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UUP’S DOCUMENT SHOWS ANGUISH AND FRUSTRATION

Posted By: March 12, 2014

“They can’t see it because the only history is the one they believe in. There is no place for an alternative view of the world. They want to force their view on everyone else and will not move until that happens. Hence the tragic demand to re-run Drumcree, a cause lost 15 years ago.” Brian Feeney. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, […]

Violence could re-emerge warns Haass

Posted By: March 12, 2014

David Young.Irish News.(Belfast).Wednesday, March 12, 2014 RICHARD Haass yesterday expressed concern over a potential return to serious violence unless issues from the past are dealt with. The former US diplomat, whose efforts to negotiate a deal on long standing disputes on flags, parades and the toxic legacy of the Troubles ended on New Year’s Eve without consensus, insisted that […]

Press on with Haass plan for Troubles victims

Posted By: February 06, 2014

BY PATRICK CORRIGAN. BELFAST TELEGRAPH , WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY 5, 2014 Standing on the shore at Newcastle during the recent tidal surges, I watched wave after wave crashing over the harbour wall. The wall, otherwise imposing on a clear day, seemed a puny human artifice as it was battered by the tide and overcome by the power of […]

PEACEFUL FUTURE DEPENDS ON ADDRESSING THE PAST

Posted By: February 05, 2014

Allison Morris. Irish News( Belfast). Wednesday, February 5, 2014. GETTING to the truth of who was pulling the strings in a conflict that was inevitably drawn out by those who armed and facilitated the gunmen is the last major hurdle to cementing peace. The murderous activities of the informer-ridden Mount Vernon UVF were first exposed […]

Haass mired in political mud … while the parties dig in deeper

Posted By: January 30, 2014

The five Executive parties meet today to try to breathe new life into the Haass proposals on flags, parades and the past. But optimism is in short supply, writes Brian Rowan Brian Rowan. Belfast Telegraph. 28 JANUARY 2014 The challenge for the Executive parties meeting again today is how to lift theHaass proposals out of […]

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