Time for British and Irish Governments to take control of peace centre? Sean...
The debacle emerging from the plans to construct an iconic world class Peace Building and Conflict Resolution Centre on the former Maze/Long Kesh site has once again caused embarrassment both...
View ArticleSo much has changed – so much is the same – Brian Rowan on the continuing...
Away from all the headlines of the Haass talks a quieter conversation took place this week. It had none of the heat and bad temper of that BBC studio exchange involving the DUP’s Jonathan Bell and...
View ArticleDanny Morrison is back – pontificating – this time from a foreign shore
Tony Novosel’s excellent and substantial analysis, ‘Where Do We Go From Here’ should be read and considered by both loyalists and republicans. My own view is that the flag and Twaddel protests will...
View ArticlePresident Obama – slam the door in their faces on St Patrick’s Day
In recent weeks co-equal First Minister Martin McGuinness has laid bare what appears to be his growing sense of disillusionment with how Unionism is behaving at leadership level. His contention is...
View Article‘The Politics of Frustration’ by David McKittrick
Harry Midgley was a now largely forgotten politician who was active in Belfast from the 1920s until the 1950s. Midgley’s political journey took him from his early days – when loyalists called him a...
View ArticleRemembering the Dead – shouldn’t come with reminders of the GUN – by Brian Rowan
At Milltown Cemetery yesterday Martina Anderson was introduced both as the Sinn Fein MEP and as a former POW – meaning prisoner of war. Like hundreds – thousands of republicans – her story reads...
View ArticlePlaying poker with Adams and the peace – Brian Rowan on the week that was
You just have to read a couple of lines in Declan Kearney’s regular blog for the Belfast Telegraph to realise we’re not out of the political woods just yet. On the Adams arrest, he writes: “What...
View Article‘Pastorgate’– a time for sense – by Jane de Courcey
These have been torrid times for Unionism and Loyalism – vilified around the world and mocked by observers for “our” shameful attitude towards Muslims. Pastor McConnell wielded the shovel and a...
View ArticleLoading the dice against state killing will not solve the legacy of the past...
The latest revelation that the Police Ombudsman is taking the Chief Constable to court over the release of information linked to past killings, coming on top of the debacle over letters issued by...
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