Posted By: December 19, 2016
Posted on: December 18th, 2016 Mike McIntire. New York Times. Saturday, December 17, 2016The Patriot-News Agency website popped up in July, soon after it became clear that Donald J. Trump would win the Republican presidential nomination, bearing a logo of a red, white and blue eagle and the motto “Built by patriots, for patriots.”Tucked away in a corner of the site, […]
Posted By: December 18, 2016
News Letter (Belfast). Saturday, December 17, 2016The Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) says he has no role in legal concerns raised by a victims coalition after he called for the release of funding for Troubles legacy inquests. Sir Declan Morgan this week expressed disappointment in decisions by First Minister Arlene Foster and Secretary of State James Brokenshire for declining to release funding […]
Posted By: December 18, 2016
James Wilson. Irish Central.Sunday, December 18, 2016 A Britain First meeting.The New York Times has alleged in a page one story that a far-right Ulster loyalist is behind a Trump supporting website which played a significant role in fake news and damaging stories about Hillary Clinton. The Times lead story headline ran “How a Putin Fan Overseas Helped Push pro-Trump propaganda […]
Posted By: December 18, 2016
The bizarre €470m NI political scandal explained: “People were heating buildings on an industrial scale to make money.”Suzanne Breen. Irish Independent. Friday, December 16, 2016NORTHERN Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster over-ruled her own minister from immediately shutting down a renewable energy scheme which could cost the Northern Ireland tax-payer an estimated £400m (€476m), it was claimed last night. Mrs. Foster’s former […]
Posted By: December 18, 2016
Sinn Féin is playing a risky game over the ‘cash for ash’ controversy Gerry Moriarty. Irish Times. Saturday, Dec 17, 2016. First Minister Arlene Foster has flatly rejected Martin McGuinness’s call for her to ‘stand aside’ to allow an inquiry into corruption allegations. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA WireNorthern Ireland politics and Christmas crises seem to go hand in hand. […]