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Posted By: March 26, 2018

The UK refuses to reveal secret Irish history guide given to ministersBrian Hutton. The Times. London. Monday, March 26, 2018The British government is refusing to disclose a secret version of Irish history that it hands to Northern Ireland secretaries when they take office.The dossier covers more than 800 years of turbulent events on the island of Ireland and its relationship […]

Long: British impartiality undermined by DUP links

Posted By: March 26, 2018

John Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, March 26, 2018The British government’s ability to act impartially in the Stormont negotiations was undermined by its close relationship with the DUP, Alliance leader Naomi Long has claimed.The East Belfast MLA said the Tories’ confidence and supply deal with Arlene Foster’s party led to a sense that the British government “had one hand tied behind their back” […]

Shadow Assembly a ‘retreat’ from power-sharing and would lack credibility: Sinn Fein

Posted By: March 25, 2018

 Jonathan Bell. Belfast Telegraph. Saturday, March 24, 2018Sinn Fein has said a shadow Assembly established in the absence of the Northern Ireland devolved institutions would represent a “retreat” from power-sharing saying it would lack credibility.The party called again for the British and Irish governments to intervene to resolve the outstanding issues blocking a return to government.Arlene Foster, in her speech […]

Hooded Man: “They asked me to count to ten; I refused in case I couldn’t do it”

Posted By: March 25, 2018

A European court ruled that the 14 men “did not occasion suffering of the particular intensity and cruelty implied by the word torture.”Source: Leah Farrell via RollingNews.ie The Journal.ie Dublin. Sunday, March 25, 2018THIS WEEK, A landmark ruling was given in the case of the “Hooded Men” – fourteen men who say they were tortured by British forces during the Troubles.The men, ten of […]

Two priests from opposite sides of Northern Ireland’s sectarian divide have  something to say about forgiveness

Posted By: March 25, 2018

 Matthew Bell. Pittsburgh NPR News Station.Friday, March 23, 2018Just say the name of the second biggest city in Northern Ireland, and you might also be revealing your sympathies. Call it “Londonderry” and people here could suspect that you’re on the side of the Protestant loyalists. And if you say “Derry,” well, that’s what the Catholic nationalists call the city. In an attempt at […]