Posted By: November 18, 2016
“Raymond Mc Cord, Sr., a Belfast Protestant, is one of the true heroes of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Since 1997 he has led a one-man, absolutely fearless campaign to get justice for his murdered son , Raymond Jr. Because the killers were British agents and informers, their crime was covered up by the British […]
Posted By: November 18, 2016
Lough Foyle stretches from County Londonderry in Northern Ireland to County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland BBC NI. Thursday, November 17, 2016 Lough Foyle stretches from County Londonderry in Northern Ireland to County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.The Irish government has said it has “never accepted the UK’s claim to the whole of Lough Foyle” after the dispute was raised […]
Posted By: November 17, 2016
Lesley-Anne McKeown. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, November 17, 2016The UK’s vote to leave the European Union is being used as a rallying call by groups trying to get a grip on communities unhappy with the referendum result.Professor Peter Shirlow, director of the Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool, said dissidents had been handed a token to promote their […]
Posted By: November 17, 2016
John Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, November 17, 2016The Fresh Start agreement has brought stability to StormontWE are arguably in the most stable period of government since devolution was restored and surely some credit for this must go to the Fresh Start agreement.But while it helped fix a number of Stormont’s largely self-imposed ‘housekeeping’ problems, the stuff that still causes deep division […]
Posted By: November 17, 2016
Mike Nesbitt described the Fresh Start agreement as a “non-start” Alex Attwood said the element of Fresh Start for dealing with paramilitarism was “lacking detail.” John Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, November 17, 2016ALLIANCE has joined Stormont’s opposition parties in criticizing the lack of progress in implementing the Fresh Start agreement one year after its signing.The document – billed […]