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Good Friday’s Failure: The political divide in Northern Island is wider than ever

Posted By: May 08, 2018

Dennis Kennedy. The New European. England. Monday, May 7, 2018(Dennis Kennedy is a writer on Irish and European affairs and a former deputy editor of the Irish Times).Recent celebrations of the Belfast Agreement anniversary glossed over the fact that it is simply not working, and the flaws are intrinsic. The recent 20th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement was a bit […]

DUP founder: I’m bewildered that Protestant church leaders would welcome Pope NI visit

Posted By: May 06, 2018

    Wallace Thompson   News Letter. Belfast. Friday, May 4, 2018   Sign up A DUP founder has spoken of his “bewilderment” after Protestant church leaders said they would welcome a papal visit to Northern Ireland this summer. Wallace Thompson, secretary of the Evangelical Protestant Society, said a visit by Pope Francis north of […]

Ballymurphy Massacre Families meet to discuss the UVF statement claiming it was involved in the Massacre.

Posted By: May 05, 2018

Belfast. Wednesday, May 2, 2018 Families are skeptical about the timing of the statement so close to the inquests starting in September. Why did the UVF not claim this at the time of the Ballymurphy Massacre, why have they come out now with a statement? If there is Ballistic evidence in the form of a rifle […]

Sinn Féin’s Órfhlaith Begley wins West Tyrone seat

Posted By: May 04, 2018

  Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald (right) and leader in the north Michelle O’Neill raise the arms of Orfhlaith Begley as the newly elected MP for West Tyrone pictured at the Omagh Leisure Complex Friday, May 4, 2018 Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald (right) and leader in the north Michelle O’Neill raise the […]

Ballymurphy Massacre inquest must uncover the truth

Posted By: May 04, 2018

Irish News Editorial. Belfast. Friday, May 4, 2018. After almost 47 years, the emergence of a claim that a UVF sniper shot some of the ten people killed in the Ballymurphy Massacre has come as a surprise and has raised a number of questions.Up until now, the focus of the campaign for the truth behind these deaths has been on […]

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