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Posted By: December 07, 2016

Britain plugging funding hole the stuff of “fairies” Mairtin O’Muilleoir outside Leinster House in Dublin where he appeared before the Oireachtas jobs,A POST-BREXIT recession will hit Northern Ireland harder and longer than the rest of the UK, Sinn Féin’s Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has warned. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Brian Hutton. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, December 7, […]

Draconian act makes Stasi look amateurish

Posted By: December 07, 2016

Brian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday , December 7, 2016On November 29 the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 became law. Britain’s home secretary, Amber Rudd, she who wanted to compel companies to disclose how many ‘foreigners’ they employed, issued a statement extolling the virtues of the act. She said it is ‘world-leading legislation’.So it is. It gives the British government the most […]

SDLP leader criticizes attorney general’s legal support for May government stance on Brexit

Posted By: December 07, 2016

 Attorney General John Larkin said the Northern Ireland Act made no mention of membership of the EU. Colum Eastwood said Mr. Larkin was not reflecting the will of the peopleIrish News (Belfast). Wednesday, December 7, 2016SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said John Larkin was not reflecting the will of the people of Northern IrelandStormont’s chief legal adviser has been criticized for adopting […]

Pope Francis is a Marxist and not welcome in the North, says Rev. Brown

Posted By: December 06, 2016

Kevin Mullan. Derry Journal. Monday, December 5, 2016 Dr. Ian Brown The Pope’s a Marxist and shouldn’t be welcomed to the North during a planned visit to Ireland in 2018, according to former Derry pastor, Rev. Ian Brown.Rev. Brown, who was the pastor of the city’s Free Presbyterian Congregation for years before he took over at Rev. Ian Paisley’s […]

DUP punchy ’bout Frampton omission

Posted By: December 06, 2016

Fionnuala O Connor. Irish News (Belfast). Tuesday, December 6, 2026 When a Belfast boxing champion with a winning streak failed last week to be shortlisted for BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY, ok?), the bogus and inflated ‘outrage’ looked a bit like darts – at least to this non-sports-fan. Carl Frampton’s omission gave DUP […]