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FLANNERY-GALVIN SPLIT OVER SINN FEIN RECOGNIZING DAIL

Posted By: January 02, 2017

President Reagan’s bowl of shamrock and the 1,500-year wake Ryle Dwyer looks back 30 years to Garret Fitzgerald’s St Patrick’s Day State visit to the White House, and its impact on the Northern peace process Ryle Dwyer. Irish Examiner. Monday, January 02, 2017 When Irish ambassador John J Hearne sent a small box of shamrock to the White House for US president […]

Border UDR feels IRA has “seized military initiative”

Posted By: January 02, 2017

Report of a visit to a UDR base in Co Fermanagh Éamon Phoenix.Irish News.Belfast. Monday, January 2, 2016The views of the unionist community and the Ulster Defence Regiment along the border in the last years of the Troubles are captured in a detailed report of a visit to a UDR base in Co Fermanagh by an NIO official on December 14, […]

“Overwhelming desire” for Arlene Foster resignation

Posted By: January 01, 2017

McGuinness calls on DUP leader to stand aside pending “cash for ash” scheme inquiryGerry Moriarty. Irish Times. Sunday, January 1, 2017Deputy First Minster Martin McGuinness has said there is an overwhelming desire in the Northern Ireland community for Arlene Foster to step aside. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA WireThe new year began in Northern Ireland with renewed calls for DUP leader Arlene Foster to stand aside as First Minister […]

Sir Robert Armstrong: “Nothing will ever be the same again in NI”

Posted By: January 01, 2017

State papers 1986: UK secretary said Anglo-Irish Agreement resulted in “fundamental change”John Bowman. Irish Times. Saturday, December 31, 2016.Dr. John Bowman is a broadcaster and historian. His most recent book is Ireland: the Autobiography, published by Penguin  British Cabinet secretary Sir Robert Armstrong in 1986.In any assessment of the historic importance of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the Irish diplomats who […]

RHI scandal: Martin McGuinness has repeated his call to First Minister Arlene Foster to step aside

Posted By: January 01, 2017

Rebecca Black. Belfast Telegraph. Sunday, January 1, 2017Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinnessDeputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has repeated his call to his ministerial partner Arlene Foster to step aside as First Minister.In a New Year’s message issued this morning the Sinn Fein man said there is a need for “real leadership if confidence is to be restored in the […]

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