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It’s a funny old upside down world we live in

Posted By: November 07, 2016

Deaglan de Breadun. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, November 7, 2016.We are told that after losing their last major battle to George Washington’s forces in the American War of Independence the British played a tune called The World Turned Upside Down.The title comes to mind when considering some recent events on this island. Anyone with experience of the bad old days in The North […]

Mockery of ‘remoaners’ hugely disappointing

Posted By: November 07, 2016

” One would have thought that both women would have quickly recognized that their primary function was to heal the divisions post the referendum.What we got was completely the opposite with May acting as if the UK voted by a landslide to leave and Foster completely ignoring the comprehensive Remain vote by her own constituents in Northern Ireland.” Tom Kelly. Irish News (Belfast).Monday, November […]

Alarm that Brexit path is worsening for Ireland

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Eamon Quinn.Irish Examiner. Friday, November 04, 2016A ruling by a UK court that insists the British parliament approve the Brexit vote will unlikely delay the final divorce proceedings with the EU, Ireland’s leading independent expert on Brexit has said.But Edgar Morgenroth, associate research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), and an adviser to the Government, warned the prospects […]

Gerrymandering is alive and kicking in the USA

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Gerrymandering in the north may have been abolished decades ago but as Political Correspondent John Manley reports from Washington DC it’s surprisingly prevalent in the world’s largest democracyJohn Manley. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, November 5, 2016PEOPLE in the north like to think we wrote the book on gerrymandering. From the drawing of the border nearly a century ago to the subsequent manipulation of […]

Programe for Government needs a large dose of reality

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, November 5, 2016Stormont is good for you. That’s the key message in the latest (and almost unnoticed) Program for Government (PfG), which is now open for consultation.So forget low-fat diets, fruit and lots of fiber. Just swallow the PfG, Stormont’s new wonder-drug and you’ll be fine – although it might be best taken not with a […]

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