Sean Mc Manus with presidential candidate Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Posted By: August 27, 2016
“The Belfast Telegraph — historically no champion of justice and equality for Catholics in Northern Ireland— is reporting in the article below that 66 Days has become ‘ a box office hit and one of the most lucrative Northern Irish film ever.’ I am so pleased Bobby Sands has the last word. His sacrifice —and […]
Posted By: August 26, 2016
“Unionists have in the main failed to acknowledge the potential game-changer Brexit is, how it has changed the very nature, the metaphysical character of the United Kingdom, and its profound implications for the current settlement in Northern Ireland which has been predicated on EU membership and a growing all-Ireland economy within the context of an invisible border and a path towards eventual unity if […]
Posted By: August 25, 2016
Éamon Phoenix. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, August 25, 2016NORTHERN Ireland secretary Peter Brooke said implementing the 1989 Fair Employment Act was “crucial to the success of all our NI policies”, declassified files show.In December 1989 he wrote to his predecessor Tom King, then secretary of state for defense, reminding him that he and cabinet colleagues had a responsibility in their departments to […]
Posted By: August 25, 2016
The success in the US of the MacBride Principles played a key role in a new Fair Employment Act in 1989 Éamon Phoenix. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, August 25, 2016Seán MacBrideTHE success of the campaign for the MacBride Principles in the US encouraged the British government to introduce a new Fair Employment Act in 1989.Named after Nobel […]
Posted By: August 25, 2016
“The symbolism, sacrifices and polarization the 1981 hunger strikes embodied, and the political strategies that arose from them have proven very attractive to writers, artists and filmmakers. The lyrical talents of Sands, who left behind a prison diary as well as songs and poems, also honed the legacy and heightened the artistic appeal. The latest to be drawn towards the story of […]
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