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Mutilated map symptom of a partitionist mindset

Posted By: September 13, 2017

Jim Gibney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The geographical mutilation of the map of Ireland, on display recently on RTÉ’s Late Late Show, is symptomatic of a deeper psychological malaise that insidiously pervades those institutions and the powerful class of people who run them, in the service of the southern state.The malaise takes the form of a historical amnesia. It […]

Steve Bannon gets his street fight

Posted By: September 13, 2017

Irish Echo News.Ray Wanton. September 13, 2017 Steve Bannon Steve Bannon describes himself as a political street fighter. He’s in one now. And it’s his kind – an Irish one. His opponents: Cardinal Tim­othy Dolan, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Fr. Sean Mc- Manus. The Trump administration’s decision to wind down the De­ferred Action […]

Don’t underestimate the influence of Sinn Féin MEPs on Brexit talks

Posted By: September 13, 2017

Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, September 13, 2017 At least the new Minister for Foreign Affairs is a bit more proactive about The North than his predecessors, who were pretty ineffectual. However, Simon Coveney needs more tutorials about this place.He told the press that it’s “madness” not to have an executive in place as that means The North has no voice at […]

Hard to comprehend tribal animosity still exists

Posted By: September 13, 2017

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus   “Here is another useful Irish News letter for Members of Congress. It expresses very well the ‘voice of the people’ in the Nationalist/Republican (Catholic) community in Northern Ireland. Despite the progress of the Good Friday Agreement, we still have a long way to go. Orange anti-Catholic bigotry […]

Central problem for Nationalists has been about consent

Posted By: September 13, 2017

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus   “This letter in the Irish News of Belfast will make useful reading for Members of Congress.  The letter highlights  one of the central problems inherent in the undemocratic and violent partition of Ireland by  England’s 1920  Government of Ireland Act, which brought “Northern Ireland” into existence […]

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