Posted By: December 13, 2016
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National CaucusFoster’s tone has changedIrish News (Belfast). Editorial. Tuesday, December 13, 2016Arlene Foster, just back from China and straight into a full-scale crisis, has firmly defended her handling of the renewable heating scandal.The first minister had little option but to come out fighting. This fiasco not only overshadowed her high-profile trade mission to China but […]
Posted By: December 12, 2016
Catholic World News. December 12, 2016The Vatican has released the message of Pope Francis for the World Day of Peace, which is entitled: “Nonviolence: a Style of Politics for Peace.”The World Day of Peace is observed on January 1. As usual, the papal message was released in advance, on December 12. It was signed by the Pontiff on December 8, the […]
Posted By: December 12, 2016
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “The Lords committee is absolutely right to back the Irish government’s view that these relationships require a unique solution within any wider Brexit settlement. The best way to achieve this, as the committee says, is for the EU and its member states to allow the UK and Irish governments to draft a bilateral agreement, along […]
Posted By: December 12, 2016
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS Distributed by Irish National Caucus Speaking in response to the Committee of Ministers (CoM) findings in Strasbourg, RFJ’s Director, Mark Thompson, said:“Relatives for Justice and the hundreds of families we support and welcome the findings made by Europe that the UK implement legacy investigations as promised in the December 2014 Stormont House Agreement (SHA). “This […]
Posted By: December 10, 2016
“If it’s a choice between the IRA and the British Army, I’m with the IRA. But if it’s a choice between violence and nonviolence, I’m with non-violence. So it’s a very delicate line.” — John Lennon. Frances Mulraney. Irish Central. Saturday, December 10, 2016Although three-quarters of The Beatles line up had Irish roots, throughout the years of Beatlemania, John […]
