Mary McAleese

NIreland breaks power-sharing deadlock (AFP)

AFP - Northern Ireland's leaders announced a "historic" deal Tuesday to resume power-sharing in the British province, ending a four-month deadlock which had threatened to derail the whole peace process.

Will Self: Prince Charles can’t have his say and his seven boiled eggs too

If Prince Charles wants to be political, he should stand for election by the people who so dearly want to hear his views FIRST POSTED NOVEMBER 18, 2008 Apparently 49 per cent of the Great British Public believe that the Prince...

Sham devolution won't do in straitened times: Irish News - James Kelly

The millions in America who voted for change – and the millions in the rest of the world who hoped Obama’s miraculous election as the first black man in history to become president of the United States would somehow bring about...

Prince Charles will speak out as king

Members of Prince Charles’s inner circle are preparing the ground for him to break the monarch’s traditional vow of silence when he is king. The Prince of Wales, who celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday, has told confidants...

S.F. Gaelic sports field gets an Irish blessing

The man who helped bring peace to war-torn Northern Ireland over the past decade stood on a field on Treasure Island on Thursday and got violent with a big stick. The few dozen people nearby got out of the way each time he...

President finds ancestral link to past in Famine treasure trove

By Ciaran Byrne Friday November 14 2008 IT was recorded in perfect, elegant handwriting. It was life or death, and young Mary Lenahan, of Elphin Street, Strokestown, Co Roscommon, was one of the lucky ones -- millions more went...

Wearing the Poppy for Ireland : Irish Voice/IrishAbroad.com - John Spain

Ireland Calling by John Spain LAST weekend there was an elderly couple outside the entrance to our local supermarket selling poppies. The poppies, as you probably know, are in memory of those who died in the First World War....

Unionists back SDLP in move to welcome troops: The News Letter -

Published Date: 11 November 2008 UNIONISTS in Londonderry have rallied behind the city's nationalist mayor after he was attacked for hosting a reception for soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Sinn Fein leader on...

President McAleese to visit US

President Mary McAleese is paying a week-long visit to the US next month, it emerged today. Mrs McAleese will fulfil official engagements in three states: California, Oregon and Arizona. The head of state is expected to meet...

BATTLE READY?

My complete contempt for terrorist groups like the UDA is a matter of public record. And yet I see that these thugs have issued a new statement urging loyalists to be "ready for battle" and accused republicans of racism,...

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