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Frustrated factions in the land of nationalist fallouts

Posted By: April 25, 2016

John Manley. Irish News ( Belfast). Monday, april25, 2016 Politics in West Tyrone has been compared to Westeros, the fictional land in Game of Thrones where ambition, recrimination and rivalry are life’s driving forces.The comparison is at its most pointed when it comes to the SDLP, which has been in various states of turmoil in the constituency for at least a decade.In […]

Last words of Pearse are a challenge for generations

Posted By: April 25, 2016

Ed Carty. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, April 25, 2016One of Ireland’s most senior clergymen has said the last words of Padraig Pearse should be a challenge to every generation.As thousands turned out across the country to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising, President Michael D Higgins led the annual inter-faith commemorations at Arbour Hill in Dublin.A wreath in honour […]

The Rising’s republic still not attained

Posted By: April 25, 2016

Echo Opinion   (April20-26,2016) OP-ED Fr. Sean Mc Manus Letters@irishecho.com The Irish Republic, heroically declared in 1916 is not, of course, to be confused with, or to­tally identified with, the current “Irish Republic England’s response to the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic was to brutally execute (i.e. ju­dicial murder) the Seven Signatories of the […]

Journalist who wrote definitive book on Hunger Strike dies at 68

Posted By: April 23, 2016

Connla Young, Irish News( Belfast). Saturday, April 23, 2016 FORMER IRELAND CORRESPONDENT: Award-winning journalist David Beresford has died in South Africa Picture: The GuardianAn award-winning journalist credited with writing the definitive account of the 1981 Hunger Strike has died in South Africa.David Beresford (68) died in his Johannesburg home yesterday.Mr Beresford worked for the Guardian newspaper and was their Ireland correspondent during the […]

Micheál has Sinn Féin in his electoral sights

Posted By: April 23, 2016

Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, April 23, 2016There has been a minor outbreak of Irish history. For the first time in about 45 years a senior Dáil politician has criticised the Stormont government.Indeed, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin did not just criticize Stormont, he attacked its performance last weekend in a manner rarely seen since de Valera said that partition was an […]

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