Posted By: August 17, 2013
ROBINSON NOT THE FIRST MINISTER FOR NOTHING PETER Robinson is not First Minister for nothing. His U-turn on the Maze peace centre is a cunning ploy that has completely wrong-footed Sinn Fein. The 12-page ‘letter to DUP MPs and MLAs’ that announced the decision was clearly written for public consumption and mostly attacked the UUP, […]
Posted By: August 15, 2013
The chairman of the Protestant Coalition has stood over his comments about Friday night’s Belfast violence being “justified” — but insisted that he was only referring to those “defending” themselves with violence. News Letter.Thursday, August 15, 2013 As reported in yesterday’s News Letter, Sam McCrory wrote on the internet disagreeing with someone who had said Friday’s violence […]
Posted By: August 15, 2013
Irish Examiner. Thursday, August 15, 2013 By Mary Regan, Political Correspondent Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has offered a rare word of praise for his predecessor, Brian Cowen — for inviting Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to Ireland. He said there is currently a lack of leadership in maintaining the progress of the peace process — something […]
Posted By: August 15, 2013
Niall Deeney . Londonderry Sentinel.Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Those interned and subjected to ‘deep interrogation techniques’ at a secret interrogation centre in Ballykelly are seeking legal action against the British government. One of the ‘hooded men’, who were subjected to treatment in the 1970s they describe as ‘torture’, told the Sentinel that negotiations are ongoing between solicitors representing the former […]
Posted By: August 15, 2013
Note: Jim Gibney’s column reflects an Irish Republican perspective on the parading controversy. CULTURAL EQUALITY NEEDED, NOT UNIONIST DOMINATION Jim Gibney. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, August 15, 2013 BELFAST’S Clonard Monastery holds a thousand people. Tuesday night a week ago it was packed to the doors. The crowd were there for The Priests and the Ulster […]