Posted By: November 29, 2018
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, November 28, 2018 At first sight, Theresa May’s so-called ‘letter to the nation’ pleading for support for her deal is just another typically provocative and divisive use of the terminology she always chooses to describe the UK which qualifies as a nation under no […]
Posted By: November 28, 2018
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “ This article is of interest for two reasons:(1) Its author, Alex Kane, is a self-described Unionist; and, (2), many would regard the News Letter as a hardline Loyalist/Unionist/‘staunchly Protestant’ newspaper. It is significant that such an attack on Arlene Foster would appear at […]
Posted By: November 26, 2018
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “This is an older article from September 4, 2018, but it is still important reading, graphically explaining the dangers Brexit poses for the Good Friday Agreement:’The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) made a specific reference to Britain and Ireland being ‘partners in the European Union.’ And, crucially, the agreement committed […]
Posted By: November 26, 2018
When Frederick Douglass met ‘The Liberator’ Daniel O’Connell in 1845Niall O’Dowd@niallodowdNov 26, 2018 Frederick Douglass wrote that he had been “captivated” during a Daniel O’Connell speechAmerican abolitionist Frederick Douglass was advised to flee the US to Britain and Ireland following the spring 1845 release of his book ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.’Douglass, the outstanding […]
Posted By: November 21, 2018
Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, November 21, 2018.A month ago in the House of Commons, DUP MP David Simpson accepted that no deal would, ‘decimate’ the lamb industry in the north.He said, ‘if tariffs of 14 percent or 15 percent are introduced that would decimate the Northern Ireland lamb industry overnight, given that we export 90 […]