Should the Ballymurphy families have accepted Brandon Lewis’s apology for the murder of 10, possibly 11 innocent men and women throughout the three days in August 1971 known as the Ballymurphy Massacre? No of course they shouldn’t! Not only was it second-rate to the apology from David Cameron to the Bloody Sunday families, but it […]
May, 2021
Al Quds the Red Line – by Fra Hughes
Al Quds, Jerusalem is the red line for the Palestinian people the diaspora and the Arab collective. It is the capital of Palestine and home to the third holiest shrine in Islam the Al Aqsa Mosque. Muslims believe that Muhammad was transported from the Great Mosque in Mecca to Al Aqsa during the Night Journey. […]
A mess for Unionism…and the Alliance Party – by Michael Lagan
A leadership race which the DUP high and mighty don’t want to be played out in public, or at least they don’t want Edwin Poots and Jeffrey Donaldson debating in public. Now why would that be? One would think the new leader of the DUP would want to garner the emotions and support of […]
Jeffrey Donaldson may scale the DUP heights tomorrow evening – but what then?
I’ve just switched off the Nolan Show on B(ritish)BC Raidio Uladh/Radio Ulster. Not in disgust at what he or his contributors are saying but because life is short. As it happens, the discussion did raise some interesting points. Like who will win tomorrow’s vote for leadership of the DUP? The smart money appears to be […]
It took the British only 50 years to tell the people of Ballymurphy what they already knew: ‘Entirely INNOCENT’ – by Fra Hughes
It only took the British 50 years in a coroners court to tell the people of Ballymurphy what they already knew. Their brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters had been murdered by British soldiers who ran amok on a killing spree in Ballymurphy housing estate in West Belfast between August 9 and […]
IAUC HAILS CORONOR’S VERDICT CONFIRMING INNOCENCE OF BALLYMURPHY VICTIMS
Washington DC May 11…. The Irish American Unity Conference welcomes today’s verdict by the Northern Ireland Coroner, who ruled that all ten civilians murdered by the British Army in August 1971 were unarmed and innocent. Mrs. Justice Siobhan Keegan, after examining extensive evidence presented by the families, found that the victims were “all entirely innocent […]
Ballymurphy: how grateful we are for so little
Reports coming in this evening tell us that when the British army was found guilty of shooting dead at least nine and maybe ten innocent people in Ballymurphy in 1971, “Families of those killed who have campaigned for decades to clear the names of their relatives wept, hugged and applauded.” I can only marvel at […]
Palestine: The Fight For Survival Of An Entire People – by Michael Lagan
Ireland has always had a close personal relationship with Palestinians and the Palestinian cause. Two peoples, a world apart seeking the same thing…simply, freedom. A verse in a poem by James Connolly called, ‘We Only Want The Earth’ comes to mind regularly, when I think of the similarities between our two peoples: “For labour long, […]
It’s just another lie…
When Queen Elizabeth makes her speech today, she will leave a number of bruised hearts among those who have interest in the British Army. Contrary to expectations, the word now is that she won’t speak of legislation to protect British army veterans. Why is this not going to feature? A short answer might be “Because […]
BRITAIN TO SCRAP THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT – by Michael John Cummings
With a speech before Parliament, Queen Elizabeth II will promote the pardon of all security forces killings of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland. That’s Britain’s N. I. policy in a nutshell: “Keep calm and carry on!” Using a script no doubt provided by the Ministry of Defense, a ‘royal assent’ is to be granted to the unilateral amnesty which will […]