Posted By: July 23, 2016
CAPITOL HILL. Saturday, July 23— Irish-Americans are excited at Hillary Clinton’s choice for her Vice Presidential candidate.U.S. Senator (D-VA) Tim Kaine is a Congressional Friend of the Irish National Caucus, the Capitol Hill-based human rights lobby.Fr. Sean Mc Manus, President of the Irish National Caucus said: “Not only has Hillary a long record of concern for equality, justice and peace in […]
Posted By: July 22, 2016
Newton Emerson.Irish News (Belfast).Thursday, July 21,2016Contrary to reports, Enda Kenny and Micheál Martin have not called for a border poll.“Far out”, “fanciful” and “not favoured” were among the phrases the taoiseach used while musing on “the possibility” in “10, 20 years’ time” of a vote, which he specified must be held under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.Asked by reporters […]
Posted By: July 22, 2016
John Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, July 21, 2016In mid-November 1983 I was an idle 18-year-old living in the vain hope that drumming in a heavy metal band – along with occasional vocals – would enable me to escape Downpatrick and avoid anything approximating real work for the rest of my life.Liverpool were top of Division One, while Leicester City languished in […]
Posted By: July 22, 2016
“The Irish News is quite right to challenge the “ skewed thinking” of the PSNI in this Editorial, below. Indeed, it is far worse than skewed thinking when the police say Catholics must accept Protestant glorification of the murder of Catholics in the interest of “ balance and mutual rights.” That is a truly disturbing […]
Posted By: July 21, 2016
The hunger strikes divided the Catholic Church along national lines, with the Irish hierarchy taking a markedly different approach to their English counterpartsMaria Power. Irish Times. Wednesday, Jul 6, 2016,Dr Maria Power is a lecturer in religion and peace building at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool.Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, the Catholic Primate of All Ireland, spoke out after […]
