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Criticizing Foster isn’t misogyny— it’s just treating her like any other leader

Posted By: March 14, 2017

  Mary Kenny. Irish Independent. Dublin. Monday, March 13, 2017        Arlene Foster. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire Arlene Foster certainly broke a political glass ceiling in Belfast when she became the first woman chosen to lead the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 2015, a movement whose founding father, Ian Kyle Paisley, seemed the […]

Pressing need for vote on Irish unity says Sinn Féin

Posted By: March 14, 2017

Britain’s Brexit agenda turns deaf ear to concerns of Northern Ireland, claims O’NeillTim O’Brien. Irish Times. Dublin. Tuesday, March 14, 2017 There is an urgent need for a referendum on Irish unity as the British government has refused to listen to the majority of people in Northern Ireland over Brexit, according to Sinn Féin.Party leader in the North Michelle O’Neill […]

Unionism should worry less about Gerry Adams and more about its lack of vision

Posted By: March 13, 2017

Alex Kane. News Letter. Belfast.  Monday, March 13, 2017In the News Letter’s election supplement (February 23) I wrote: “So, March 2 has the potential to be the most important election ever in Northern Ireland. My gut instinct is that unionism will, just about, squeeze a majority – but it can’t be taken for granted. If it does lose that majority, though, the political dynamics […]

If Scotland leaves, England will lose the Brexit game

Posted By: March 13, 2017

Should Scotland and N Ireland leave the UK after Brexit, the term ‘Little England’ will really come into its own.Fifty-eight percent of the Scottish electorate voted to stay in the EU in last year’s membership referendum  Alastair Sloan.Aljazeera. Monday, March 13, 2017Alastair Sloan covers international affairs, politics and human rights for British newspapers and magazines.The union that binds together […]

Talks require fresh approach

Posted By: March 13, 2017

Irish News Editorial. Belfast. Monday, March 13, 2017AN injection of fresh thinking is urgently required if the Stormont talks, which today enter the second of their scheduled three weeks, are not going to inevitably slide into a period of lengthy stalemate and angry recriminations.Nothing is impossible if a general degree of goodwill can be achieved, but few observers are expecting a positive outcome in […]

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