Posted By: September 09, 2017
Patrick Murphy. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, September 9, 2017Dear MLAs,Many people might think it unfair that you should be paid for doing nothing. They could reasonably suggest that, since you have now been paid for six months for saying, “It’s not us, it’s them”, your salaries should be stopped and the money given to schools instead.Others might suggest that Stormont is now […]
Posted By: September 09, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus John Monaghan. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, September 9, 2017PETER Mandelson, a former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, has called for the UK to remain inside the single market and customs union following Brexit.Lord Mandelson, who is also a former European Commissioner for Trade, said that continued membership of both could avoid a hard […]
Posted By: September 08, 2017
Ray O’Hanlon.Irish Echo. Friday, September 8, 2017The DACA debacle has gone viral – and spiritual.The Trump administration’s decision to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has resulted in a political firestorm.But that firestorm is being eclipsed by the hellfire unleashed by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon who has accused the Catholic Church of only being interested in […]
Posted By: September 08, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by the Irish National Caucus Emma Little-Pengelly is determined to establish herself as the new poster woman for anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland. … In July, she defended the effigy-burning of the late Martin McGuinness and other insulting desecrations of Catholics in Orange Bonfires. Now, she wants to bring back a version […]
Posted By: September 08, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus Raymond McCord on the way into the High Court in Belfast. Picture by Hugh RussellIrish News. Belfast. Friday, September 8, 2017Senator Mark DalyA legal challenge to the alleged failure to implement a policy for holding a border poll in Northern Ireland is about taking the “fear factor” […]