Posted By: October 06, 2016
Gareth McKeown.Irish News (Belfast).Thursday, October 6, 2016 A senior Orangeman has insisted he will not attend any service at Belfast’s St Anne’s Cathedral involving its new Catholic canon.Assistant grand master Rev Mervyn Gibson said he was opposed to the installation of Fr Edward O’Donnell as the first priest to serve on the Church of Ireland cathedral’s governing chapter.However, the Presbyterian minister, right, said he […]
Posted By: October 05, 2016
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by the Irish National Caucus “Finally, don’t forget no DUP politician has ever endorsed sharing power with nationalists or republicans, or ‘rogues and renegades’ as Arlene Foster blurted out. She’s photographed last week with a caption describing the men alongside her as members of the UDA, an illegal organization that preys on the Unionist community but […]
Posted By: October 04, 2016
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus Victims campaigner Raymond McCord is mounting a legal challenge to Brexit. Picture by Hugh RussellIrish News. Monday, October 4, 2016THE United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union could have a “catastrophic” impact on the Northern Ireland peace process, the High Court heard today.Lawyers for the father of a loyalist […]
Posted By: October 04, 2016
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by the Irish National Caucus “They want to ensure the Brexit process complies with the rule of law, takes account of parliamentary sovereignty, protects progress made towards a more peaceful society and accords adequate weight to the democratic will of those in Northern Ireland who voted in the European referendum and in the poll on the Good […]
Posted By: October 04, 2016
The North has been plunged into uncertainty and the prospect of having to reconcile the irreconcilableGerry Moriarty, Northern Editor. Irish Times. Tuesday, October 4, 2016Following their meeting with British prime minister Theresa May at Stormont in July, Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness gave separate, edgy press conferences which highlighted their diametrically opposing positions on Brexit. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/GettyThe senior Northern Ireland civil servant, a […]
