Posted By: July 06, 2019
WARNING: Victims Commissioner Judith Thompson called for a clear action plan for dealing with the legacy of the past John Manley. Irish News. Belfast.Saturday, July 6, 2019VICTIMS Commissioner Judith Thompson last night called on the secretary of state to outline a “clear action plan” for dealing with the legacy of the past, arguing that any further delay risked “tensions and unrest.”She was speaking following […]
Posted By: July 06, 2019
ITV Report. Belfast. Friday, July 5, 2019 Northern Ireland’s police chief constable has been ordered to conduct the probe. Credit: PacemakerNorthern Ireland’s new chief constable has vowed to act after a court ruled police were unlawfully failing to conduct an independent probe into alleged state collusion with a notorious loyalist murder gang.Simon Byrne said he accepted the judgment […]
Posted By: July 04, 2019
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “On this Fourth of July, all Americans should agree with the motto of the Irish National Caucus:“Ireland, too, has the right to be One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Sadly, however, today’s Irish News of Belfast carries the story about a […]
Posted By: July 02, 2019
ON THIS DAY [in Irish history]The Irish News, July 2, 1919Eamon Phoenix. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, July 2, 2019President de Valera, addressing the Massachusetts Legislature yesterday, declared that if a plebiscite could be taken the people of Ireland would vote in favor of a Republic by four to one. ‘It is said that the people of Ireland are divided,’ he continued. ‘This is […]
Posted By: July 02, 2019
David Young. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, July 2, 2019Reintroducing the 50-50 policy to boost Catholic recruitment in the PSNI would be premature, Simon Byrne has said.The new chief constable said he was keen to examine other approaches to increase the numbers joining from the nationalist community before consideration was given to the positive-discrimination tool.Mr Byrne said he wanted to explore […]
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