Posted By: June 14, 2017
“Mr. Callaghan said he had a principle, upon which national safety is based, that you never let the Ulsterman get their hands on the nation.” Stephen Gamble. ew, Letter. Belfast.Tuesday, June 13, 2017 The UUP has blasted former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown for stating that the Prime Minister should “never, ever put the country in the hands of […]
Posted By: June 14, 2017
The Former Northern Ireland First Minister says the DUP’s controversial proposals are simply about ‘bringing the law into line’ Tom Peck. British Independent. London. Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Lord Trimble, the former Northern Ireland First Minister, said people should be “grown up” about the DUP’s controversial demands PAA leading Unionist politician has said critics should “grow up” and accept the idea that […]
Posted By: June 14, 2017
Stephen Gamble. News Letter. Belfast. Tuesday, June 13, 2017 The UUP has blasted former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown for stating that the Prime Minister should “never, ever put the country in the hands of an Ulsterman”.Mr. Ashdown was speaking on Sky News over the weekend, as it became clear Theresa May was seeking to strike a deal with the […]
Posted By: June 13, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Both should work to repeal Act of Settlement, 1701 CAPITOL HILL. Wednesday, June 14, 2017— The remarkable development in Irish-British politics—on the heels of Brexit— of the Tories forming a sort of coalition government with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland has caused widespread concern among Irish-Americans.The words of Fr. Sean Mc Manus at a Briefing some […]
Posted By: June 13, 2017
Eamonn Mallie. Irish Times.Dublin. Tuesday, June 13, 2017‘Lie down with dogs and you’ll rise with fleas’DUP leader Arlene Foster with her deputy Nigel Dodds as they hold a press conference at Stormont Castle. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesArlene ‘hyperbole’ Foster. I chuckled to myself when I heard the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party saying there has been “a lot of hyperbole” since last […]