Posted By: April 19, 2014
PATRICK CORRIGAN. Belfast Telegraph. Friday, APRIL 18, 2014 Good Friday 1998 was a day of hope. After 30 years of violence, a new day seemed to be dawning, as politicians embraced, then inked, an agreement which held out the promise of lasting peace. As the agreement turns 16, it is timely to check the politicians’ […]
Posted By: April 19, 2014
A noted writer reflects on 1916 Rising in this important article. Myths surrounding Easter 1916 and the first World War seem identical by now. Declan Kiberd. Irish Times. Thursday, April 17, 2014. The English love a military theme. Their bookstores are filled with vast sections on war, conflict and militaria. These volumes fly off the shelves. Still, […]
Posted By: April 17, 2014
Relatives for Justice Director Mark Thompson said: [NI Secretary of State]Theresa Villiers’ comments expose a purely self-serving political approach to the past that seeks to divert and shield the British government from its legal obligations concerning State violence and collusion. “The propaganda myth that the State is only responsible for 10 percent of all killings throws up two […]
Posted By: April 17, 2014
Newton Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, April 17, 2014 SO IT can be done. The PSNI has faced down loyalist rioting in Carrickfergus, thought to have been orchestrated as a warning against arresting members of the ‘bad’ UDA. The PSNI has been making arrests in Carrickfergus while investigating a riot in Larne two weeks […]
Posted By: April 16, 2014
Allison Morris. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Journalists often get carried away when describing political events – historic, monumental, symbolic – but apart from bulking out the word count such terms are rarely used appropriately. I have a different barometer for judging the importance of events. if I get into a taxi […]