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Things, it seems, don’t go better with a coalition

Posted By: April 11, 2016

Deaglan de Breadun column. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, April 11, 2016 THE battle between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is comparable to the rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi, and has been going on almost as long. At times people have been asked to wear a blindfold before sampling the two soft drink products, to see […]

Twaddell 1,000th day rally hears Parades Commission “muppets” blasted

Posted By: April 08, 2016

Protesting for 1,000 days to march through Catholic areas, where they are not wanted. Why do middle-age men insist on doing this? What point are they trying to make? The Irish National Caucus would be the first to oppose attempts by Nationalists/Republicans to march through all Protestant/Unionist areas. We would see it as an attempt […]

SDLP’s shameful failure to acknowledge centenary of Rising

Posted By: April 04, 2016

Patrick Fahy. Letters. Irish News (Belfast).Monday April 4, 2016 Over the Easter period nationalist parties of all hues, and throughout Ireland north and south, have been commemorating the Easter Rising of 1916. In our own village of Drumquin, the local community held a most enjoyable event. A specially commissioned commemorative stone was unveiled, wreaths were laid in memory of those who gave their […]

Arlene Foster: Why I did not go to the Dublin centenary event

Posted By: April 03, 2016

While many Irish Nationalists and Republicans are trying to say positive things about the British-Unionist tradition, Arlene Foster, First Minister of Northern Ireland, cannot  bring herself to say one decent, respectful word about the  men and women of the 1916 Easter Rising— an event universally admired across the world. In her article below, Ms Foster totally […]

A US soldier singing a Wolfe Tones’ song in Afghanistan has caused a bit of a stir online

Posted By: April 02, 2016

Click the link below. A US soldier singing a Wolfe Tones’ song in Afghanistan has caused a bit of a stir online

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