Ireland’s membership of UN Security Council and Restoring credibility as a Neutral State

Ireland’s membership of UN Security Council and Restoring credibility as a Neutral State

June 21, 2020

News from Shannonwatch: The item below is taken from the organisation Shannonwatch and published by them on 20th June 2020: “Ireland’s Membership of UN Security Council should be used to Restore our Credibility as a Neutral State The following letter from Shannonwatch member

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Statues: Even though Victoria had turned ‘green’ she got the chop

Statues: Even though Victoria had turned ‘green’ she got the chop

June 16, 2020

With statue removing all the vogue (or statue defending) I was amused by this account of the removal of Queen Victoria from Leinster House in Dublin. Let’s face it that Victoria survived in Dublin until 1948 (26 years after the creation of the

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Getting shut of statues is not new – Nelson lost his head!

Getting shut of statues is not new – Nelson lost his head!

June 16, 2020

Taking down statues that offend you is all the rage now but Irish Republicans were ahead of the pack when in 1966 (the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising) they blew up Nelson’s Pillar in O’Connell Street. The monument had been the

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‘The priest who stayed out in the cold’

‘The priest who stayed out in the cold’

June 16, 2020

There were several notable clerics identified as involved in the most recent armed struggle against the British over the six counties. The most publicised perhaps was Father Patrick Ryan who turned up in the BBC NI series ‘The Troubles’. Fr. Ryan caused waves

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Ireland: ‘The Tans’ and the war on the creameries

Ireland: ‘The Tans’ and the war on the creameries

June 16, 2020

Earlier this year (January) there was a suggestion in Ireland by the Dublin government that there should be a commemoration for those who served in the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan Police. There was an immediate outcry because the RIC were

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Lost Welsh community destroyed by the MOD remembered

Lost Welsh community destroyed by the MOD remembered

June 11, 2020

Welsh peace group Cymdeithas y Cymod is remembering this month the destruction of the Welsh speaking village and farming community at Epynt which was taken over (80 years ago) by the MOD in WW2 and never returned. Here’s an article about the issue:

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Activists rename streets linked to tainted past!

Activists rename streets linked to tainted past!

June 11, 2020

BBC Scotland report that activists have started to rename Glasgow Streets identified with the slave trade: “Anti-racism campaigners have renamed streets in Glasgow city centre that have links to the slave trade.In several streets, signs with a black background and white font have

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‘Black Lives Matter’ protests across Ireland

‘Black Lives Matter’ protests across Ireland

June 11, 2020

‘RTE reports on anti-racism protests across Ireland here: https://www.rte.ie/…/…/1145864-anti-racism-protests-ireland/ The demonstrations included a big turn out at the US embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin. Bernard Moffatt Assistant General Secretary Celtic League (6th June 2020)

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Ministers in ‘some’ Celtic countries speak out on George Floyd and the US situation

Ministers in ‘some’ Celtic countries speak out on George Floyd and the US situation

June 11, 2020

Welsh government Ministers have been making their views known in the current situation in the United States: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52894966 Meanwhile Scotland’s First Minister says it’s ‘hard to not conclude’ that Donald Trump is a racist when asked about the President’s handling of George Floyd’s

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George Floyd ‘parallels’ with Sheku Bayou case League reported to the CPT

George Floyd ‘parallels’ with Sheku Bayou case League reported to the CPT

June 11, 2020

The anger from the George Floyd death in the United States has spilled out globally and quite rightly. As this BBC report shows deaths of black men in police custody is not something unique to the other side of the Atlantic. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52890363 In

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