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Do you know who invented St. Patrick’s Day? Not many people do

Posted By: March 16, 2017

Irish Voice Editorial. Thursday, March 16, 2017Luke Wadding: You may never have heard of him, but we owe  him a deep debt of gratitude.You may never have heard of him, but we owe him a deep debt of gratitude, for Luke Wadding is the man we can all thank, praise or blame for making St. Patrick’s Day the […]

Laugh lightly at the Tom Elliotts of this world Newton Emerson

Posted By: March 16, 2017

Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, March 16, 2017 Superiority: Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott does not want polling stations or election broadcasts  extended north of the border if the Irish presidential franchise is extended to Northern Ireland.  Picture: Mal McCannUUP former leader Tom Elliott has said that if the Irish presidential franchise is extended to Northern Ireland, there should […]

What St Patrick means to me

Posted By: March 16, 2017

Dr. Eamon Martin, the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, March 16, 2017 THIS year on St Patrick’s Day, perhaps prompted by the situation of thousands of displaced people around the world, I will think about Patrick the captive, the slave in exile, Patrick, the undocumented migrant.St Patrick’s experience of captivity as a teenager […]

May’s man is out of his depth over here

Posted By: March 15, 2017

“The proconsul [Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]seems to consider Sinn Féin as somehow illegitimate, uppity, having no right to make demands on behalf of their electorate. At no time has he indicated either in his language or behavior that he regards Sinn Féin as a party with equality of status or parity of esteem.” Brian Feeney.Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, March 15, […]

The North must become an independent EU state

Posted By: March 15, 2017

Irish reunification will not solve Northern Ireland’s problems in the aftermath of BrexitColm Tóibín. Irish Times. Dublin. Wednesday, March 15, 2017One of the options for Northern Ireland in the wake of Brexit is to accept its fate, and become a region on the very margins of a margin.It would lose its easy access to the EU markets. Brexit would also […]

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