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Why Congressman Joe Kennedy should run for president in 2020

Posted By: November 16, 2016

  Niall O’Dowd @niallodowd November 16, 2016   Congressman Joe Kennedy III There is plenty of finger-pointing and blame going around after Hillary Clinton lost the Electoral College despite winning the popular vote by what could rise to three million votes when all the counting is done. Suffice to say the combined weight of WikiLeaks, FBI Director […]

Sectarian attack on rural parochial house

Posted By: November 15, 2016

  Allison Morris. Irish Times (Belfast). Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Fr. Joe McVeigh at Tattygar House, Lisbellaw where windows were smashed in a sectarian attack. Picture by Ann McManus A prominent Catholic priest whose parochial house was targeted in a sectarian attack has said he does not want to move. Fr. Joe McVeigh returned to Tattygar […]

Ex-RUC man claims Margaret Thatcher would have known of Loughgall ambush

Posted By: November 15, 2016

Eight IRA men killed by the SAS in Loughgall, Co Armagh, in 1987 Connla Young. Irish News. Tuesday, November 15, 2016BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher would have known about a planned SAS ambush during which eight IRA members were killed in Co Armagh almost 30 years ago, a former special branch officer says.The claim has been made in […]

Brexit: Irish minister says UK trying to “divorce and keep all the assets”

Posted By: November 15, 2016

Leaked memo also reveals view that Liam Fox is trying to threaten other EU states over Britain’s access to single marketPatrick Wintour.The Guardian.Monday 14 November 2016 13.35 EST Last modified on Monday 14 November 2016 One of Britain’s closest EU allies has likened the UK’s Brexit stance to someone causing a divorce and then seeking to keep the marital home and […]

Could Irish republicans now sit in House of Commons?

Posted By: November 15, 2016

Abstentionism is a central belief for Sinn Fein, but might Brexit finally sound death-knell for sacred cow? …  arguments for and against Sinn Fein MPs entering Westminster  Malachi O’Doherty. Belfast Telegraph.Monday, November 14, 2016I am not a member of Sinn Fein, nor ever have been, but I can still harbour hopes that they will make moves that […]

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