Posted By: May 31, 2017
Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, May 31, 2017 A fortnight ago Simon Jenkins offered some unpleasant home truths for small parties in British general elections – observations that apply here as much as in Britain since the same voting system operates.The only achievement of small parties is to give one of the big parties a leg up he says.The antiquated […]
Posted By: May 31, 2017
Echo Opinion Fr. Sean Mc Manus. Letters@irishecho.com Letters@irishecho.com Irish Echo/May 31-June6, 2017/page 12. Thanks to The Irish People newspaper (now discontinued) being digitalized, one can read this: “Father Sean McManus in giving the Benediction said: ‘We pray for an Ireland free and independent, where the little man, the man of no […]
Posted By: May 28, 2017
Ex-Clinton aide Nancy Soderberg: Time for ‘generational shift’ in peace process Nancy Soderberg played a key role in securing Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams his first US visaBelfast Telegraph. Sunday, May 28, 2017A former Clinton aide who played a key role in securing Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams his first US visa has said it is time for a “generational […]
Posted By: May 27, 2017
Patrick Murphy. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, May 27, 2017 IN Britain the general election has centered on the renationalisation of key industries, a Tory drive to capture working-class votes in former Labor heartlands and a wider debate about conflicting definitions of national interest.Over here, the main argument so far has centered on what one politician said about another politician’s hair.Welcome to Not The […]
Posted By: May 24, 2017
Echo News Telegram reveals British fury over Mc Manus invite President Jimmy Carter with Fr. Sean Mc Manus By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com September 11-17, 2013 But Fr. Sean McManus was viewed by London as being little more than a terrorist during his early years as founder and president of the Washington, D.C.-based Irish National […]