Irish Famine Tribunal postponed because of huge demand to attend

The Normans assimilated with the indigenous population to become "more Irish than the Irish." Funds and contributions in and out of Ireland were controlled tightly by the british terror state (see their limitation on the amounts sent by the Sultan of Turkey). Moreover, the Catholic Church consistently took positions against the interests of Irish nationalism. Perhaps the anglican "Church" of Ireland should have paid back all those forced tithes the indigenous population had to pay.

actually it was the normans who took over ireland 1100 years ago. scotland invited them in and were treated as equals but the irish were considered subhuman/savages. so if you want to point fingers at anyone it should be them, not the british, that started it. as for the famine, the protestant churches raised almost 15,0000,000 in todays terms in scotland to combat the famine and only around 150 scots died as a result. so why didnt the catholic church do the same in ireland? they had been collecting wealth for well over a thousand years so its not as if they couldnt afford it.

You have to love the laissez faire nonsense - britain was comprised of a series of closed mercantile oligopolies controlled by a tight oligarchy. Moreover, they robbed the indigenous population of the means of a sustainable existence but stealing their land, outlawing property ownership, education, and basically any measure of civil rights.

" I'm sure one thing they won't look into is how many Catholic clerics were as fat after the famine than they were before." The Catholic Church was admanantly oppossed to any national movements among the indigenous Irish so what you describe is not necessarily surprising.

I've never thought about what the brits are taught about the famine... seems like a worhty avenue of inquiry, eh?...

(Well said Will Hamilton)I'm looking forward to the scholarship done and hopefully what can all be done going forward in education on this and how it's perceived. Not merely as some natural event, but one with a deep political back story.

I thought ex-British Taoiseach, Tony Blair, already apologised for this, much to BBC journalist, Jeremy Paxman's unease. Did this not wipe the slate clean of England's laissez-faire imperial macroeconomics and one million deaths-by-starvation, and three million socio-economically enforced expulsions from the realm to the four corners of the earth. Latter day Britons will only consider us as churlish as Germans do Israelis for constantaly moaning about the inconvenient truths of yestercentury.

The British took food by force and murder from starving people so they could sell it, what is the pressing need for a tribunaral. We know what they did and they are to indoctrinated to ever know.

This is a bit like the Israelis setting up a Tribunal to find out if the Palestinians are terrorists. I'm sure one thing they won't look into is how many Catholic clerics were as fat after the famine than they were before.

I hope the press can report the findings accurately and honestly for a big change.

Strangely enough I'm sure they'll find what they're looking for...

Niall MacGiollabhuí, a Dublin-born, New York ATTORNEY???? Let us not forget- he swore allegiance to the BAR London, so we know where his bread is buttered.

it was GENOCIDE- not a famine. When will the history books be corrected?