Posted By: March 12, 2018
Suzanne McGonagle. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, March 12, 2018THE chair of Northern Ireland’s Policing Board has spoken of her concerns about what could happen within thePSNI if it is not fully held to account.The oversight body does not have the legal authority to oversee the PSNI because of the political impasse at Stormont.Anne Connolly said: “The longer this goes […]
Posted By: March 12, 2018
On This Day [in Irish history] Irish News, March 13, 1918New Nationalist Leader Eamon Phoenix. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, March 13, 2018 At the adjourned meeting of the Irish Parliamentary Party held in the Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin yesterday evening, Mr. John Dillon was unanimously elected to Chairman in place of the late Mr. John […]
Posted By: March 12, 2018
Tom Kelly. Irish News.Belfast. Monday, March 12, 2018AS I sat in Committee Room 10 in Westminster last week I was conscious that just down the corridor was the infamous Committee Room 15 where 44 of the 73 members of the Irish Parliamentary Party voted to remove the legendary Charles Stewart Parnell as leader following the divorce crisis.I always had a personal interest in […]
Posted By: March 12, 2018
Colum Eastwood. SDLP Leader. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, March 12, 2018 In northern politics, silence is usually a sure sign that there is plenty going on beneath the surface.It should be a cause of deep worry that last week, in relative silence, a direct rule budget was designed, produced and proposed for Northern Ireland.Beneath the surface and the silence of […]
Posted By: March 11, 2018
We helped negotiate the Good Friday Agreement. We cannot allow Brexit to destroy it Brexiteers grumble that the Agreement might have outlived its usefulness. Having spent month after month negotiating it, we beg to disagree. MONICA MCWILLIAMS AND AVILA KILMURRAY. NewStatesman.Wednesday, March 7, 2018 When the EU received the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, Northern Ireland’s […]