Posted By: December 28, 2015
Little remains of Frongoch prison camp, but locals are preparing to mark the centenary of 1,800 Irish men’s arrival after the 1916 Easter RisingMaev Kennedy.The Guardian. Sunday, December 27, 2015 A ghostly station in Frongoch, a tiny village in north Wales, is the last evidence above ground of an internment camp where almost a century ago 1,800 Irish men were held without trial, in the […]
Posted By: December 25, 2015
by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Irish Catholic ( Dublin)Thursday, December 17, 2015 “Hopefully the centenary celebrations will find a space to remember the priests of 1916”, writes Archbishop Diarmuid MartinIf I was to scour the list of places which the conventional wisdom of today associates with Dublin in 1916, I would find in such lists only rare if […]
Posted By: December 24, 2015
The Ballymurphy Massacre Families today met the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker MP in West Belfast during a two day visit. During the meeting family membesr were able to update Mr Coaker of the recent developments in the campaign including new evidence in the form of a report by Laurence Rocke […]
Posted By: December 24, 2015
Martin McGuinness. Deputy First Minister. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, December 23, 2015 THE past continues to permeate and impact on the current political process, while casting a shadow over our future. Victims of the conflict have a right to the truth about the past. Providing mechanisms for achieving that right was the focus of […]
Posted By: December 22, 2015
Fionnuala O Connor. Irish News (Belfast). Tuesdady, Deember 22, 2015The glossiest possible end-of-year report might chirrup about new leaders. But like tinsel, glossy stuff is only good for Christmas decoration.Old fears are stirred by the PSNI reaction last week to a finding that officers obstructed investigation into their own behaviour. It adds insult to injury that the case began with the maiming […]