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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 […]

Britain’s loony right fear betrayal – let us hope so

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Tom Collins . Irish News Belfast). Saturday, November 5, 2016 You couldn’t make it up. The loony right successfully outmaneuvers a weak and spineless prime minister to secure a vote on Britain’s future membership of the European Union.It wins with a promise that the electorate will be able to ‘take back control’ from faceless bureaucrats. The EU referendum is all about sovereignty, […]

How Northern Ireland finally got a US president to care

Posted By: November 05, 2016

Ray O’Hanlon @IrishEcho Irish Echo.Thursday, November 03, 2016    Fr. Sean McManus and Bill Clinton at the 1992 forum. Irish Echo Archives Grab the attention of a presidential candidate and your cause might someday have a chance. Grab the attention of the President of the United States and your cause actually has a chance. As the Troubles in […]

Chance for paramilitaries to turn backs on the gun

Posted By: November 04, 2016

Denis Bradley. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, November 4, 2016  Reality seldom matches expectation. If some or many people are disappointed with the performance of a government led by Arlene and Martin, then he’ll rub it up on them.  Twenty years ago, it would not have featured on the radar of hope and 10 years ago […]

Focus moved to Supreme Court as government plans to appeal

Posted By: November 04, 2016

John Aston. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, November 4, 2016The future of Brexit now appears to rest with the Supreme Court after High Court judges dealt what could be a fatal, historic blow to government plans to use the royal prerogative to start the process of exiting the European Union without the authorization of Parliament.Three judges unanimously ruled Britain’s prime minister Theresa May […]

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