Posted By: April 29, 2017
In 1914, Sir Ivor’s father, Leonard Moore Roberts, was born in Belfast – and with his arrival came Sir Ivor’s right, enshrined in the Belfast Agreement, to be counted a member of the Irish nation.“Five years later, the family moved back to Liverpool – I have never discovered why – and my father was one of the earliest pupils of a school, […]
Posted By: April 29, 2017
Irish News Editorial. Belfast, Saturday, April 29, 2017 The vote last June in favor of Britain leaving the EU has set in train a process that will have profound consequences for the UK and may ultimately herald the break-up of the Union.People in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted decisively in favor of remaining in Europe leading to Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon seeking […]
Posted By: April 29, 2017
Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, April 29, 2017 A POLICE officer told ombudsman investigators he was not aware of any murders in an area of Co Tyrone where more than 40 people were killed over four years in the 1990s.An investigation found that the officer wrongly recorded the discovery of a gun, ammunition, and manuals near Dungannon last year as ‘property […]
Posted By: April 29, 2017
Deaglan de Breadun. Irish News. Saturday, April 29, 2017 Does Europe care? Let’s hope so because it is crucially important.I refer to the need to ensure that any agreement between Brussels and the United Kingdom on the latter’s departure from the European Union takes full and proper account of the hard-won peace on this island of ours.Much has been written about […]
Posted By: April 29, 2017
John Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, April 29, 2017 If a week is a long time in politics, then ten months is an exceedingly long time in which anything can happen.Ahead of last June’s EU referendum, Irish unification was rarely mentioned in serious conversation, while the relative stability of the Stormont institutions suggested that even Sinn Féin was beginning to […]