Posted By: May 16, 2014
David Cameron’s strategy towards Ireland is a reminder of John Major’s government’s role – it almost undermined the Peace Process BY DECLAN KEARNEY. Belfast Telegraph.15 MAY 2014 However Gerry Adams detention and release is viewed, and many have done so with either bewilderment or suspicion, it brought into stark relief for many citizens the fragility […]
Posted By: May 16, 2014
Niall Mc Cracken. The Detail ( Belfast) MARCH 3, 201 Catholics prisoners had the highest number of adjudication charges across all NIPS sites MORE than fifteen years after the Good Friday Agreement, Catholics continue to form a higher proportion of the prison population and are more likely to be punished when behind bars. Prison […]
Posted By: May 16, 2014
Dublin-Monaghan bombings: Gilmore calls on British to actrelating to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings of 1974 to be assessed by an independent international judicial figure. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the bombings in which 33 people died and a further 300 people were injured. Relatives of the victims of the bombings announced today that they […]
Posted By: May 16, 2014
Diarmaid Fleming. BBC News. Wednesday, May 14, 2014 The aftermath of the Talbot Street bombing in Dublin Forty years ago this month, bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, in the Republic of Ireland, killed 33 people and an unborn child – it was the most deadly attack in the political violence known as the Troubles. Victims and relatives have just announced their […]
Posted By: May 15, 2014
Allison Morris. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, May 14, 2014 THERE are few people who get as excited about elections as journalists, possibly even more than the candidates themselves. It brings out our inner geek – percentages, transfer votes, trends, first-time voters, first-time candidates and on this occasion we’ve even got a first-time party. Before […]