Posted By: November 15, 2016
“Members of Congress should be aware of the real danger should the British Government repeal the Human Rights Act. The Act played a key role in underpinning the Good Friday Agreement.” — Fr. Sean Mc Manus Alan McBride, whose wife and father-in-law were killed in the Troubles Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Repealing the […]
Posted By: November 15, 2016
The UDA member claimed the paramilitary group was heavily involved in serious crime in the south east Antrim area BBC NI. Monday, November 14, 2016 A member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) has come forward to speak about how difficult it is to leave the paramilitary organization.The man told BBC News NI he cannot get out because of intimidation […]
Posted By: November 14, 2016
Andrew Madden. IRISH NEWS (Belfast). Monday, November 14,2016 Pearse was one of 15 Easter Rising leaders executed on May 3, 1916 THE final surrender letter penned by Patrick Pearse at the end of the 1916 Easter Rising is set to go up for public auction after the Irish government declined the opportunity to purchase […]
Posted By: November 14, 2016
Allison Morris. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, November 14, 2016Trade missions from the Republic have included representatives from Northern Ireland on 15 occasions, despite Arlene Foster’s claims of “poaching” by the Irish government.Figures released by the Irish government show that companies from Northern Ireland have been involved in 12 Enterprise Ireland trade promotion visits and three IDA missions in the last six years.It comes […]
Posted By: November 14, 2016
John Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, November 14, 2016US’s president-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric is regarded as extreme and often offensive but political correspondent John Manley, who has just returned from the US after covering the election for The Irish News, argues that much of it has a familiar ringAmerican progressives and even some conservatives are concerned by the outcome of the presidential election, fearing […]