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ROBINSON HEDGES THREAT WITH SUFFICIENT WAFFLE

Brian Feeney. Irish News ( Belfast).Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Peter Robinson’s resignation threat shows what a savage blow the failure of the prosecution of John Downey has dealt to the political process in the north. It’s not only the manner in which Mr. Justice Sweeney rejected the prosecution arguments and the completely incompetent way in […]

SHOULD THE IRISH HAVE A POSITION ON SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE?

The author finds it odd that Irish nationalists/republicans have stayed silent on “ Scotland’s quest for independence.”   SILENCE ON INDEPENDENCE DEBATE SPEAKS VOLUMES Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast) Saturday, February 22, 2014. FOR a country which spent centuries seeking foreign aid in its struggle for freedom, Ireland is maintaining an embarrassing silence on Scotland’s quest for […]

    138 Irish academics pledge to boycott Israel Today (Last Update) Time 17:00 (MaanImages/file) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — More than 130 Irish academics have signed a pledge to boycott Israeli institutions in the latest move from the international campaign for the academic boycott of Israel. The 138 signatories, who hail from a diverse variety of academic […]

ACADEMIC BOYCOTT HURTS ISRAELI PRIDE

Brian Feeney. Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, February 18, 2014 TO The surprise of no one,  Unionists have blocked an attempt to call a room in Stormont after Nelson Mandela. It was entirely predictable and that’s probably why Sinn Fein proposed renaming the room in the first place – to show unionists conforming to type, […]

Shadow Secretary of State Meets Ballymurphy Massacre Committee

Shadow Secretary of State Ivan Lewis today met relatives of 11 people shot dead by the British  Army Parachute regiment in Ballymurphy West Belfast in August 1971.    Speaking after meeting the families and visiting some of the sites where the victims were shot Mr Lewis released the following statement      As part of his ongoing engagement […]