The political crisis in the North looks set to continue in the coming months. It seems that both Dublin and London are now resigned to the fact that it will take a lot of work to re-establish some trust between Nationalists and Unionists which would enable the institutions in the North to get up and running again. Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due in May and … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland’s Political Crisis Deepens
Politics
Irish Government Faces More Fallout
The Irish Government is bracing itself for more fallout from the Flood Tribunal -- the statutory inquiry set up to investigate political corruption in Ireland. The Tribunal's first report has already become a best seller. It found former Fianna Fail Minister Ray Burke to be "corrupt," having accepted bribes from some of the country's leading businessmen and property … [Read more...] about Irish Government Faces More Fallout
Irish Government
Faces More Fallout
The Irish Government is bracing itself for more fallout from the Flood Tribunal -- the statutory inquiry set up to investigate political corruption in Ireland.
The Tribunal's first report has already become a best seller. It found former Fianna Fail Minister Ray Burke to be "corrupt," having accepted bribes from some of the country's leading businessmen and property … [Read more...] about Irish Government
Faces More Fallout
Having a Care for Irish Emigrants
A new plan that proposes funding to allow elderly emigrants to return to Ireland, and increasing the funding for services at home and abroad to care for elderly emigrants, has been unveiled in Dublin. The report calls for setting up an independent agency for emigrants, to be called the Agency for Irish Abroad. It would be responsible for funding cultural and sporting … [Read more...] about Having a Care for Irish Emigrants
Endgame: The Road to Peace in Northern Ireland
"This is the first time the inside story of the Irish peace process has been told by so many of the major politicians and paramilitary leaders who helped shape it." – WGBH executive producer Zvi Dor-Ner ℘℘℘ Endgame in Ireland, a four-hour PBS special documenting the hard-fought road to peace in Northern Ireland from the onset of The Troubles in the late 1960s to the IRA … [Read more...] about Endgame: The Road to Peace in Northern Ireland