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The UDR: A potent weapon in Britain’s “dirty war” in Northern Ireland

Posted By: April 12, 2022

The UDR: A potent weapon in Britain’s “dirty war” in Northern Ireland Declassified files reveal the stunning level of collusion between the regiment and loyalists  Micheál Smith. Irish Times. Dublin. Saturday, April 9, 2022  For some, the conflict in Northern Ireland was characterized by an impenetrable jumble of abbreviations. Amid the alphabet soup of loyalist […]

CAMPAIGNER MCCORD’S INVITATION

Posted By: April 10, 2022

    IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus Raymond McCord, Sr.—a Belfast Protestant has been the lead-campaigner in Ireland—North and South—against the proposed British government amnesty plans. He has dominated the news on this issue. When asked by a key Congressional source why Mr. McCord was not invited to testify at […]

FR. MCMANUS AND BILL CLINTON

Posted By: April 08, 2022

Donaldson’s lack of regret could doom his leadership

Posted By: April 07, 2022

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus   Donaldson’s lack of regret could doom his leadership DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson earned ridicule after blaming others for the party’s Brexit mess. Newton Emerson. Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, April 7, 2022.  Sorry is the hardest word in politics but it is clear the […]

Putrid smell of sectarian discrimination once again floating in the ai

Posted By: April 05, 2022

  Letters to Editor, Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, April 5, 2022.  Sean Seeley. Craigavon, Co Armagh  I am old enough to remember the early days of the Troubles and the peaceful protests of the Civil Rights Association in an effort to end the rancid problem of discrimination on purely sectarian grounds against the Catholic population […]