Posted By: August 07, 2016
As is now known, Fr. Mc Manus is interviewed in this film about the American reaction to Bobby Sands hunger strike. Fr. Mc Manus fasted for twelve days outside the British Embassy in Washington in solidarity with Sands. The film itself is superb, entirely excellent and Oscar-worthy. Every good Irish-American should see it when it […]
Posted By: August 04, 2016
Dr Pat Walsh. Irish News.(Belfast). Thursday, August 4, 2016 Ignoring the vitriol in Robert McNamara’s review of Catastrophe and Resurgence: The Catholic Predicament in Northern Ireland (July 28) let me get straight to the point. Dr McNamara ridicules my argument that Britain established “an arena for communal conflict in the Six Counties that it hoped […]
Posted By: August 03, 2016
Recently, First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster criticized Fr. Sean Mc Manus for saying that —despite progress in Northern Ireland— there is still deep anti-Catholic bigotry. Now comes this letter in the Belfast Telegraph —still often referred to as the “ main Protestant paper” in Northern Ireland— that seems to validate Fr. Mc […]
Posted By: August 01, 2016
“By and large, the southern establishment and indeed its British counterpart has lost very little sleep over The North in recent year. Deaglan de Breadun . Irish News (Belfast).Monday, August 1, 2016LEAVE aside Amhrán na bhFiann and forget God Save the Queen, because the real anthem these days on the British-Irish scene should be Paul Brady’s Nobody Knows.Meanwhile, keep a grain of salt […]
Posted By: August 01, 2016
Irish News. Editorial (Belfast). July 28, 2016 In the two weeks since she assumed the office of prime minister, Theresa May has been on a whistle-stop tour of engagements with key players keen to hear how she intends to navigate the UK’s exit from the EU.Having already visited Scotland and Wales, Mrs May arrived in Belfast on Monday where she […]