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Labor MP Conor McGinn says “sea border” around Ireland after Brexit is “logical”

Posted By: August 09, 2017

As Labor MP Conor McGinn makes a return visit to his native South Armagh, he tells Political Correspondent John Manley why he wants a “sea border” and how the Tories could be endangering the peace process…John Manley.Belfast. Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Conor McGinn enjoys a long weekend in his native south Armagh. Picture by Matt Bohill“As different as night and day,” […]

Human rights belong to all and a society based on it can be common ground for all

Posted By: August 09, 2017

Letters to the Editor. News Letter. Belfast. Monday, August 7, 2017Brian Gormally, Director Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) Belfast BT12  I refer to Alex Kane’s article on (Why a well-meaning call to find our ‘common ground’ is doomed to failure, July 31). He says that because nationalists want this region to be part of a united Ireland and unionists want […]

Subsidizing British occupation [ Senator Mitch Mc Connell]

Posted By: August 09, 2017

Letters to the Editor. Irish News. Belfast. Published Wednesday, August 9, 2017An editorial in the News Letter recently opined “Unionism will need to counter SF propaganda in the US  ” (July 24) and claimed that US Senator Mitch McConnell is partial to England’s control of Northern Ireland.For the record, readers should know this: In one of the early Congressional Hearings on […]

Finucane case will get Supreme Court hearing

Posted By: August 08, 2017

Anthony Neeson. Irish Echo. Monday, August 7, 2017  The widow of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, who was shot dead in front of his young family, has been granted permission to take her bid for a public inquiry into his death to the UK Supreme Court.The 39-year-old human rights lawyer was gunned down in front of his wife and three children at […]

Why the question of identity is at the center of all our big political debates

Posted By: August 07, 2017

Why the question of identity is at the center of all our big political debates Alex Kane. News Letter. Belfast. Monday, August  7, 2017  A few years ago, I wrote a column for the News Letter about what I described as “uncomfortable conversations”  I was making the point that progress in post-conflict societies required former […]

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