Posted By: February 08, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus Experts have provided chapter and verse of what must happen at any new border between the EU Customs Union and the UK Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast.Wednesday, February 8, 2017THE British government intends to partition the island of Ireland more thoroughly than ever before. Make no mistake about it that is […]
Posted By: February 08, 2017
Loyalist leader Jackie McDonald has publicly declared support for DUP leader Arlene Foster ahead of the March snap election. Allison Morris. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, February 8, 2017LOYALIST leader Jackie McDonald has urged voters to get behind DUP leader Arlene Foster saying her “experience and dedication has helped bring about stability and prosperity” to Northern Ireland.The most prominent figure […]
Posted By: February 08, 2017
Opponents of an Irish language Act argue it would result in an expensive upheaval of public services, but Political Correspondent John Manley finds its impact on the general population could be modestJohn Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, February 8, 2017Now and then, usually around election time, proposals for an Irish language act become a political football – or rather peil pholaitiúil.However, while it’s […]
Posted By: February 08, 2017
By Noel McAdam. Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, February 7, 2017It wasn’t just what she said; it was at least as much about the way she said it.After all, Arlene Foster insisting she will never allow an Irish Language Act is not exactly headline news. But the former First Minister has come under fire from foes across the […]
Posted By: February 08, 2017
Irish Examiner Editorial. Cork. Wednesday, February 8, 2017 “If you feed a crocodile, it will keep coming back for more.”— Arlene Foster, DUP leaderONE of the primary duties of a political handler is to ensure that the face, the mask their master presents to the world, is fixed. The mask-cum-face, like every other mirror in a politician’s armory, must stay […]