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I went to the DUP Conference and what I found was disturbingly familiar – this is our new Ukip

Posted By: November 26, 2017

Ordinarily, this volume of Union Jacks heralds the arrival either of Land of Hope and Glory or Nigel Farage Tom Peck. Independent. London. Sunday, November 26, 2017  I begin with reluctance on a personal note, but perhaps the solitary upside in the unrelenting horror show that has been the last two long years of British politics was meant […]

Gerry Adams made history, but Sinn Fein has only begun

Posted By: November 26, 2017

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus   Tim Pat Coogan@IrishCentral. Sunday, November 26, 2017. (Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland’s leading historical biographer and former editor of the Irish Press.) As people in the Republic were still digesting the news of the resignation of Gerry Adams as leader of the Sinn Fein party, his heir, Mary Lou McDonald, moved a potentially election-triggering […]

LOUGHINISLAND FAMILIES WITH FR. Mc MANUS

Posted By: November 26, 2017

Will anyone in the DUP break rank over Brexit?

Posted By: November 25, 2017

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus By Steven McCaffery The Detail. Belfast.Saturday, November 25, 2017WHEN Peter Robinson gave his last speech as party leader at the DUP’s annual conference in 2015, he couldn’t have sounded more confident about unionism’s future.“Today, I am proud to report that the state of our party is sound,” he told delegates, “our Province […]

Foster accuses Dublin of using Brexit talks to promote a united Ireland

Posted By: November 25, 2017

  John Manley. Irish News. Belfast. November 25, 2017   ASPIRATIONS: Arlene Foster said Dublin was promoting unification after Simon Coveney  said he wanted to see a united Ireland in his political lifetime.    Simon Coveney said he wanted to see a united Ireland in his “political lifetime.”  Picture by Brian Lawless/PA Wire  Arlene Foster has […]

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