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ORANGE ORDER’S DAY OF RECKONING HAS COME

Brian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, June17, 2013 THOMAS Babington Macaulay was a 19th century English historian, politician and writer. in the 1840s he was MP for Edinburgh. in 1847, after he had made a speech supporting an increase in the annual grant to Maynooth, the Tories whipped up Orangemen into a campaign of sectarian […]

ARRESTS FOR INCITEMENT AN AVENUE WORTH EXPLORING

  Newton Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, July 18, 2013 THE PSNI has accused the Orange Order of “reckless” and “inflammatory” statements leading up to this year’s Twelfth violence. During the flag protests, Chief Constable Matt Baggott was vocal about the tragedy of vulnerable young people acquiring criminal records for rioting. The PSNI can square this circle by […]

TALKS WEIGH IN

Problems to be dealt with through talking says US envoy John Manley. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, July 18, 2013 The US diplomat tasked with finding agreement on some of the north’s most contentious issues has insisted the solution lies in politics. Dr Richard haass, a former US envoy to Northern Ireland, arrived in Belfast yesterday […]

BELFAST ORANGE IS THE ORDER’S WEAKEST LINK

Tom Kelly. Irish News (Belfast). Monday, July 15, 2013 RECENTLY I created a sort of ‘bucket list’ including a motorcycle ride in India, teach in Africa, learn Irish, write a book and perhaps even have a go at hanggliding. Then I remembered something closer to home that I had never done. Now coming from Newry, […]

Dozens Injured in Northern Ireland as Protestants Riot Over Blocked Parade Route

New York Times. Saturday, July 13, 2013 Peter Morrison/Associated Press Police officers, with reinforcements from across Britain, were deployed in north Belfast as Orange Order members rioted. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Hundreds of police reinforcements from Britain were deployed Saturday on Belfast’s rubble-strewn streets after Protestant riots over a blocked march […]

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