A letter published in the Irish Times on Friday 2nd October 2026 entitled Several Sides to Drumcree is worth reflecting on. It was written by Joseph McMinn with a Belfast address. He writes: “Editor, So much of the media coverage of what is going on at Drumcree […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT CRIME &PUNISHMENT, JAMIE B, TRUMP & FREUD, & SHOULD THE OO MARCH ANYWHERE????
How do you feel about the death penalty? Life imprisonment? What about instead of life imprisonment, we gave killers 25 year? Or 20? Or 15? What about rehabilitation when they come out of prison. – and what about structures to prevent them falling into criminality in the first place? Oh, and would you like to […]
Britain continues to obstruct Good Friday Agreement -by Mike Cummings
Britain continues to obstruct Good Friday Agreement (GFA) obligations and to undermine the Northern Ireland Protocol of the EU-UK Withdrawal Treaty. Both agreements protect Irish citizens rights and promote economic development in all of Ireland. We ask U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken: a) to oppose Britain’s so-called amnesty plan to cover-up […]
Letter from America by Mike Cummings
AMERICAN BREXIT COMMITTEE Philadelphia, PA PRESIDENT SUPPORTS IRISH UNITY President Trump’s recent visit to Ireland included his remark that “…Irish unification would be fantastic.” The New York Times news item depicted that as breaking a ‘precedent’ although none was cited. The President’s casual but repeated remark must be viewed in the context of his mostly […]
Thirteen Days, Thirty-Five Men, One Road
After a thirteen-day standoff, a late-night High Court sitting, a Hillsborough Castle talking shop and enough appeals for “calm on all sides” to fill a hymn book, the Secretary of State has reached a startling conclusion. Sir Chris Bryant banned the Drumcree parade, explaining that an accommodation between the Orange Order and the residents […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT TRUMP & PEACE PRIZE, ZACK POLANSKI LOSES, DRIVERS& VISION, & ASSISTED DYING
Bad news – Donald Trump has yet again been denied the Nobel Peace Prize. Don’t they know he stopped eight wars? There’s thanks for you. Zack Polanski and the Greens didn’t manage yesterday to take the seat that Keir Starmer left empty. Was that because Polanski called for a ONE-STATE solution in Palestine? What would a […]
LEGAL v MORAL by Joe McVeigh
“What is legal is not necessarily moral”, Pope Leo XIV said in Lourdes on 27 Sept 2026. Pope Leo was referring to euthanasia which has been legalised in France and other countries in Europe. How relevant are these words from Pope Leo during the latest attempt by the Orange Order to walk down the […]
How do we explain October 7, 2023?
Today marks the anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas. Using bulldozers,, vehicles and hang-gliders, Hama poured through the defence breaches and slaughtered some 1200 Israelis and took 120 captive. This must have involved months of meticulous planning, as well as an astonishing lapse in border defence. Israel’s IDF has always been on the […]
Saturday on the Garvaghy Road
For a long time, people have said that the South has moved on from the North. Saturday on the Garvaghy Road suggested otherwise. People travelled from across Ireland to stand with a nationalist community in Portadown, and they came in their thousands. Nobody makes a journey like that for a stranger’s problem. They came because […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT 2,000 + MARCHES EVERY YEAR – IS IT RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME ? AND WEARING GAA TOPS
Why hasn’t the Garvaghy Road dispute been sorted years ago – all sorts of other parades have been, including the once -toxic Apprentice Boys in Derry? Would a joint unionist-republicans march/walk work? And have all those marches that were resolved – is that because nationalists allowed stripped-down versions of Loyal Orders to march?If so, […]