May 31, 2021 NYC & Philadelphia The American Brexit Committee has again expressed its concerns for Brexit’s impact on Ireland with the U. S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. After a recent meeting with British Ministers, loyalist gang leaders issued threats of violence over the N. I. Protocol intending to intimidate the EU and the United States. N. I. loyalist thugs are […]
May, 2021
RACKETEERS, MAYORS, MARTYRS, MURDERERS & OTHERS by Donal Kennedy
In his biography of Winston Churchill, whom he credited with bringing peace to Ireland, Roy Jenkins mentioned the Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney, who died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison in October 1920. Jenkins did not mention MacSwiney’s immediate predecessor as Lord Mayor of Cork, Tomas MacCurtain – “wilfully murdered in circumstances of […]
Cliftonville FC Now is the time to give Puma the boot! – by Fra Hughes
On Saturday, May 29, 2021, the game between Cliftonville FC and Linfield FC was interrupted by a small group of protestors, carrying a Palestine flag and a banner that proclaimed to the world ‘Boycott Puma’. This interruption was to highlight the ongoing commercial relationship between Cliftonville Football Club and Puma, a major global corporate sports […]
Unionism has no other plan but Violence – by Michael Lagan
“The EU is using Northern Ireland as a political plaything.” A party from the North of Ireland held sway on how the entirety of the UK left the EU and I’m betting right now, the UK is regretting allowing the DUP to have as much say as it did. This tiny part of the world, […]
PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT POOTS ON TV, SUSAN McKAY’S NEW BOOK, COVID RULES, & BORIS-CARRIE GET HITCHED
Getting an interview with Andrew Marr on Sunday morning is the Premier League for politicians; so when word got out that Edwin Poots,the new leader of the DUP, would be appearing in studio, many of us thought it worth viewing. So did Pat and I. Arlene Foster (remember the crocodile line about granting concessions for […]
Poots on Marr this morning
Five thoughts prompted by the appearance of DUP leader Edwin Poots on the Andrew Marr show this morning. Didn’t Pootsy– comparatively speaking – look well? I know there are people who think comment on the appearance of politicians is a hanging offence but I am not of their number. Obviously appearance is not the only […]
Fr Sean MacManus and Kincora Boys Home
Website Template Design Mockup Father Sean MacManus, based in Washington DC, is spear-heading an investigation of what happened at Kincora Boys Home. If you want to find out more about his efforts and what happened in the Kincora Boys Home, view this video
BRITISH DIPLOMACY AND THE IRISH TIMES TRUST – by Donal Kennedy
On the 2nd October 1969, Sir Andrew Gilchrist, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Ireland, wrote to W.K.K White at the British Foreign Office where it was stamped “Received i n Registry” on the 9th October of that year. It read – “Dear Kelvin, Your letter of September 24th – Major McDowell and No. 10 Downing Street. 2. […]
HOW IGNORANT DOES ONE HAVE TO BE TO LEAD FINE GAEL? – by Donal Kennedy
Leo Varadkar appears to believe that the British Government accepted the result of the 1918 General Election in Ireland. He contributed his opinion, for what it’s worth to an IRISH TIMES SUPPLEMENT YESTERDAY 27.05.2021. Seventy three of the One Hundred and Five Parliamentary seats allocated to Ireland went to Sinn Fein whose Election Manifesto offered […]
Now we know what the Democratic Unionist Party Really Thinks of Democracy – by Michael Lagan
For people who claim to care so deeply about democracy and about the rule of law, Loyalists sure do like to undermine them at pivotal moments. There are clearly deep divides within the DUP, well…rather, massive gaping crevices (see the Grand Canyon as an example) and there is no way the DUP can hide or […]