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Donald Tusk says Ireland must come first in Brexit negotiations with UK

Posted By: March 09, 2018

 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and EU Council president Donald Tusk hold a press conference at Government  Buildings in Dublin yesterday PICTURE: Niall Carson/PA  Tony  Bailie. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, March 9, 2018 EUROPEAN Council president Donald Tusk has insisted the EU will put “Ireland first” in the ongoing row over post-Brexit border arrangements.After talks with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin yesterday, Mr. […]

Provisionals and dissidents, in their own words

Posted By: August 12, 2017

Provisionals and dissidents, in their own words A US academic has spent more than 30 years recording an oral history of the IRA : Out of The Ashes – An Oral History of the Provisional Irish Republican Movement by Robert W White is published by Merrion Press Robert W. White. Irish Times. Dublin. Friday, Jun […]

Pope prays at Israel’s West Bank separation barrier

Posted By: May 26, 2014

    BBC. May 25, 2014 The Pope rested his head against Israel’s separation barrier as he prayed   Pope Francis has prayed at the concrete barrier Israel is building in and around the West Bank during his three-day tour of the Middle East. The unscheduled stop came after he called for an end to the “increasingly unacceptable” Palestinian-Israeli conflict. […]

PAPAL VISIT TO MIDDLE EAST

Posted By: May 25, 2014

Pope Francis waves to crowds gathered in Bethlehem Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accompany Pope Francis as he visits the memorial monument commemorating victims of terrorist acts on Mount Herz Pope Francis worships at the Stone of Anointing at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem Pope Francis arrives in […]