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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Posted By: May 03, 2018
Lords debate exposes friction between Dublin and London over Brexit.Wed, May 2, 2018, 21:09 Denis Staunton London Editor. Irish Times. London. Wednesday, April 2, 2018 Wednesday’s debate in the House of Lords about Brexit and the Border was an elegant affair, with Chris Patten and Northern Ireland minister Ian Duncan quoting lines from Louis MacNeice to one another and peers displaying elaborate […]
Posted By: May 03, 2018
British government needs to signal new flexibility but this may not be politically possible Irish Times Editorial. Dublin. Thursday, May 3, 2018 The prospects of making significant progress in the Brexit talks ahead of the June summit of EU leaders look poor enough, even if some time remains to do so. The huge divisions in the Conservative Party continue to stymie British […]