somebody who could loosely be described as a ‘treehugger’, the idea of not liking trees is anathema […]
Posted By: February 12, 2016
Northern Secretary says UK government would not ‘misuse its powers’Gerry Moriarty. Irish Times. Thursday, February 11, 2016Britain’s Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said ‘full disclosure’ would be provided to the HIU so that it could fully investigate killings. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/ReutersNorthern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has stated that the British government and its agencies would provide “full disclosure” to a proposed new body charged […]
