Posted By: January 15, 2020
Financial vagueness in the deal shows the executive will not be trusted Brian Feeney. Irish Times. Belfast. Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Have they been had? Boris Johnson blew in with Storm Brendan on Monday and flew out again as the storm abated, puffing, blowing and blustering, but in Johnson’s case leaving […]
Posted By: January 14, 2020
January 13, 2020 By Irish Echo Staff Raymond McCord Sr. and Fr. Sean McManus in front of the White House in 2009. By Irish Echo Staff During the week of Sunday, February 9 to Saturday, February 15 the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus is sponsoring, for the third time, a visit of the Northern […]
Posted By: January 13, 2020
As a paramilitary force defending British rule, its officers were not innocent victims Brian Hanley. Irish Times. Dublin. Monday, January 13, 2020 John William Nixon was a career policeman. A native of Cavan, he joined the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1899, at the age of 22. Nixon served in Donegal, Antrim, Mayo, Fermanagh, […]
Posted By: January 13, 2020
Being Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland sometimes felt like ‘trench warfare’ Gerry Moriarty Northern Editor. Irish Times. Belfast. Saturday, January 11, 2019 During his seven years as the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland Michael Maguire managed to find time to write a book. “It’s a political thriller involving corruption among businessmen, politicians and police officers,” […]
Posted By: January 13, 2020
Plan to mark 150th anniversary cancelled over fears of debate concerning UK apology Shane Hickey in London. Irish Times. London. Monday, January 13, 2020 Former British prime minister John Major stepped in to stop plans for a service commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine in 1996 amid fears it would ignite […]