Posted By: March 31, 2022
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus When democracy rears its head so too does Unionist violence “When democracy or equality rears its head so too does unionist violence. Fifty years ago this month, William Craig stood in Ormeau Park telling a rally it was time to “liquidate the enemy.” Weeks later, […]
Posted By: March 30, 2022
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “Few writers can better capture the thinking of rightwing Unionists/Protestants than Susan McKay, who herself is from a Northern Ireland unionist background, as she explains in her books.”—Fr. Sean McManus. The end is nigh for Northern Ireland as we know it – and unionists […]
Posted By: March 23, 2022
Victims’ campaigner Raymond McCord at the pitches in Belfast where he played youth club football for Star of the Sea along with Bobby Sands. Photo: Liam McBurney. An inaugural football match to showcase a cross-community sports initiative will take place at Crusaders FC home ground, Seaview, in Belfast this Sunday. The first edition of what […]
Posted By: March 22, 2022
The UDR was merged with the Royal Irish Rangers to form the Royal Irish Regiment in 1992 Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, March 22, 2022 THE British army suspected the UDR was involved in collusion more than 50 years ago. A new book published this week reveals that military chiefs believed the regiment […]
Posted By: March 21, 2022
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus Tom Kelly. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, March 21, 2022 Few can be surprised that anti-Good Friday Agreement unionists are relying on the Act of Union (1800) as a political lifeline. appear happiest when looking back. The Act of Union was a brutish action […]