Posted By: May 26, 2014
STEVEN MC CAFFERY. THE DETAIL, BELFAST. MAY 26, 2014. Gerry Adams arrives from Dublin at the Belfast city hall election count / PressEye AFTER reporting on how UKIP’s election results in England could impact on Northern Ireland, Steven McCaffery looks at how 48hrs later, Sinn Féin’s growth in the south also raises questions. AROUND a year ago a leading unionist confidently predicted to The Detail […]
Posted By: May 26, 2014
BBC. May 25, 2014 The Pope rested his head against Israel’s separation barrier as he prayed Pope Francis has prayed at the concrete barrier Israel is building in and around the West Bank during his three-day tour of the Middle East. The unscheduled stop came after he called for an end to the “increasingly unacceptable” Palestinian-Israeli conflict. […]
Posted By: May 25, 2014
Pope Francis waves to crowds gathered in Bethlehem Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accompany Pope Francis as he visits the memorial monument commemorating victims of terrorist acts on Mount Herz Pope Francis worships at the Stone of Anointing at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem Pope Francis arrives in […]
Posted By: May 25, 2014
May 24, 2014 Sinn Fein has emerged as the biggest party in Northern Ireland following the local government elections – but the DUP has claimed the greater number of council seats. The republican party claimed 24.1% of all first preference votes with the DUP on 23.1%. Both parties, however, saw their share of the vote […]
Posted By: May 22, 2014
“With 54 designated unionists and 54 nationalists or other MLAs, it means that there will not be a unionist majority in a Stormont government for the first time since the foundation of Northern Ireland in 1921.” BY STEVEN ALEXANDER. Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, MAY 21, 2014 Unionists no longer have an overall majority in the Assembly after NI21 […]
