Posted By: January 07, 2019
Thatcher and Haughey’s clash over police Shane Harrison BBC NI-Dublin correspondent. December 28, 2018 State papers released in Dublin reveal “particularly intense” meetings between UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Charles Haughey in 1988. The meetings took place against the continuing background of violence. At one, Mrs. Thatcher said An Garda […]
Posted By: January 07, 2019
Taoiseach responds after British PM calls for actions to avoid hard Border post-Brexit Harry McGee. Irish Times. Monday, January 7, 2018 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said British prime minister Theresa May’s acceptance that ensuring a seamless Irish Border post-Brexit needed to involve more than warm words was helpful. The Taoiseach made the comments on Sunday, the first day of his week-long […]
Posted By: January 07, 2019
Sam McBride. News Letter. Belfast. Friday, December 28, 2018 Declassified documents reveal that some of US President Bill Clinton’s own diplomats did not trust the advice of the two key people who the president chose to advise him on Northern Ireland. The candid comments – which were made during meetings with British officials or ministers – reinforced existing UK concerns about Mr […]
Posted By: January 06, 2019
Denis Bradley. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, January 4, 2019 Despite the wall to wall coverage of Brexit, the name of Andrew Frederick Ebenezer Hunter is seldom if ever mentioned.Yet he was a precursor of much of what is happening in the world of Brexit.He was Conservative MP for Basingstoke for many years until he joined the DUP in […]
Posted By: January 05, 2019
James O’Shea @IrishCentral. Saturday, January 5, 2019 President John F. Kennedy, the first and only Catholic U.S. president, joined the Knights of Columbus [KOC] soon after returning from service in the Navy during World War II and remained an active member for nearly 20 years until his assassination in 1963. KOC, a philanthropic social group […]