Posted By: April 16, 2015
Brian Feeney. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, April 15, 2015 BIG row has developed in Scotland about the demand of the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon for full fiscal autonomy and tax-raising powers for the country. No, no, the Labour party says. That would mean a gap of £7.6 billion in funding to Scotland. The country’s […]
Posted By: April 13, 2015
Tom Kelly. Irish News ( Belfast). Monday, April 13, 2015 BY NOW you will have received your polling card and all the runners and riders have been declared in each constituency. If the thought of being harangued by an array of enthusiastic political junkies at your front door fills you with dread, you are […]
Posted By: April 12, 2015
Kevin Mullan. Londonderry Sentinel. Saturday, April 11, 2015Borders and ports have always attracted criminal-types thanks to the myriad opportunities and loopholes they, by their very nature, afford.But what happens when the sudden imposition of an international boundary turns the “soundest and most respectable and god-fearing” of people into smugglers?That’s largely what happened out the back of Londonderry […]
Posted By: April 11, 2015
Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belfst). Saturday, April 11, 2015 IS the crisis in Gaelic football a mere sporting matter, or is its malaise a reflection of modern Irish society? Described by Joe Brolly as “this deviant new game”, Gaelic football has apparently become the world’s most boring sport, prompting commentators to produce a frenzy […]
Posted By: April 08, 2015
Brian Feeney. Irish news ( Belfst). Wednesday, April 8, 2015 OPINION polls on social attitudes in Britain show an unexpected level of agreement on matters like banning smoking in workplaces and restaurants, gay marriage, legalising cannabis, equality laws. There’s one political party which stands out from the others on such matters and that’s UKIP. […]