Posted By: August 02, 2017
By Jude Collins on August 2, 2017 Sean Donlon former Irish Ambassador to Washington (1978-1981] Speak to any Irish-American, especially any Irish-American republican (no, not the Trump sort, Virginia – the Shinner sort) and they’ll tell you former ambassador Sean Donlon is one of their favorite people.[ Joking]The very mention of his name […]
Posted By: August 02, 2017
Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, August 2, 2017A joint oireachtas committee has called for the establishment of another New Ireland Forum more than 30 years after the first.Details are contained in a report which is due to be launched today in Dublin which provides options for the island of Ireland in the wake of Brexit.The report, Brexit and the […]
Posted By: July 30, 2017
Dr. Andy Bielenberg says new evidence does not support thesis that Protestants were targeted in county Irish Times. Dublin. Sunday, July 30, 2017 New evidence from Cork does not support the thesis the IRA engaged in a sectarian campaign during the War of Independence, a history conference has heard.Dr. Andy Bielenberg of the School of History at University College Cork told the inaugural West Cork History […]
Posted By: July 30, 2017
Talk has been of ‘transition’ and of ‘implementation’, with nobody sure of the difference Chris Johns. Irish Times.Dublin. Sunday, Julyn30, 2017Is Brexit dying? It is tempting to say the UK government is in headlong retreat from its original Brexit plan. But that would assume there was a well-articulated vision in the first place. We now only hear faint echoes of the […]
Posted By: July 30, 2017
Allison Morris. Irish News. Irish News. Belfast.Saturday, July 29, 2017 YESTERDAY’S landmark ruling, effectively ordering a probe into the activities of the murderous Glenanne Gang to resume, has given new hope to the victims’ families – many of who have campaigned for more than 40 years for justice.Mr. Justice Treacy ruled that police chiefs unlawfully frustrated any chance of an effective probe […]