Posted By: May 02, 2016
“This ludicrously pompous and undignified foot-stomping was insulting to nationalists and counter-productive to unionists, as Dublin will happily avoid the subject if left alone. “ Newton Emerson.Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, April 28, 2016 There is a saying in American politics that the chair rises up to meet you – meaning that if you lack the […]
Posted By: April 29, 2016
RTE. DUBLIN. Friday 29 April 2016 Support for the 1916 Rising was far from universal, with the Loyal Dublin Volunteers among the groups opposing the rebels. The Loyal Dublin Volunteers was a force set up by southern unionists in 1913 to oppose Home Rule. An article in the Irish Times reported on the new organisation […]
Posted By: April 25, 2016
Deaglain de Breadun. Irish News.(Belfast). Monday, April 25, 2016 WILLIAM Butler Yeats wrote after the Rising that “Too long a sacrifice/Can make a stone of the heart”. These and other lines from his great poem Easter 1916 are very much in vogue at present, as part of a centenary commemoration that has been sober, thoughtful, […]
Posted By: April 25, 2016
Tom Kelly. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, April 25, 2016 As A rule Northern Ireland does not do ‘independents’ at elections.Perhaps that’s because so many of the political parties have their mavericks. Yet in the Republic of Ireland it’s the independents with their pork barrel demands that are holding the country to ransom or holding the balance of power, if you prefer […]
Posted By: April 25, 2016
Alison Martin Irish News (Belfast). Monday, April 25, 201 Alison Martin holds a BA in Modern History and an MA in Irish History from Queen’s University Belfast In recent weeks, the media have focused on how the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising has been commemorated in Dublin.But events to mark the Rising have also taken place […]