Posted By: August 09, 2013
Andy Pollak. Irish Times.( Dublin). Thursday, August 8, 2013, 20:03 The mischievous streak in me likes the word “collaboration”: it is a subversive word. I believe in the obvious – that the road to peace out of any conflict, short of outright military victory by one side or the other, lies in eventually collaborating with the old enemy. […]
Posted By: August 08, 2013
Security forces had two agents in the Real IRA but did not share that information with Northern Ireland officers, report claims Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent. The Guardian( London). Wednesday 7 August 2013 The Omagh Support and Self Help Group report focuses on the role of two state agents who infiltrated the Real IRA. Photograph: Mike Mahoney/Reuters MI5, the FBI and Garda special branch […]
Posted By: August 08, 2013
Ulster TV. Thursday, 08 August 2013 New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has sent a personal message of support to Belfast lord mayor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, who was targeted by loyalist protestors at a civic opening in the city earlier this week. The Sinn Féin’s representative was forced to flee the ceremony at a children’s playpark in Woodvale Park […]
Posted By: August 08, 2013
BBC NORTHERN IRELAND. Tuesday, August 6, 2013 The lord mayor of Belfast, Sinn Fein’s Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, has been jostled and heckled by loyalist protesters at the re-opening of a park in the Woodvale district of north Belfast. He was escorted away from the trouble by the police and the ceremony was cancelled. The police say […]
Posted By: August 07, 2013
BRITAIN CANNOT TAKE MORAL HIGH GROUND ON ZIMBABWE Brian Feeney. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, August 7, 2013. BRITISH foreign secretary William Hague says he is ‘gravely concerned’ about Robert Mugabe’s re-election in Zimbabwe. That’s par for the course. Hardly a day goes by without Hague condemning or deploring some event somewhere in the world. […]