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Brexit was a bad idea, Obama tells British PM

Posted By: September 05, 2016

Steven Swinford. Irish Independent. Monday, September 5, 2016 Barack Obama has said he believes that Britain was wrong to vote to leave the EU and suggested it could still be at the “back of the queue” for a new trade deal. The US President used a joint press conference with Theresa May at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China […]

In Britain, Soul-Searching on ‘Brexit

Posted By: September 05, 2016

By THE EDITORIAL BOARDSEPT. New York Timed. Friday, October 2, 201 It has been more than two months since the British voted to leave the European Union, yet it often appears from the continuing debate in Britain that the June 23 referendum served only to intensify the questions about “Brexit.” That is healthy. A move as complex and consequential as this can only […]

Posted By: September 04, 2016

“Although this article below  by David Mc Kitterick was written in 2007, it is still compulsory reading   for Members of Congress who wish to understand the full depths of collusion between Security/Intellegence forces and Unionist/Loyalist death squads in Northern Ireland. The Irish National Caucus is proud to have helped Raymond Mc Cord Sr. — […]

It’s time to drop the British Bill of Rights for good

Posted By: September 04, 2016

Raphael Hogarth. The Spectator. Saturday, September 3, 2016The [British] Government plans to scrap plans to scrap plans to scrap the Human Rights Act.  Here we go again. Following snugly in the footsteps of her  two predecessors as Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss has promised to implement the so-called ‘British Bill of Rights’ in its place. There were never good reasons […]

Taxing issue may be at core of early election

Posted By: September 03, 2016

Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, September 3, 2016If de Valera’s constitution recognised the “special position” of the Catholic Church, it is fair to say that more recent Irish governments have conferred a similar status on Apple and other multi-national corporations.The European Commission’s ruling that Ireland must collect £11 billion (plus interest) of unpaid taxes from Apple suggests that the island of saints and […]