Posted By: July 04, 2016
Trio says Special Branch hindered murder inquiryConnla Young. Irish News (Belfast).Monday, July 4, 2016FORMER RUC officers who investigated the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane are to sue the PSNI, claiming that Special Branch obstructed their investigation.Former detective superintendent Alan Simpson and CID officers Trevor McIlwrath and Johnston Brown lodged legal papers with the High Court in Belfast late last year.It is rare for former RUC […]
Posted By: July 04, 2016
Suzanne McGonagle. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, July 4, 2016 Taoiseach Enda Kenny is expected to announce the formation of an all-island forum to map out a way forward in the wake of Brexit when the North-South Ministerial Council meets today.The plans have been welcomed by the SDLP and Sinn Féin but the DUP has said the Irish government cannot speak for The […]
Posted By: July 03, 2016
Mark Devenport. BBC NI. July 2, 2016 Our politicians are embroiled in discussions about the implications of Brexit on both sides of the Irish Sea, but so far not a lot of concrete ideas have emerged. Both the SDLP and Sinn Fein have suggested creating an all Ireland national forum to consider the implications of Brexit.On Saturday, Sinn Féin […]
Posted By: July 03, 2016
Diarmaid Ferriter. Irish Times. Saturday, July 1, 2016 Younger unionists keen to stay in EU may feel less trenchant about their unionism During the week, the Merriman Summer School in Ennis was timely in examining the theme of “our gallant allies in Europe”. It offered a chance to reflect on how the wheel has turned over the decades in relation to Anglo-Irish relations […]
Posted By: July 02, 2016
Here’s how the U.K. could fall apart post-Brexit. Amanda Sloa. Foreign Policy. June 30, 2016 I moved to Scotland in September 1997, a wide-eyed American graduate student. These were heady days. Newly-elected Prime Minister Tony Blair had just won referendums on devolution to Scotland and Wales; plans for a new Scottish Parliament were taking shape; and the European Union was preparing to […]
