Posted By: July 08, 2017
Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, July 8, 2017 THE Parades Commission has acknowledged a “perception” that the Drumcree dispute has been resolved as Orangemen prepare to gather again in Portadown – 20 years after they last walked down Garvaghy Road.Hundreds of members are expected to attend an annual church service on the outskirts of the Co Armagh town tomorrow.However, they […]
Posted By: July 08, 2017
Letters to the Editor. Irish Times. Dublin. Thursday, July 6, 2017 Fr. JOE McVEIGH, Tattygar, Enniskillen.Co Fermanagh. A chara, Your editorial “Tribal politics triumphs again” (July 7th) is a narrow and negative approach to the political impasse in the North that does not take account of political realities and the new momentum for change expressed in recent elections. Your […]
Posted By: July 07, 2017
CAPITOL HILL. Thursday, July 6, 2017— In his regular “Irish Congressional Briefings” (pertinent information for Members of the United States Congress), Fr. Sean Mc Manus—president of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus— keeps Members of Congress up to date on issues in Northern Ireland. One of his recent Briefings is on the Pathology of Orange Parades […]
Posted By: July 07, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus My gut instinct that he [Brokenshire] has no interest in Northern Ireland Alex Kane.Irish News. Belfast. Friday, July 7, 2017 [Alex Kane describes himself as “an unashamed, unambiguous, unembarrassed unionist.”] Had Theresa May inherited a more comfortable majority from David Cameron last July, I’m pretty sure that she […]
Posted By: July 07, 2017
Irish Central. France Mulrney. July 07, 2017 Congressman Joe Kennedy III. WIKICOMMONS As more and more focus is being placed on who will emerge as the next leaders of the Democratic Party, the familiar name of Kennedy is being mentioned more frequently as a possible contender for a term in the White House. Congressman Joe Kennedy III, […]