Posted By: March 22, 2016
Painting was bought sight unseen by Stormont in the 1930s By Adrian Rutherford. Belfast Telegraph. March 21, 2016The painting by Dutch artist Pieter van der MeulenA painting said to show the arrival of King William III in Ireland should be more prominently displayed at Stormont, a nationalist MLA has said.The historic but deeply controversial work by Dutch […]
Posted By: March 21, 2016
Don’t worry. Be happy. Welcome to Crossmaglen. Joe Brolly. INDEPENDENT.IE. SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2013 That is the slogan painted on the entrance to the British Army barracks which greeted the new recruits as they were choppered into the village during the Troubles. To this day, Crossmaglen is a place shrouded in mystique.Like the tiny Gallic hamlet in Asterix […]
Posted By: March 19, 2016
OK TO BURN CATHOLICS— AND TO GET FUNDING FOR IT. IMAGINE IF WHITE RACISTS WERE LYNCHING PRESIDENT OBAMA IN EFFIGY… IMAGINE THE LEGITIMATE OUTCRY. NOW IMAGINE IF A LOCAL TOWN WERE ACTUALLY FUNDING THE EFFIGY LYNCHING. WELL, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN NORTHERN IRLEAND. OVER THERE, “ BURNING CATHOLICS IN EFFIGY” IS […]
Posted By: March 19, 2016
THE IRISH NEWS – Saturday 19 March 2016 Connla Young. Irish News (Belfast).Staturday, March 19, 2016 Assembly member Dolores Kelly has welcomed a decision by the Parades Commission to restrict an Apprentice Boys parade on Easter Monday The Parades Commission has banned an Apprentice Boys parade from passing close to a nationalist area of Lurgan […]
Posted By: March 17, 2016
“That said I was still disappointed at Arlene Foster’s comments during her party’s spring conference when she whipped up fear at the prospect of a Sinn Féin first minister if people didn’t vote for the DUP.Somewhat naively I thought we’d see a different style of leadership from the doomsday scenario politics we’d come to expect during the final years of Peter Robinson’s tenure.While no one expects […]
