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Northern Ireland police cover-up RUC report by “racist’ officer”

Posted By: October 09, 2017

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “This article from the Irish Times of Dublin provides further proof — if proof be needed— that the former RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) was deeply racist and sectarian. In July 1920, Winston Churchill raised the infamous question: “What if the Protestants in the six counties were given […]

Proof an Irish colony in South Carolina predates Christopher Columbus

Posted By: October 07, 2017

Kerry O’Shea@IrishCentral.May 5, 2017 Did Irish settle in America before Christopher Columbus arrived? Wikimedia Commons1521 Spanish report claims a colony of Irish people lived in South Carolina before Christopher Columbus’ ships landedWhile Christopher Columbus is generally credited with having “discovered” America in 1492, a 1521 Spanish report provides inklings of evidence that there were, in fact, Irish people settled in America prior to […]

Why IRA violence extinguished the hopes of the Civil Rights movement for a peaceful end to inequality

Posted By: October 04, 2017

 Republican campaign provoked Unionist anger and dashed dreams of meaningful change, says Alban Maginness. The civil rights march on October 5, 1968, in Derry. Alban Maginnes. Belfast Telegraph. Belfast. Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Next year, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement. We should approach this commemoration with thoughtfulness and an attempt […]

EU could pilot Airbus case if UK was willin

Posted By: October 04, 2017

Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast.  Wednesday, October 4, 2017The US Government’s treatment of Bombardier is a foretaste of what’s to come, a clear signal of the impending disaster of Brexit and its accompanying fantasies.Our proconsul’s [ NI Secretary of State] whining in his predictably lackluster Conservative conference speech to a mainly empty hall (who cares about here?) was a good example of […]

UVF intimidation of Catholics disgusting and Unionists’ response almost as bad

Posted By: October 03, 2017

“There has been a recent attempt to get Irish-Americans to stop talking about the mistreatment of Catholics in Northern Ireland because it is ‘counterproductive to progress.’ At best, such an attempt is just plain silly, based on a profound ignorance; at worst, it is a new deliberate attempt to hide the truth and to cover […]

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