Posted By: January 22, 2018
Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin writes for Slugger about the upcoming talks and the Irish Language Act On Wednesday our local political parties, this time the 5 ‘main parties’ as they are described in the media, will return to the table to try and flesh out a deal which would allow for the Executive to […]
Posted By: January 22, 2018
Anthony Neeson. Irish Echo. Monday, January 22, 2018 Mary Lou McDonald will become the new president of Sinn Féin on February 10. RollingNews.ie photo Sinn Féin’s president-elect has said that a united Ireland is the “best outcome for all our citizens.” Mary Lou McDonald was speaking in Belfast after she was named as Sinn […]
Posted By: January 20, 2018
Sam Coates and Patrick Maguire. The Times. London.Saturday, January 20, 2018 Relations between the DUP and the Tories are under increasing strain amid uncertainty over when the £1 billion promised as part of the confidence and supply deal to keep the Conservatives in power will be delivered.Next week will mark the first anniversary of the collapse of the Northern Ireland […]
Posted By: January 19, 2018
Alan Erwin. Belfast Telegraph.January 19, 2018A judge who ruled that a damning report into the Loughinisland atrocity was unlawful should step aside from the case, the High Court heard on Friday. In a dramatic move, lawyers representing Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman and relatives of those killed in the massacre argued that Mr. Justice McCloskey should withdraw due to a potential perception […]
Posted By: January 17, 2018
The Irish Echo. Letters to the Editor. January 17, 2018 Editor: Far be it from me to be too indulgent of Tory rulers in Northern Ireland. However, even this Fermanagh man is surprised by the negative publicity out-going secretary of state James Brokenshire received throughout his tenure in the North. Because of that negative publicity, […]