Posted By: March 09, 2017
Clodagh Kilkoyne Reuters Tuesday, March 7, 2017WARRENPOINT, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Mussel fisherman Brian MacDonald shares many of the concerns about Britain’s divorce from the European Union that are felt by tens of thousands of people who earn a living along the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.However, the native of the Northern Irish harbor town of Warrenpoint has an additional […]
Posted By: March 09, 2017
Melanie Phillips said unionists are not British and described Northern Ireland as “the bit that got tacked on.”News Letter. Belfast. Wednesday, March 8, 2017A columnist who described unionists in Northern Ireland as “not British” and the country itself as “the bit that got tacked on”, has come in for criticism.Melanie Phillips’ article in The Times has caused widespread controversy and […]
Posted By: March 09, 2017
Melanie Phillips tried to use history to delegitimise the nationalist aspirations of Sinn Féin and the Scottish Nationalist Party, writes Caoimhin De Barra. Caoimhin De Barra. the journal.ie. Dublin. Thursday, March 9, 2017 Caoimhín De Barra is Assistant Professor of Irish History and Culture at Drew University, New JerseyMELANIE PHILLIPS’ RECENT article on British identity angered a lot of people in Ireland, […]
Posted By: March 09, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “The DUP leader, who has badly misread the political crisis from early December until now, assisted republicans’ electoral success with her unbending, uncompromising and arrogant attitude. … On Saturday after just a few hours’ sleep I woke up to the realization that the Northern Ireland I had been born into had changed beyond recognition.For the first […]
Posted By: March 08, 2017
Poll topper Órlaithí Flynn celebrates with Alex MaskeyBrónach Ní Thuama. Belfast Media Group.Monday, March 6, 2017THERE were jubilant scenes at the Titanic Exhibition Centre on Friday as Sinn Féin’s Órlaithí Flynn topped the poll in West Belfast with 6,918 first-preference votes, surpassing the 6,725 quota.Over 66 percent of eligible voters took to the ballot box in West […]
