POLICE investigating the death of a man following an assault in Belfast have charged a 20-year-old man with manslaughter. Carl Holland, 30, passed away in hospital on Thursday having been in a critical condition following the assault at around 9pm on Friday, June 12. Mr Holland was assaulted outside a licensed premises in the Suffolk Road area. Police previously said a man … [Read more...] about Manslaughter charge after man dies in hospital following Belfast assault
Manslaughter charge after man dies in hospital following Belfast assault
Northern Ireland’s unfinished business
NORTHERN Ireland remains a horrifically divided society almost thirty years after the power sharing agreement on Good Friday 1998. Then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who drove that agreement forward and preserved it against stresses afterwards, once provided a simple analysis of the problem at the heart of that division. There were two communities in Northern Ireland, one … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland’s unfinished business
The Stones of Gallarus or Two Pounds For a Pint
By James T. Dette
September October 1993
Survival, we are told, is the first law of nature. If so, the Irish are the most law-abiding citizens in the world. That they survived centuries of English occupation and oppression is legend, but it was a recent trip that illustrated this in a very different way. It was my first trip to Ireland. To my knowledge I was the first descendant of James Burke, my mother's father, to … [Read more...] about The Stones of Gallarus or Two Pounds For a Pint
Black ’47
Rabble-Rousers with a Social Conscience "Free Joe Now," the song by Black 47, the Irish American group spearheaded by Larry Kirwan and Chris Byrne in 1990, became the anthem for those seeking political asylum for Joe Doherty, the Belfastman fighting extradition to the UK. These were early days for Black 47, the gigs were mainly fundraisers for one Irish cause or another — … [Read more...] about Black ’47
The Other Emerald Isle
By Norman Mongan
September October 1993
Normal Monagan visits Monsterrat, a tiny island in the Caribbean with an Irish past. Coming down the steps of the LIAT aircraft at Blackburne Airport on Montserrat, the first thing that catches the eye is the big green shamrock that adorns the airport building. "Welcome to the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" — the sign reflected in the puddles in the tarmac. The rain was on … [Read more...] about The Other Emerald Isle