Posted By: July 13, 2016
North will be at bottom of both governments’ in-trays Theresa May was the least worst of a horrible slate of candidates. Brian Feeney.Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, July 13, 2016LAST Friday in London an unseemly mob, many in pin-stripe suits, some incongruously in blue T-shirts, marched along the footpath towards parliament.They were chanting, ‘Who do we want?’ ‘Leadsom for leader’ was […]
Posted By: July 13, 2016
Irish News Editorial (Belfast). Wednesday, July 13, 2016 There will be considerable relief that the main Orange parades, apart from an isolated incident in Ballycastle, passed off peacefully yesterday and were surrounded by a noticeably low-key mood during all the main demonstrations. The trends over recent years have been generally in the same direction and […]
Posted By: July 12, 2016
By GERRY ADAMS. New York Times. The Opinion Pages | Op-Ed Contributor . Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Credit Andrew Holder Dublin — IN 1998, for the first time since partition in 1921, the people of Ireland, North and South, joined in voting for change when they took part in referendums on the Good Friday Agreement. […]
Posted By: July 12, 2016
Chris Donnelly. Irish News (Belfast). Tuesday, July 12, 2016THE decision of the majority of Britain’s voters to take their country out of the European Union presents Irish nationalists with a golden opportunity to construct a new Irish unity narrative and seize the initiative in terms of setting the political agenda for the first time since the turn of the century.Brexit compels […]
Posted By: July 12, 2016
Irish News Editorial.(Belfast). Tuesday, July 12, 2016As can often be the case when senior political posts become available, both in the UK and elsewhere, Theresa May has effectively won the race to become prime minister because of the failings of others rather than through her own undisputed merits.However, Mrs. May still deserves considerable credit for avoiding a range of pitfalls and maintaining a solid and […]