Posted By: May 28, 2018
This week’s abortion vote and the rise of nationalist leader Mary Lou McDonald show how fast Ireland is changingDanielle Ryan. Salon. Sunday, May 27, 2018It would be a most historic irony if Brexit — the United Kingdom’s push for separation from the European Union — inadvertently led to the reunification of Ireland, separated by British-imposed partition almost 100 years ago.But […]
Posted By: May 27, 2018
McDonald is treading a well-worn path, hoping that one last push can secure a seat of power in both Belfast and Dublin, as well as a united Ireland, writes Danny Rigg.Danny Rigg. The Journal.ie Dublin. Thursday, May 24, 2018 MARY LOU MCDONALD is faced with no small task. Making her mark as president of Sinn Féin in the three and a half-decade-long shadow of Gerry […]
Posted By: May 27, 2018
WARNING: “A negotiation cannot be a game of hide and seek,” says Michel Barnier. Photo: ReutersBenjamin Kentish Irish Independent. Dublin. Sunday, Maybe 27, 2018 Britain needs to “face the reality” of Brexit, the EU’s chief negotiator has said, as he warned Theresa May a withdrawal deal will not be possible unless she backs down over the future jurisdiction […]
Posted By: May 26, 2018
Twenty years ago we voted for a new vision of Irish nationalism. Don’t let Brexit drive us back Fintan O’Toole. Irish Times. Dublin. Saturday, May 26, 2018 Brexit is fuelled by an English nationalism as crude and self-deluded as Irish nationalism used to be It was easy to forget that this week saw the […]
Posted By: May 26, 2018
Anguish: Raymond McCord at the Conor Lecture Theatre in Belfast. He says the pain of his son’s murder is still raw Deborah Mc Aleese. Belfast Telegraph. March 7, 2016 Victims’ campaigner Raymond McCord tells Deborah McAeese how his life is still dominated by the murder of his son 18 years ago […]