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 Burning of Roslea, 1921

Posted By: February 24, 2021

Fermanagh Village Sacked On This Day [in Irish historyThe Irish News, February 23, 1921Eamon Phoenix. Irish News. Belfast. Tuesday, February 23, 2021Our Newbliss [Co Monaghan] correspondent writes: Following the shooting of George Lester, a Unionist merchant of Rosslea, County Fermanagh who was fired at and wounded on Monday morning by three disguised men, wild scenes were enacted that night when the inhabitants were […]

Despite the DUP and NIO state of denial over the Irish Sea border, change is coming

Posted By: January 07, 2021

  UK BBC won’t cover economies in the EU because Britain’s no longer in the EU, but we will remain in the EU single market       Brian Feeney. Irish News Belfast. Wednesday, January 6, 2021   The new Irish Sea border requires some re-orientation, some repositioning, not just for haulers and exporters, but also for […]

IRISH-AMERICANS MARK ENGLAND’S “DAY OF INFAMY” IN IRELAND: DECEMBER 23, 1920

Posted By: December 23, 2020

IRISH-AMERICANS MARK ENGLAND’S “DAY OF INFAMY” IN IRELAND: DECEMBER 23, 1920 Irish National Caucus leads nation-wide information campaign   Capitol Hill. Washington, DC. Wednesday, December 23, 2020— The media and public officials in Ireland and Britain seem to mostly focus on  2021 as the year in which the state of Northern Ireland made its strange […]

British government extraordinarily reckless in Pat Finucane case response

Posted By: December 06, 2020

  Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane who was shot dead in his home in 1989 and whose family’s request for a full public inquiry was refused by the British government this week Newton Emerson. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, December 5, 2020 When the Supreme Court ruled last year there had not been a human rights compliant […]

United Ireland given impetus by “inept” handling of Brexit

Posted By: December 03, 2020

Claire Simpson. Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, December 3, 2020 The Ireland’s Future document will be officially launched online tonight at 7.30pm [The document will be officially launched on Ireland’s Future’s Twitter, Facebook and YouTube channels at 7.30pm today. Prof Colin Harvey, an expert in human rights law, will join journalist Martina Devlin to discuss the details.] THE British government’s “inept and disrespectful handling” of […]

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