This past week four victims including myself went to Dublin and met a cross party group of politicians. Our group consisted of two Protestants and two Catholics all fighting for truth and justice. We went as one strong voice without political views or religion in our thoughts. It’s an insult to the memories of our […]
July, 2019
FREE EXPRESSION, ITS FRIENDS AND ENEMIES by Donal Kennedy
It’s remarkable how Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt defends free speech in Hong Kong and, also, apparently, its violent adherents wrecking of public buildings and defiance of the forces of order there. I’m sure Mr Hunt’s threats to China, like Anne Widdecombe’s behaviour in Strasbourg makes some people proud to be British. Perhaps, from a […]
J’accuse Jeremy Corbyn
Has Jeremy Corbyn failed his party and his country? Watching and listening to the critical shot and shell being directed his way, you’d probably nod your head so vigorously it’d be in danger of falling off. What is it about Corbyn that makes him, in the views of his critics, such a hopeless leader of […]
MAD DOG and BREXIT CAR go out in the MIDDAY SUN of MALTA by Perkin Warbeck
MAD DOG and BREXIT CAR go out in the MIDDAY SUN of MALTA. Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 3: Spot the mad dog called Spot.
LABOUR’S HEALTH AND THE ESTABLISHMENT’S CONCERN by Donal Kennedy
“Under Britain’s unwritten constitution, it is the role of the opposition to provide to provide a potential alternative government that is ready to take office whenever the opportunity arises” thunders THE TIMES (June 29) following an apparently leaked Civil Service worry on the state of Jeremy Corbyn’s health. Under Britain’s unwritten Constitution elements in the […]
Tradition be damned
After Trump had ended his jingoistic celebration for the Fourth of July, a man called Tony Meehan (no doubt of Irish background, judging by the name) said “I felt very patriotic.” He rejected the suggestion that tanks and war planes were a bad idea when celebrating national independence day. “They’ve had military presence with our […]
AFTER BREXIT – DOES IRELAND STILL HAVE TO APE BRITAIN? by Donal Kennedy
x When I worked in Ireland most of my workmates were practising Catholics and worked on Holy Days of Obligation. The terms of our contracts made no allowance for our attendance at Mass but there was an unwritten agreement that we might absent ourselves from the office during working hours to attend to our religious […]
The Fourth of July – and the Twelfth by Fr Sean McManus
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “On this Fourth of July, all Americans should agree with the motto of the Irish National Caucus:“Ireland, too, has the right to be One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Sadly, however, today’s Irish News of Belfast carries the story about a […]
Sorcha – One Year Old by John Patton
ˇ I wrote this a year ago after Sorcha arrived on the fifteenth of June, a few days after her mother, Jen’s birthday. June is a busy month as my elder brother, James, as well as grandchildren, Leo and Lilly Ann were all born in that month. Neill, Jen and the children , Leo , […]
Scotland and us, Boris and Jeremy
A couple of days ago, I was asked by a TV station (no, Virginia, not the BBC – do try to keep up with censorship events) – I was asked to give my take on the consequences of Brexit for Scotland and this neurotic corner of Ireland. Interviews, particularly TV interviews, are highly artificial. They […]