The Ancient Order of the Hibernians and a professional law association has spoken out against the arrest of Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey who made the documentary “No Stone Unturned”.
In an extensive interview, McDonald warns of consequences of post-Brexit hard border, surprises she has experienced since taking power and the Sinn Fein and her take on Ireland’s next election and Brexit.
The first Veterans Day, usually called Armistice or Remembrance Day in Ireland, was marked in 1919 a year to the day after the guns fell silent across the Western Front.
Now that the midterm elections are over, President Trump should seize the opportunity for a foreign policy intervention that could prove very successful: Northern Ireland.
Top athletes and actors, as well as leading personalities in other careers, have asked the Irish government to defend the rights of citizens north of the border and to attempt to end the uncertainty of Brexit and the deadlocked power-sharing agreement.
Leo Varadkar presented a grim picture to EU officials warning that a return to a hard border would portend a return to violence in the North and undo decades of meaningful progress towards reconciliation.
With the presidential election over and Michael D. Higgins safely back for another term, politics and pub conversation in Ireland have returned to the dreary normal.
