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LATEST DEAL NOT PERFECT BUT IT COULD BE WORSE

Posted By: January 08, 2015

Newton Emerson. Irish News (Belfast). Thursday, January 8, 2015 DUP staffer and north Belfast councillor Lee Reynolds has written a fascinating blog on the Haass talks, which he observed at close quarters as his party’s note-taker. Reynolds blames the failure one year ago mainly on Haass himself, accusing the US diplomat of growing bored with […]

DUP LEFT RED-FACED BY GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST

Posted By: January 07, 2015

Allison Morris. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, January 7, 2015 IT has become an annual tradition: just as the last of the leftovers are fed to a grateful dog, the declassified government files are released giving a glimpse of a not so bygone time, a time when Paisley was still rabble rousing and Adams was […]

Religion’s role in Northern Ireland politics

Posted By: January 06, 2015

Chris Page.BBC News NI. October 16, 2014 Tony Blair’s spin doctor Alastair Campbell once famously said: “We don’t do God.” But in Northern Ireland, it can feel like God is a political player. A number of our politicians, including ministers, have faith and talk about it. That makes Northern Ireland different to many other countries […]

Famine historian Tim Pat Coogan criticizes Channel 4 sitcom

Posted By: January 05, 2015

James O’Shea @irishcentral January 05,2015 Irish historian and author of “The Famine Plot”, Tim Pat Coogan, wades in as 25,000 sign anti-Channel 4 Famine sitcom petition.Famine historian and author Tim Pat Coogan has joined the media commentators, politicians, and petitioners who have criticized Channel 4’s plans to develop a sitcom about the Irish Famine. Meanwhile, 25,000 people have signed an online petition […]

Angela McGowan: NI politicians should be ‘more honest’ about budget cuts

Posted By: January 05, 2015

Danske Bank’s chief economist Angela McGowan said Northern Ireland could not continue to “rely on handouts” from WestminsterBBC NI. JANUARY 4, 2015Northern Ireland’s politicians should be more honest about the impact budget cuts will have on public services, Danske Bank’s chief economist has said.Angela McGowan told BBC Radio Ulster’s Inside Business programme there was no fiscal strategy in place to […]

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