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Powerful documentary sheds new light on border killings

Posted By: October 24, 2016

Frankie Naan (nephew of Michael Naan), left, with John Fitzpatrick  at the memorial for his uncle in Newtownbutler in 2012 RMG0Roisin Henderson. Fermanagh Herald. Sunday, October 23, 2016 r.henderson@fermanaghherald.comA DOCUMENTARY exploring the devastating impact of three murders in Newtownbutler in the 1970s will be screened locally this week.The TG4 documentary, ‘As Radharc na Sul – Out of Sight, […]

Opposition must be braver and bolder

Posted By: October 24, 2016

Tom Kelly. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, October 24, 2016At the weekend Colum Eastwood became the first serving SDLP leader to speak at the annual conference of the Ulster Unionist Party.He had accepted the invitation of unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt.It’s a bold move softened by the fact that former leader Margaret Ritchie had already spoken at a similar conference nine years ago […]

We have got to save the English from themselves

Posted By: October 24, 2016

Deaglan de Breadun. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, October 24, 2016As a divided island, we have a good deal in common with Cyprus, although we shiver in the chilly North Atlantic while they nestle in the sunny Mediterranean.Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades was in Dublin last week and, in an address to the Institute of International and European Affairs, he spoke about the […]

English nationalism has shattered my sense of belonging in Britain

Posted By: October 23, 2016

I argued against Scottish independence in 2014. In the current climate, I’m not so sure Ian Jack. The Guardian. Saturday, October 22, 2016 On a few occasions recently I’ve overheard myself talking despairingly about “the English”. I feel ashamed of it. I don’t think of my wife or my children as “the English” or my friends, neighbors and colleagues as “the […]

Stakeknife probe- bias concerns rejected by English chief constable

Posted By: October 22, 2016

Bedfordshire Police Chief Constable Jon Boutcher is facing concerns that the Stakeknife probe will focus on state actors and ignore the IRAPhilip Bradfield. News Letter (Belfast).Thursday, October 20, 2016The chief constable of Bedfordshire has addressed concerns that a probe into Stakeknife will focus on state actors at the expense of IRA personnel involved in some 50 related murders.Stakeknife was an Army agent within […]

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