Posted By: June 24, 2016
CAPITOL HILL. Friday, July 24, 2016—— The president of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus has reacted in horror of having to see again the visible manifestations of the British-imposed Border that partitions Ireland. That is one inevitable consequence of the UK voting to leave the EU. Fr. Sean Mc Manus— a native of Northern […]
Posted By: June 23, 2016
John Monaghan.Irish News (Belfast).Thursday, June, 23, 2016Thomas Mair penned the letters to a pro-apartheid magazine in 1991THE man accused of the murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox wrote letters to a pro-apartheid magazine bemoaning the killings of two prominent loyalists.The letters, penned by Thomas Mair, appeared in the South African Patriot in Exile publication in 1991 and refer […]
Posted By: June 23, 2016
Irish News (Belfast). Editorial. Thursday, June 23, 2016 . The politicians, campaign groups and leading figures in business, sport and the arts have had their say.Now it is up to the voters to decide if the UK remains part of the European Union or chooses to leave and strike out alone.It is a momentous decision […]
Posted By: June 23, 2016
Martin McGuinness is Deputy First Minister of Northern IrelandIrish Times. Thursday, June 23, 2016 ‘Recent estimates put the cost of Brexit to the Northern economy at €1 billion per annum’Sinn Féin is an Irish republican party. Our core values are those of sovereignty and equality. We are an all-Ireland party. We are the only party with MEPs elected […]
Posted By: June 23, 2016
John Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, June 23, 2016The Executive Office’s appointment of a sole woman to the 15-strong commission for flags and identity is bad for Northern Ireland’s image, according to the region’s quango watchdog.Commissioner for Public Appointments Judena Leslie said the make-up of the male-dominated group “runs counter to participative democracy.”Her statement comes after the co-chair of the new Stormont […]