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IRA ceasefire on this day in August 1994 – a day that changed Ireland forever

Posted By: August 31, 2019

Niall O’Dowd@niallodowd. New York. Saturday, August 31, 2019 On August 31, 1994 – the day of the historic IRA ceasefire that brought the beginning of the end to the North’s Troubles – I was working out in a gym in a Dublin hotel.We had been told by our IRA contact to “wait for the Angelus bell” the prayer that stops Ireland […]

NI High Court Brexit challenge adjourned

Posted By: August 30, 2019

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “Attached is the BBC’s report on my friend Raymond McCord’s latest action. Raymond is from a Belfast Unionist/Protestant background and is a fearless victims’ rights campaigner. His son, Raymond Jr., was murdered in 1997. But because the individuals involved were British agents or directed by […]

Raymond McCord launches legal bid to stop Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament

Posted By: August 29, 2019

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus   Irish News.Belfast.Thursday, August 29, 2019A legal bid to compel Boris Johnson to reverse plans to suspend parliament before Brexit has begun at the High Court in Belfast.Victims campaigner Raymond McCord is seeking an urgent injunction aimed at forcing the British Prime Minister to change his advice to Queen […]

Voice of mainstream unionism is missing from public life

Posted By: August 29, 2019

  The DUP does not reflect mainstream unionist opinion Newton Emerson. Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, August 29, 2019STATE papers just declassified from 1994 peace talks show loyalist leaders were “very disappointed at the continual references to the smallness of their mandate”.This sense of entitlement continues today, with blogger Jamie Bryson waving his even tinier mandate around and complaining loyalist voices are not heard.In […]

Irish ministers distance themselves from comparison of Boris Johnson to Oliver Cromwell

Posted By: August 29, 2019

Cromwell regarded in Ireland as guilty of war crimes, religious persecution, and ethnic cleansing Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, August 29, 2019  Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to prorogue ParliamentIrish ministers have distanced themselves from comments made by a government colleague who compared Boris Johnson to Oliver Cromwell.In a tweet, which he later deleted, Minister of State Michael D’Arcy said […]

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