Posted By: July 12, 2016
Chris Donnelly. Irish News (Belfast). Tuesday, July 12, 2016THE decision of the majority of Britain’s voters to take their country out of the European Union presents Irish nationalists with a golden opportunity to construct a new Irish unity narrative and seize the initiative in terms of setting the political agenda for the first time since the turn of the century.Brexit compels […]
Posted By: July 12, 2016
Irish News Editorial.(Belfast). Tuesday, July 12, 2016As can often be the case when senior political posts become available, both in the UK and elsewhere, Theresa May has effectively won the race to become prime minister because of the failings of others rather than through her own undisputed merits.However, Mrs. May still deserves considerable credit for avoiding a range of pitfalls and maintaining a solid and […]
Posted By: July 12, 2016
BBC NI. Monday, July 11, 2016 July 2016 Image caption Photographs appeared on social media at the weekend showing posters of Sinn Féin’s Upper Bann MLAs John O’Dowd and Catherine Seeley being burned on a Portadown bonfire The burning of Sinn Féin posters on a loyalist bonfire has been condemned by a unionist councillor who said it “undoes good work” in her community. […]
Posted By: July 12, 2016
Connla Young. Irish News (Belfast). Tuesday, July 12,2016DUP assembly member Mervyn Storey has criticized a Parades Commission decision to restrict an Orange Order in DunloyMembers of Young Conway Volunteers flute band walking in circles outside St Patrick’s Church in 2012BANDS restricted to playing a single drumbeat while passing a Catholic church have been told they can only use […]
Posted By: July 12, 2016
John Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Tuesday, July 12, 2016In the run-up to last month’s EU referendum Theresa May jetted into the north to lend her support to the Remain campaign.Her visit didn’t spark a great deal of attention, probably reflecting a degree of weariness among journalists but also a general lack of interest in the home secretary on this side […]