Posted By: November 29, 2016
Simon Doyle. Irish News (Belfast). Tuesday, November 29, 2016PRIMARY school pupils from Northern Ireland are among the world’s best performers in maths, an international survey has found.Data from the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) reveal that only five of the 50 countries taking part in the mathematics assessments outperformed Northern Ireland.TIMSS assesses the knowledge and skills […]
Posted By: November 29, 2016
The Rev Dr Ian Brown minister of the Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church in Belfast News Letter (Belfast). Monday, November 28, 2016 The cleric who now ministers in Ian Paisley’s previous church in Belfast has vowed to protest if the Pope visits Northern Ireland in 2018. The DUP says First Minister Arlene […]
Posted By: November 28, 2016
“The closing down of the debate [in the Dail] on unity is akin to saying that we cannot talk about the future.” Gerry Adams. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, November 28, 2016Would anybody with the benefit of hindsight, propose the partition of Ireland as a measure to resolve conflict, build a prosperous and fair society or to reconcile people?Partition is […]
Posted By: November 27, 2016
Andrée Murphy. Belfast Media Group. Thursday, November 24, 2016 SO, look, I am a strong supporter of the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process generally.I know it requires compromise and challenge. God knows we all in the republican community get that. We gave up Articles 2 and 3 of the Irish Constitution in favor of a process […]
Posted By: November 27, 2016
Eamon Phoenix.Irish News, November 25, 1916 Carson “Will Fight”- Again! Sir Edward Carson (the Ulster Unionist leader) addressed the members of the Ulster Association in London at the Hotel Cecil. He warned the Government that when the crucial moment came next spring if they failed to take any action necessary to keep up the supply of heroes to […]
