Posted By: August 27, 2014
“The result is that now there are no liberal Unionists or at least no one with the nerve to admit it. There are only reactionary Unionists and extreme reactionary Unionist LAST Friday night loyalist thugs broke into a house in Ballygomartin in west Belfast and attacked a 22-year-old man with iron bars and a hatchet. He had the temerity to […]
Posted By: August 27, 2014
UTV. Tuesday, 26 August 2014 Any resolution on dealing with the past in Northern Ireland must include tackling those people living in poverty because of their experiences during the Troubles, a Queen’s academic has said. Troubles poverty link Analysis Research has revealed that more than a quarter of adults in Northern Ireland live without basic […]
Posted By: August 27, 2014
by Tracey Magee, Political Correspondent ULSTER TV.Tuesday, 26 August 2014 “Things always look inevitable when you get them behind you, but there’s nothing inevitable about them at the time.” The words of former Fianna Fáil politician Martin Mansergh who was Special Adviser to Taoiseach Charles Haughey and Albert Reynolds in the years leading up to the IRA ceasefire. […]
Posted By: August 27, 2014
• Former PM signed Downing Street Declaration with Mr Reynolds in 1993 • Paved way for peace talks between British, Irish governments and Sinn Fein • Hundreds of mourners gathered in Donnybrook, Dublin to pay last respects • Mr Reynolds died aged 81 last Thursday after being diagnosed with dementia MAIL ONLINE. August 26 , 2014 Sir […]
Posted By: August 27, 2014
● NORTHERN IRELAND By Jamie McDowell. SUNDAY WORLD, AUGUST 27, 2014 Chief Inspector James Nesbitt in 1983 The police hero who brought the evil reign of the Shankill Butchers to an end has died.Detective James Nesbitt died on Monday. During his time in the police, Mr Nesbitt, who was awarded an MBE, became head of CID […]