Posted By: October 28, 2021
https://www.irishnews.com/opinion/columnists/2021/10/27/news/brian-feeney-how-long-can-fianna-fa-il-conspire-with-fine-gael-to-keep-sinn-fe-in-out-of-government-2489452/ Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, October 27, 2021 If a week is a long time in politics what’s eighteen months? A lifetime? What’re two years? An aeon? It certainly seems to be the case in the Republic. Two years ago, in the council and European elections, held on the same day in May […]
Posted By: October 28, 2021
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by the Irish National Caucus. “Raymond McCord, Sr.— a Belfast Protestant/Unionist— is one of the heroes of The Troubles in the Six Counties of Northern Ireland. His 22-year old son, Raymond, Jr., was murdered near Belfast in 1997. But because some involved in the murder were police informers and British Agents, […]
Posted By: October 27, 2021
“Here we go again … the hubris of Empire … the lies and cover-ups. The Six-Counties of Northern Ireland used as England’s pawn and whipping boy.”—Fr. Sean McManus. Alexandra Hall Hall says UK ‘damagingly’ downplayed impact on Northern Ireland peace process.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/uk-minister-claimed-no-deal-brexit-would-only-hit-some-irish-farmers-with-turnips-ex-diplomat-1.4711626Simon Carswell. Irish Times. Dublin. Wednesday, October 27, 2021A former top British diplomat in Washington has accused Boris Johnson’s government of damagingly downplaying […]
Posted By: October 27, 2021
Claiming continuity with Michael Collins helps Fine Gael forget its troubling origins Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 06:00 Stephen Collins Ciara Meehan. Irish Times. Dublin. Saturday, November 7, 2020. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/without-the-blueshirts-there-would-have-been-no-fine-gael-1.4399082?fbclid=IwAR3OCMRJexIoGwclzbu-cpGhcgY3JJU0ZZPfI84mpsAP7HC6ibcUuY-OQK4 Eoin O’Duffy had an unremarkable childhood. Born Owen Duffy, he was the son of an impoverished farmer. His self-serving unpublished autobiography paints a picture of a […]
Posted By: October 23, 2021
CLICK ON AD BELOW TO ENLARGE IT. Michael Higgins shaking hands with Fr. McManus and congratulated him on book with noted journalist and TV broadcaster Vincent Browne and Ireland’s leading visual artist Robert Ballagh. Browne and Ballagh both gave speeches launching the book. Michael D, still holding the book, with Browne, Ballagh, and Fr. McManus […]
