Posted By: December 24, 2016
Robin Newton is facing calls to vacate the speaker’s officeNewton Emerson. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, December 24, 2016The first casualty of the RHI scandal could be DUP speaker Robin Newton (no relation). At an emergency session of the Assembly on Monday, he was unable to explain what law, precedent or standing order enabled him to call Arlene Foster […]
Posted By: December 24, 2016
“The Irish government recently highlighted its concern over delays, while Downing Street said most killings were carried out by paramilitaries, and it won’t allow anything that might ‘rewrite the history of the Troubles’.But in the absence of a formal process to deal with the past, the UK government must see that its role is already being reassessed, courtesy […]
Posted By: December 23, 2016
Fermanagh MLAs urge Foster to stand aside for RHI probe By Lauren Harte. Fermanagh Herald. Thursday, December 22, 2016 l.harte@fermanaghherald.com Sinn Fein MLAs Sean Lynch and Michelle Gildernew say public needs to know who benefitted from the scheme.Arlene Foster’s Assembly colleagues in Fermanagh and South Tyrone have repeated calls for her to stand aside and allow for a full […]
Posted By: December 23, 2016
“After Eames-Bradley (2009) and Richard Haass (Christmas/New Year 2013) came the Stormont House Agreement, published on this day two years ago, which promised among other things to establish bodies that would deliver on historical investigations and information retrieval.The agonising wait for those who would wish to benefit is an affront to human decency.”Martin O’Brien. Irish News (Belfast).Friday, December 23, 2016It’s difficult to feel overly festive […]
Posted By: December 23, 2016
Ray O’Hanlon, Irish Echo. Wednesday, December 21, 2016 Ben Gilman with Fr. Sean McManusBen Gilman, for many years a Republican member of the House of Representatives, and one of the most active Congress members on issues of Irish American concern has died aged 94.Gilman retired from Congress in 2002 but left behind a record on Irish issues […]