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DUP-Sinn Féin show of unity came weeks before meltdown

Posted By: November 21, 2017

It was supposed to herald the beginning of a new era of cooperation but it instead provided the bookend to a decade of devolution.Political correspondent John Manley looks back at the Stormont leaders’ platform that sought to draw a line under division but rang hollow within weeksJohn Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, November 21, 2017 A year ago today […]

Act of Settlement still excludes Catholics from highest office

Posted By: November 20, 2017

 Jack Duffin. Letters to Editor. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, November 20, 2017 According to Danny Treacy (November 7), my analysis of our sectarian problem is unbalanced and Fr McManus has a slanted view of the Act of Settlement which he claims has no meaningful relevance in England or Ireland today.He tells us also that since 1922 the Southern State was […]

1867, the Fenian Rising and Allen, Larkin and O’Brien

Posted By: November 20, 2017

Deaglan de Breadun. Irish News. Belfast.Monday,  November 20, 2017. NATIONALISTS like myself who advocate a non-violent approach often have a difficulty with the past.Most of us who took part in the events marking the centenary of the 1916 Rising, for example, would be in favor of the contemporary peace process.But those who initiated Easter Week a century ago were unapologetic […]

A divisive but decisive figur

Posted By: November 20, 2017

Irish News Editorial. Belfast. Monday, November 20, 2017 Gerry Adams, who has announced his intention to stand down as president of Sinn Féin, has invariably been a political leader who has attracted widely conflicting assessments.His admirers view him as a figure in the mold of Pearse and Connolly who survived turmoil and imprisonment before developing a peace strategy which transformed modern  Ireland.Critics regard […]

Customs union must be part of Brexit deal says shadow chancellor

Posted By: November 20, 2017

Allison Morris. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, November 20, 2017A CUSTOMS union across the island of Ireland must remain for the good of the economy, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said, as the most recent evidence shows that plans to leave the EU are already costing households in Northern Ireland more than £400 a year.Mr. McDonnell said that “discussions should be had” about […]

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