HERE WE GO AGAIN … ANOTHER VERY MODERATE COMMENTATOR BEWAILS TAOISEACH KENNY’S BLATANT DISERGARD FOR THE NORTH ( while defending the principle of religious freedom). DENIS BRADLEY. IRISH NEWS ( BELFAST). THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014 IT WAS to be about Enda Kenny. The article was going to say some critical things about our present Taoiseach. It was […]
tom Kelly. Irish News ( Belfast), Monday, September 8, 2014 UNTIL now I have resisted the temptation to write about the Scottish referendum on independence. After all, the issue is for the Scottish people alone. That said, the fallout whether it be yea or nay, will be felt well beyond the Scottish Borders. Firstly, despite […]
Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belfast). Sathurday, August 30, 2014 DEAR Senator Gary Hart, Your fellow American, Richard Haass, left here disillusioned and in despair. We think he over-complicated things, so we have written this simple guide to help you understand politics and society here. We hope you find it useful. So welcome to wherever […]
By: Bryan T. McMahon,publisher, The Ponchatoula Times Article published in The Ponchatoula Times and in The Independence Times Date: June 27, 2014 at 2:56:57 PM EDT Fr. Sean McManus an equal opportunity flail when it comes to international injustice. “My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland . . . and the Holy Land,” […]
More than 40 years after the shootings in a west Belfast neighbourhood, the Guardian has reconstructed the events surrounding what appears to be a killing spree by soldiers of the Parachute Regiment, just months before Bloody Sunday Interactive: map of Ballymurphy showing where the victims were shot A mural commemorating the 1971 shootings in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Paul McErlane for the Guardian. Ian Cobain. Thursday 26 June 2014 One of the most tragic and controversial episodes of the conflict in Northern Ireland will be relived in a Belfast courtroom on Friday when a preliminary hearing is held […]