Posted By: January 16, 2014
An Phoblacht. December 2013. Christmas vigil for 11 killed by British Army Parachute Regiment in 1971 The 11 victims – including a local priest and a mother of eight – were killed by the British Army in a 36-hour period following the introduction of internment without trial on 9 August 1971 THE FAMILIES of 11 people killed in 1971 by British Army paratroopers in Belfast what […]
Posted By: January 16, 2014
Republican Martin Corey, pictured in 2012. COLIN FRANCIS . Belfast Telegraph. Thursday, 15 JANUARY 2014 Prominent republican Martin Corey has been released from Maghaberry prison. It is understood he was freed after a decision by secretary of state Theresa Villiers. Corey, a member of Sinn Féin, was released from custody last night and left Maghaberry […]
Posted By: January 16, 2014
Ian Paisley Gemma Murray. NEWS LETTER ( BELFAST). THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014 East Belfast community worker Jim Wilson yesterday slammed former First Minister Ian Paisley for “side-stepping every question he was asked” during a BBC documentary. On Monday night, in the first of two programmes, both entitled Paisley: Genesis to Revelation – Face to Face with Eamonn Mallie, Dr […]
Posted By: January 15, 2014
” Most despicable of all, it’s designed to act as cover for the real reason Unionists won’t sign up to Haass and that is a refusal to accept the rule of law applying to flags, emblems and parades, the last visible vestiges of Unionism’s resistance to the concept of living on equal terms with the rest of the people on this […]
Posted By: January 14, 2014
FEEBLE LEADERSHIP LOGICAL OUTCOME OF PAISLEY YEARS Fionnuala O’ Connor. irish News ( Belfast). Tuesday, Jauary 14, 2014 WHEN something breaks the monotony of today’s sludge-treading politics, not to mention two shockers in short order, the effects take a bit of absorbing. First Richard Haass, invited in by Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness supposedly to bring sweet amity, broke […]