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Sir Robin Chichester-Clark

Posted By: August 20, 2016

Obituary. Irish News (Belfast).Saturday, August 20, 2016 On November 11 , 1968, brothers Robin and James Chichester-Clark met in the library of their ancestral estate at Moyola Park, Co Derry.With Robin writing on his knee, they drew up a list of reforms for housing, voting and local government.It was Armistice Day, and just a month since a civil rights march […]

Sands film opens at 16 more cinemas

Posted By: August 19, 2016

“I am delighted this film documentary is doing so well in Ireland, North and South. I am honored to be in it. And I am so pleased that Bobby Sands has the last word, rendering the Maggie Thatcher government guilty for its cruelty, sectarianism and racism— the  foundation stone of historic English rule in Ireland.This […]

DUP raps granting of legal aid funds to Raymond McCord for Brexit challenge

Posted By: August 18, 2016

Raymond Mc Cord Deborah McAleese. Belfast Telegraph. Thursday, August 18, 2016Raymond McCord and DUP MLA Paul Frew have clashed over the rights and wrongs of granting legal aid for Mr McCord’s challenge to June’s EU referendumA decision to grant legal aid to a victims’ campaigner to challenge Brexit has been labelled inappropriate.Raymond McCord, whose son was murdered by the […]

Integrity of 1981 hunger strikes came at high cost

Posted By: August 17, 2016

66 Days, the Bobby Sands film, will soon be released in the United States. It is a powerful work of art. Every Irish-American ought to see this film , at least once. However, a second viewing is probably needed to fully absorb the film in all its depth and greatness. Fr. Sean Mc Manus, President […]

Volvic scrap ‘Orange and Proud’ poster for mineral water in Scotland amid fears it would incite bigotry

Posted By: August 14, 2016

Derek Alexander. The Daily Record (Scotland) Sunday, August 14, 2016 BOSSES at the drinks company fear the slogan would be linked to the Orange Order, an exclusively Protestant organisation, and cause offence to CatholicsA DRINKS company have scrapped a poster for mineral water in Scotland amid fears it would incite religious bigotry.Volvic launched an advertising campaign to promote their bottled orange-flavored […]

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