Posted By: January 16, 2018
David Young. Press Association. Irish News. Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Revealing the identity of a retired British Army major during the inquest of an IRA man shot by soldiers would hamper his ability to holiday in Ireland, a coroner has heard.The former company commander with the Royal Scots regiment is due to give evidence at next month’s inquest for Seamus […]
Posted By: January 16, 2018
IRISH CONGRESSION BRIEFINGDistributed by Irish National CaucusImportant article attached from the Sunday World (Sunday, January 14, 2018), a major newspaper in Ireland, North and South, on the leader of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus. “British governments have been and gone. Fr. Sean is still here.”•How he prevailed against all odds.•His 1984 launching of the powerful MacBride Principles, which he […]
Posted By: January 15, 2018
John Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, July 15, 2017 We don’t hear much from Arlene Foster these days.The number of platforms available to the DUP leader has reduced in the year since she was the first minister, while her own unofficial boycott of certain news outlets also limits appearances.Reflecting how DUP power currently resides at Westminster, her deputy Nigel Dodds […]
Posted By: January 14, 2018
Peter Keough. Boston Globe. Friday, January 12, 2018 “No Stone Unturned,” the latest documentary from Oscar-winner Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side”), opens like an episode of “NCIS.”On June 18, 1994, in a pub in rustic Loughlinisland, Northern Ireland, men drink pints while watching the World Cup soccer match between Ireland and Italy. A cut is made to a sedan speeding down a […]
Posted By: January 14, 2018
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “This is the essential background that must be borne in mind when analyzing the origins of the Six Counties state and its police. Note that Churchill – famed master of the most precise and exactly right word – did not use “Unionists/Loyalists” but “Protestants.” He knew exactly what he was saying, and […]
