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A reckless Tory right is wrecking the Northern Irish peace process

Posted By: September 02, 2016

Members of Congress must be aware of the dangers Brexit poses for the Irish peace-process. This article from the New Statesman spells out these dangers.It is compulsory reading. — Fr. Sean Mc Manus     “That such a [Good Friday] settlement could be so casually jeopardized in a fit of sour [English] isolationism and post-imperial arrogance demonstrates […]

State Papers: Employment of Catholics in ‘Essex’ and DuPont offset poor record elsewhere

Posted By: September 02, 2016

Kevin Mullan. Derry Journal.Monday, August 29, 2016 The late Donegal-born politician and fair employment campaigner, Bob Cooper, expressed bewilderment at the reluctance of US companies to provide decent figures on the religious composition of their workforces during a meeting with senior civil servants in 1987, according to confidential state papers newly-declassified under the 30-year-rule.The Foyle College old boy and founding Alliance Party […]

West Belfast was bleak and poor, but never uncivilized

Posted By: September 01, 2016

“Members of Congress must fully appreciate that English rule in Northern Ireland was implemented and safeguarded by a profound and systematic anti-Catholicism.This is perfectly illustrated by the comment of the former  Head of the Civil Service—that Catholic West Belfast is “ alienated … from normal civilized behavior.”  That is the language of the anti-Catholic, anti-Semite, […]

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