Posted By: July 19, 2016
“Who knows what may happen in the time ahead?” Taoiseach tells reporters at MacGill Pat Leahy. IrishTimes. Tuesday, July 19, 2016 Enda Kenny with his aunts Una Blain, Collette McNelis, Breege Connor and Christina Curran when he visited Glenties to attend the MacGill Summer School. Photograph: North West Newspix Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that the prospect of a […]
Posted By: July 18, 2016
Deaglain de Breadun. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, July 18, 2016On a visit to Dublin Castle recently I recalled for a British colleague how Michael Collins arrived late for what he described as the “surrender” of the imperial citadel. It is said the Big Fellow was rebuked by the British for being seven minutes late and he retorted: “We’ve been waiting over […]
Posted By: July 18, 2016
Tom Kelly. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, July 18, 2016 An Irish commentator said on Friday that the contrasts between the Irish and British political systems couldn’t be more different at the moment. Britain has a new government but Ireland has the semblance of a government and while Ireland has an effective opposition the British parliament has a shambles of one. It’s a crude […]
Posted By: July 18, 2016
My Absolute Revulsion and Anger at Mc Guinness A FORMER British soldier who has spoken of his “revulsion and anger” at Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness was one of two politicians appointed to the Northern Ireland Office yesterday.Claire Simpson. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, July 19, 2016Kris Hopkins (53), a Conservative MP for Keighley in West Yorkshire, was appointed as Parliamentary Under […]
Posted By: July 18, 2016
Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday July 16, 2016 If the Iraq War was wrong, how can the First World War be regarded as right? As relatives of some killed in Iraq called Tony Blair “the world’s worst terrorist”, political and religious leaders in Ireland and Britain were honouring those who died at the Somme, […]