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It’s time to redefine an Ireland united

Posted By: December 10, 2016

Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast).Saturday, December 10, 2016The 95th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty [December 6, 1921]  passed quietly this week. The Treaty partitioned Ireland, created the border and significantly influenced the nature and content of Irish politics to the present day.So, after almost 100 years of partition and in the light of the impending Brexit, how close are we to a United […]

Britain “will give HIU files on Troubles”

Posted By: December 09, 2016

Michael McHugh. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, December 9, 2016 THE British government has said it is prepared to disclose all relevant material about the Troubles to an independent Historical Investigations Unit (HIU).The HIU is among a suite of organizations planned to investigate the bloody legacy of the conflict once a row over the state’s national security ‘veto’ is resolved.The families of more than […]

New year before Brexit court ruling

Posted By: December 09, 2016

Irish News (Belfast). Friday, December 9, 2016 The British government faces a wait until next year to find out whether it has won its historic Brexit legal challenge at the UK’s highest court.Eleven Supreme Court justices – a record number to hear an appeal – will announce their decision “as quickly as possible” in the new year, but no date has yet […]

Opposition’s chance to light fire under Marlene

Posted By: December 09, 2016

This is also an important test, too, for Claire Sugden, the independent minister. Alex Kane. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, December 9, 2016 IN THE same week when we heard that the actor Andrew Sachs had died it seemed wonderful, almost farcically appropriate that a succession of political and civil service “Manuels” from our own Fawlty-Towers-On-The-Hill informed us, one after the other, “I know nothing”.Had Arlene Foster […]

Time to address the past at last

Posted By: December 09, 2016

“Yet the £10 million cost of funding this process…cannot move forward without the consent of our political leaders.The DUP has refused to sign off on providing the money for outstanding inquests…” Irish News (Belfast). Editorial. Friday, December 9, 2016 The failure to address the legacy of decades of violence remains a massive source of dismay and anger for the families who lost […]

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