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OTR DEAL LEGITIMATE FROM SF’S PERSPECTIVE

Tom Kelly. Irish News ( Belfast). Monday, March 3, 2013 SINCE the Good Friday Agreement there has been a slew of books written by or about the various protagonists involved with the evolution of our peace process. everyone it seems had something to say about his or her part in the creation of peace in […]

On the Runs: Secret deal hidden in plain sight

Mark Devenport. BBC NI. February 28, 2014 The Police Service of Northern Ireland codenamed their processing of republican On The Runs “Operation Rapid”. The same nickname could have been applied to this week’s fast moving political crisis. During a 24-hour period it looked like we were heading back to the David Trimble era, when the […]

THREAT TO RESIGN LEFT ROBINSON ON THE RUN

Newton Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Saturday, March 1, 2014 IT is completely implausible that any Stormont party has not suspected for years that there was a backroom deal for IRA on-the-runs. The issue was high on the political agenda between the 2001 Weston Park talks and the failed 2005 on-the-runs bill. After IRA decommissioning, […]

PARTIES’ IGNORANCE REAL CAUSE OF PHONEY CRISIS

Patrick Murphy. Irish News( Belfast). Saturday, March 1, 2014. THE most surprising thing about “on-the-run-gate” is that so many people were apparently surprised by it. While few were privy to details of the secret negotiations between Sinn Fein and the British government, the existence of a deal was obvious to anyone who has the slightest […]

A Nation once again?

By Tomás McGoldrick, Ireland Correspondent. The London Economic. Wednesday, February 26, 2014 The recent Vision Critical poll of people in what could be known as ‘rest of the UK’ found that 62 per cent wanted Scotland to stay in the Union and 38 per cent are happy to see Scotland go it alone. It would have been interesting […]

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