Posted By: December 15, 2015
Alex Kane News Letter(Belfast). Onday, December 14, 2015It looks like next May’s Assembly election will be one of the most brutal intra-unionist battles since the early 1970s. A lot of leaders have a lot to prove and lack of obvious progress will consign some of the smaller parties to the footnotes of history – along with the likes of Vanguard, the Unionist […]
Posted By: December 12, 2015
David Young. Belfast Telegraph. Saturday, December 12, 2015. Julian Fellowes visiting Titanic BelfastThe creator of award-winning British aristo-soap Downton Abbey has revealed he is a supporter of a united Ireland.In an in-depth interview in today’s Belfast Telegraph Weekend magazine, author Julian Fellowes speaks about his Anglo-Irish roots in Co Meath – and how his great-great grandfather […]
Posted By: December 12, 2015
Patrick Murphy. Irish News(Belfast).Saturday, December 12. 2015 01:00THIS week’s launch of the new book, John Hume: Irish Peacemaker, raises a question which we tend not to ask: if the peace was so successful, how did the politics go so badly wrong?Of course, you may wish to argue that there is nothing wrong with our politics and that […]
Posted By: December 11, 2015
Michael D Higgins convinced his father’s long battle to get military pension was due to his anti-Treaty activities Ronan McGreevy. Irish Times. Friday, December 11, 2015 There is a letter in the military pensions archive which for President Michael D Higgins brings back painful memories of his father’s struggles. The youngest of 10 children, John Higgins was active in the War of Independence and afterwards […]
Posted By: December 10, 2015
John Monaghan.Irish News(Belfast). Thursday, December 10, 2015 MORE than one in five police officers have been recommended for disciplinary procedures or sanctions in the past five years, new figures reveal.Since 2010 the Police Ombudsman has made recommendations against 1,484 police officers out of a current total of 6,780 serving officers.It means that the ombudsman is recommending disciplinary […]