Posted By: September 05, 2017
Conservative MEP for London says he wanted reassurance he would remain EU citizen following referendum result Lydia Smith.Independent. London. Monday, September 4, 2017 A Conservative MEP has secured himself an Irish passport following the vote to leave the European Union because he is a “passionate remainer who wanted reassurance he would stay an EU citizen.Hampshire-born Charles Tannock, whose […]
Posted By: September 04, 2017
This article by Eamonn Mallie will provide Members of Congress with a very good overview of the current situation in Northern Ireland. It explains how Arlene Foster and the DUP have —by rejecting equality— mismanaged and sabotaged progress. The Beloved Community of Blessed Martin Luther King, Jr. cannot be built up without equality, generosity, and mutual […]
Posted By: September 04, 2017
Tom Kelly. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, September 4, 2017 BOTH Sinn Féin and the DUP were given whopping endorsements at the assembly elections last May.Those mandates are being woefully wasted by a lack of generosity. Unionism, as usual, has no graciousness in any of the concessions it makes.Each one is given begrudgingly or enforced upon them by law. The recent boost […]
Posted By: September 04, 2017
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness in 1998 Claire McNeilly. Belfast Telegraph. Monday, September 4, 2017Conservative Brexit Secretary David Davis was tasked with reaching an agreement with the IRA over bringing the Troubles to an end in the 1990s, according to a new book.Mr. Davis, one of the leading candidates to succeed Theresa May should she step down […]
Posted By: September 03, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus The Klan is known mainly for its racism, but it also long harbored a virulent strain of anti-Catholicism Jonathan Wright. Catholic Herald. London. Saturday, September 2, 2017 [Jonathan Wright is an honorary fellow in the department of theology and religion at Durham University. His book Layered Landscapes: Early-Modern Sacred Space Across […]