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President Obama needs to act urgently on Northern Ireland

Posted By: May 28, 2015

Niall O’Dowd @niallodowd  Irish Central. May 28,2015Former senator Gary Hart has been operating as Secretary of State John Kerry’s personal emissary to  Northern Ireland since last October, but that needs to change.He does not have the status of a special envoy as George Mitchell and others had. He needs to have the full-throated support of the Obama administration behind him as the latest […]

DUP STICKS TO TRADITION WHEN EQUALITY LOOMS

Posted By: May 27, 2015

Brian Feeney. Irish News ( Belfast).Wednesday, may 27, 2015 IT’S back to the future. We are where we were 50 years ago, a year or so before the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association[ NICRA] got under way. NICRA’s most lethal weapon was to demand the same rights as UK citizens in Britain. Unionists had no […]

FLORIDA SENATE BILL ANTI-CATHOLIC, ANTI-IRISH Senate Bill 7024 Is Shameful

Posted By: May 21, 2015

SENT TO 490 MEDIA OUTLETS IN FLORIDAFLORIDA SENATE BILL ANTI-CATHOLIC, ANTI-IRISH                Senate Bill 7024  Is ShamefulCapitol Hill. Wednesday, May 20, 2015 —— If Florida governor were to sign a Senate Bill to repeal the Mac Bride Principles, it will be seen as  anti-Catholic and anti-Irish — whatever the  governor’s intentions.That is […]

CLOCK TICKING ON ALASDAIR’S LEADERSHIP OF DIVIDED PARTY

Posted By: May 18, 2015

Tom Kelly. Irish News ( belfast). Monday, May 18, 2015   LIKE many commentators I was surprised by Seamus Mallon’s dramatic intervention on the future of Alasdair McDonnell’s leadership of the SDLP. Mallon has remained silent on leadership issues so his comments as one of the SDLP’s last great vote winners are not easily ignored. […]

Special Branch ballistics unit investigated over weapons link to 60 murders

Posted By: May 18, 2015

By Chris Moore BBC Spotlight NI.  May12,  2015 A shadowy Special Branch ballistics unit is being investigated over its links to weapons used in 60 murders. The revelation is made in Tuesday night’s BBC Spotlight NI programme. It looks at the Weapons & Explosives Research Centre (WERC) which was the Special Branch ballistics unit up […]

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