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PLEASE, PLEASE, SHED LIGHT ON THE DARK SIDE

Posted By: May 10, 2014

Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belfast). Saturday, May 10, 2014 SOLVING political problems is the preserve of politicians. Building trust in policing is a matter for all of us. so while the political fall-out from the arrest of Gerry Adams is likely to be resolved, to some extent, after the elections, allegations concerning the integrity […]

Prosecutors in Gerry Adams case may have to consider public interes

Posted By: May 08, 2014

If evidence is sufficient, it would be entirely proper for deputy DPP to take into account impact of charges on peace process Joshua Rozenberg • The Guardian.com, Tuesday  May 6, 2014  Nobody should have been surprised when Gerry Adams was released without charge on Sunday night. The Police Service of Northern Ireland may think it has enough evidence against the Sinn Féin president to justify […]

OH FOR SOMEONE WITH THE GUTS TO TACKLE PAST

Posted By: May 08, 2014

“In the meantime the inertia of Dublin and London is entirely responsible for last week’s dangerous circumstances. Unfortunately neither the NIO[ Northern Ireland Office] nor the Department of [Irish ]Foreign Affairs has a politician with the guts, principle or imagination to take the matter in hand and act to prevent similar danger to peace erupting next month or next year.” Brian Feeney, Irish […]

POWER GAMES HINDER ANGLO-IRISH DEBATES

Posted By: May 02, 2014

  Denis Bradley. Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, May 2, 2014. AFTER 20 years, the core questions that informed the Good Friday Agreement are beginning to grow legs. Twenty years back places the genesis of those legs not so much in the agreement itself but in the beginning discussions between the two main killing machines, […]

WHO NEEDS CONSENSUS WHEN YOU’VE GOT LAWS?

Posted By: May 01, 2014

“Shortly afterwards, the UVF was conveniently in charge and meeting with the PSNI from east Belfast to Wales. The human rights and community policing philosophies appeared to have been retrofitted onto acquiescence with a criminal gang.”                                                […]

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