Posted By: February 24, 2016
Republican party not a threat to the established order – it wants to become part of it Vincent Browne. Irish times. Wednesday, February 24, 2016Nothing of consequence will change in Irish society with this election. Over one million people will continue to live in deprivation; nearly one in five of everyone in employment will continue to be paid pittances; thousands of poorer people […]
Posted By: February 24, 2016
Brian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, February 24, 2016At FIRST sight Arlene Foster’s curious half-hearted ‘recommendation’ to vote to leave the EU flies in the face of all economic, financial and commercial logic.Polls show 75 per cent of voters here want to remain in the EU. The north’s Chamber of Commerce reports 81 per cent of business people support remaining. The north’s […]
Posted By: February 22, 2016
Kevin Winters is involved in some of the most controversial conflict related inquests including the deaths of 10 Protestant men at Kingsmill in 1976, above, and the murder of Derry GAA official Sean BrownConnla Young. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, February 22, 2016Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has been accused of trying to “stymie” the work of human rights solicitors who represent families of people […]
Posted By: February 19, 2016
Deaglán de Bréadún. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, February15, 2016 IT IS ironic that Northern Ireland and the peace process are hardly getting a mention in the general election campaign south of the border.Everyone knows how the Good Friday Agreement changed politics in significant ways in the north, but there is little awareness that the pact concluded at Castle Buildings all of 18 years […]
Posted By: February 18, 2016
Brian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast).Wednesday, February 17, 2016The stalled inquest into the death of teenager Arlene Arkinson is a classic example which amply illustrates why people do not give any credence to the speech our proconsul[Theresa Villiers, NI Secretary of State] made on February 11.The NIO billed it as ‘a keynote speech’. That’s defined as a speech to set the underlying tone or […]