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Clear stance on posters needed

Posted By: July 22, 2016

“The Irish News is quite right to challenge the “ skewed thinking” of the PSNI in this Editorial, below. Indeed, it is far worse than skewed  thinking when the police say Catholics must accept Protestant glorification of the murder of Catholics in the interest of “ balance and mutual rights.” That is a truly disturbing […]

Suicide or self-sacrifice: Catholics debate hunger strikes

Posted By: July 21, 2016

The hunger strikes divided the Catholic Church along national lines, with the Irish hierarchy taking a markedly different approach to their English counterpartsMaria Power. Irish Times. Wednesday, Jul 6, 2016,Dr Maria Power is a lecturer in religion and peace building at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool.Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, the Catholic Primate of All Ireland, spoke out after […]

The BBC and the hunger strikes

Posted By: July 21, 2016

Denounced by right-wing press and politicians as ‘IRA’s best friend’, BBC had to walk a fine line between reporting events and being seen as a vehicle for IRA propaganda Robert Savage. Irish Times. Wednesday, July 6, 2016In international news broadcasts the gentle, smiling face of the long-haired Bobby Sands was often juxtaposed with that of the grim, frowning Margaret Thatcher. That the Northern Ireland Office could […]

Irish roots of Senator Tim Kaine, set to be Hillary’s running mate

Posted By: July 21, 2016

Niall O’Dowd @niallodowd Irish Central . July 21, 2016    Announcement expected this weekend that Tim Kaine will be on the Democratic ticket. Photo by: U.S. State DepartmentTimothy Michael Kaine, 58, is expected to be named this weekend by Hillary Clinton as her Vice Presidential running mate. He will be the second Irish Catholic Democratic choice in a row after Joe Biden. Mike Pence, the […]

Arlene doesn’t know what the union is

Posted By: July 20, 2016

Brian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, July 20, 2016Poor Arlene: She doesn’t get it. She was positively purring with pleasure after Theresa May’s carefully prepared ‘impromptu’ doorstep soliloquy a la Mrs. Hacksaw [Maggie Thatcher] when she mentioned the ‘precious, precious bond’ of the union. Arlene thought she was including The North.Oh dear. As the ever-insightful Newton Emerson has pointed out elsewhere, she meant Scotland,  and […]

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