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Unionist leaders do not have the political wit to offer real change

Posted By: November 24, 2021

Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, November 24, 2021.You couldn’t fail to notice a striking imbalance in the heat and noise generated here this year about the consequences of the Brexit the DUP supported.Not surprising, of course, since the DUP, like the British government, had been denying the inevitable.There was a bit of a time delay with Arlene Foster – remember […]

WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR SOLIDARITY … TO BE RE-NAMED “RICHARD L. TRUMKA WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR SOLIDARITY.”

Posted By: November 22, 2021

WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR SOLIDARITY TO BE POSTHUMOUSLY PRESENTED TO FAMILY OF RICHARD L. TRUMKA, LATE PRESIDENT OF AFL-CIO …AND TO BE RE-NAMED “RICHARD L. TRUMKA WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR SOLIDARITY.”   Irish Peace Foundation-World Peace Prize •Capitol Hill• P.O. Box 15128, Washington, D.C. 20003-0849•     Tel.202-544-0568 • Fax.202-488-7537 • Sean@IrishNationalCaucus.org • Barbara@IrishNationalCaucus.org

Commitments on rights are made, undelivered, and re-worded into an agreement

Posted By: November 20, 2021

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “This is an important article by Emma de Souza for all  Members of Congress concerned about the Good Friday Agreement, its implementation and protection, and the entire Irish Peace Process.” —Fr. Sean McManus. Protect the Good Friday Agreement? Why don’t we try implementing it first? Emma de Souza. Irish […]

Traditional unionism is incoherent and broken

Posted By: November 17, 2021

For young unionists, Irish unity is “just another issue’”alongside many others  Susan Mckay. Irish Times. Dublin. Monday, November 15, 2021. The artist Dermot Seymour once explained why his paintings often featured headless men: if you are a Protestant in the North you are not allowed to think for yourself, because “you might talk sense and […]

Unionists’ stance on deputy first minister post disturbing

Posted By: November 15, 2021

While the protocol issue has been widely presented as offering the greatest threat to our devolved structures, in many ways the attitude of unionist leaders to the prospect of a nationalist first minister has become the elephant in the room. The entire debate over the standing of the two most senior posts in the executive […]

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