Posted By: March 08, 2017
Arlene Foster has called for closer co-operation between unionist parties, but Political Correspondent John Manley finds it may not be as successful as the DUP leader imaginesJohn Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, March 8, 2017As sure as the bunting and flags come out on Sandy Row every July, you can be guaranteed that when the DUP is in trouble, it will […]
Posted By: March 08, 2017
Brian Feeney.Irish News. Belfast.Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Let’s make a couple of points clear because the media commentary in the past few days has been couched within the parameters set out by the NIO, by wishful thinking and by hand-wringing from bleeding-heart get-a-longers, the so-called ‘middle ground’ which doesn’t amount to a hill of beans north and west of Royal Avenue.First, Arlene […]
Posted By: March 07, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “But Foster’s scale of political catastrophe was worse. Her petulant disregard for others resulted in an election that many of her MLAs didn’t want. Her inability to accept personal responsibility for the RHI fiasco (it centered on a department run by successive DUP ministers) was to be her undoing. Ian Paisley would not […]
Posted By: March 07, 2017
Loyalist paramilitaries’ failure to make a political impact is in stark contrast to old foes Jim McDowell. Belfast Telegraph.Monday, March 6, 2017I pushed the security buzzer on the front door of the loyalist ex-prisoners’ aid and advice center in north Belfast. They took a long, hard look at me on the security camera inside.Eventually, one of them came down to the […]
Posted By: March 07, 2017
Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, March 7, 2017. DUP MP Ian Paisley has said it is time for humble pie to be served and eaten.The North Antrim MP, speaking on Sky News, said politicians needed to move beyond the past and resolve their differences. It comes as DUP MLAs will meet for the first time since the election last week in […]