Posted By: July 11, 2015
Newton Emerson.Irish News ( Belfast).Saturday, July 11, 2015 IT is no accident that allegations involving Nama and “a Northern Ireland politician or party” were made in the Oireachtas, as that is the one place in Ireland where a public statement can be made without the risk of being sued (Stormont has only ‘qualified’ parliamentary privilege.) […]
Posted By: July 11, 2015
Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, July 11, 2015 ALTHOUGH the north’s post-Troubles political culture did not make the Nama [National Asset Management Agency] scandal inevitable, it certainly made it possible and maybe even likely. By concentrating on a carve-up of power between the political parties, the peace process facilitated two unwelcome (and, until recently, largely underreported) developments: […]
Posted By: July 11, 2015
Bushmills Confederate flag idolizes slavery claim The scene along the edge of the Dundarave housing estate in Bushmills, where tourists can leave their vehicles in a car park and take the ‘park & ride’ shuttle bus to the near-by Giants Causeway. The American Confederate flag is being flown on a fence where tourists must pass to get in and […]
Posted By: July 11, 2015
An inquest into one of the last loyalist murders of the Troubles has raised the question: was the notorious LVF killer working for the Security Services? Brian Rowan.Belfast Telegraph, July 10, 2015 Notorious: Billy Wright The big collusion stories here have emerged from that secret and protected world of agents and the practices of the so-called “dirty war”.Think […]
Posted By: July 10, 2015
Anton McCabe. Village Magazine (Dublin). July 9,2015 The UK General Election in the North saw the stalling of the Sinn Féin juggernaut. Its share of the vote fell by 1% compared to the last election – despite fighting an extra seat, South Belfast. This was the party’s first electoral setback in the North since 1992, […]