Posted By: November 27, 2016
Yesterday, twenty- two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, including a district inspector, were presented by the Viceroy (Lord Wimborne) with the RIC medal which has been bestowed on them for the courageous they displayed during the recent Rebellion in their respective districts. Prior to the presentation about 300 members of the RIC, including the medallists, were paraded at the RIC Depot, Phoenix Park […]
Posted By: November 26, 2016
Kenneth Surin. Counter Punch. Friday, November 25, 2016 The announcement last week that the UK taxpayer is going to have to fork out for an extensive remodelling of Buckingham Palace, whose occupant is one of the richest people in the world, was met with more hostility than one would expect from a country that has been immersed fully in the royal psychodrama, […]
Posted By: November 26, 2016
Niall O’Dowd. Irish Central. November 26, 2016 LONDON: London’s mayor Sadiq Khan remember his father talking about the “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs” signs in windows after his father emigrated from Pakistan.He took a job as a train driver and the family lived in a council house, the working class British equivalent of a trailer home. His wife took a […]
Posted By: November 26, 2016
Alan Loughnane. Joe.ie . Thursday, November 24, 2016 He made the comments at a fundraiser…Britain’s impending exit from the European Union has raised a lot of questions about how Ireland’s relationship with the UK is going to change, specifically in terms of trade, travel and the border between the north and south of the country.The return of a hard border […]
Posted By: November 26, 2016
Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, November 26, 2016Nationalism appears to have two different views on Arlene Foster. One is that she should be boiled in oil. The other argues that she should be hanged, drawn and quartered, but not necessarily in that order.Mrs. Foster’s unpopularity appears to stem from her ability to give Sinn Féin the run-around in government. Her new found power […]