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Title: On this Day [in history]

Posted By: November 27, 2016

Eamon Phoenix.Irish News, November 25, 1916 Carson “Will Fight”- Again!            Sir Edward Carson (the Ulster Unionist leader) addressed the members of the Ulster Association in London at the Hotel Cecil. He warned the Government that when the crucial moment came next spring if they failed to take any action necessary to keep up the supply of heroes to […]

Rebellion Medals for RIC Men

Posted By: November 27, 2016

Yesterday, twenty- two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, including a district inspector, were presented by the Viceroy (Lord Wimborne) with the RIC medal which has been bestowed on them for the courageous they displayed during the recent Rebellion in their respective districts. Prior to the presentation about 300 members of the RIC, including the medallists, were paraded at the RIC Depot, Phoenix Park […]

Time for the Brits to Ditch the United Kingdom and Its Monarchy?

Posted By: November 26, 2016

Kenneth Surin. Counter Punch. Friday, November 25, 2016 The announcement last week that the UK taxpayer is going to have to fork out for an extensive remodelling of Buckingham Palace, whose occupant is one of the richest people in the world, was met with more hostility than one would expect from a country that has been immersed fully in the royal psychodrama, […]

London’s Pakistani-roots mayor buries “No Irish Need Apply” era

Posted By: November 26, 2016

Niall O’Dowd. Irish Central. November 26, 2016 LONDON: London’s mayor Sadiq Khan remember his father talking about the “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs” signs in windows after his father emigrated from Pakistan.He took a job as a train driver and the family lived in a council house, the working class British equivalent of a trailer home. His wife took a […]

Enda Kenny says that Brexit could lead to a united Ireland

Posted By: November 26, 2016

Alan Loughnane. Joe.ie . Thursday, November 24, 2016 He made the comments at a fundraiser…Britain’s impending exit from the European Union has raised a lot of questions about how Ireland’s relationship with the UK is going to change, specifically in terms of trade, travel and the border between the north and south of the country.The return of a hard border […]

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