Fine Gael TD Proposes Cross-Border University In Memory Of John Hume
August 9, 2020 No Responses

Fine Gael TD Proposes Cross-Border University In Memory Of John Hume

A cross-Border university in memory of the late SDLP leader and Nobel Laureate John Hume has been proposed. The 83-year-old, celebrated across the world as a peace maker, died last week following a long battle with illness. Fine Gael TD...
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Aviation Workers Demonstrate Against Job Losses In The North
August 8, 2020 No Responses

Aviation Workers Demonstrate Against Job Losses In The North

Aviation workers have staged a demonstration at Belfast International Airport calling for politicians to step in to save jobs. The Keep Northern Ireland Connected – Save Our Airports protest was part of a national effort demanding action to protect the...
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Parties At Stormont Welcome Support Package For Northern Businesses
August 7, 2020 No Responses

Parties At Stormont Welcome Support Package For Northern Businesses

Northern Ireland’s political parties have welcomed the plan for a system to ease processes around moving goods into the region from the rest of the UK post-Brexit, but warned that questions remain. UK government minister Michael Gove visited a carpet...
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Shared Island Unit Prepared For Britain To ‘Lose Interest’ In The North
August 7, 2020 No Responses

Shared Island Unit Prepared For Britain To ‘Lose Interest’ In The North

The North’s First Minister Arlene Foster has said she is disappointed to hear that the Taoiseach’s office is preparing for Britain to “lose interest” in Northern Ireland. The Shared Island Unit was set up in Micheal Martin’s office earlier this.....
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Donohoe: Economy Is Performing ‘Better Than We Would Have Hoped For’
August 6, 2020 No Responses

Donohoe: Economy Is Performing ‘Better Than We Would Have Hoped For’

The deficit in the public finances was €7.4 billion at the end of July, the latest figures show. This compares with a surplus of €896 million in the same period last year. The exchequer returns show the continued impact of...
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Is The Future of Space Flight Now A Privatized Affair?
August 5, 2020 No Responses

Is The Future of Space Flight Now A Privatized Affair?

Essay by Brad Balfour I’ve always been someone who looks ahead and believes that, in hope for the future, we have to look to the skies. While NASA’s own space programs are part of the past, the future is now...
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John Hume’s Family Urge People To Light Candle To Pay Tribute To Legacy
August 4, 2020 No Responses

John Hume’s Family Urge People To Light Candle To Pay Tribute To Legacy

The family of John Hume have urged people in his home city to light a candle to pay tribute to his peacemaking legacy. The former SDLP leader’s body will be taken from Moville in Co Donegal to St Eugene’s Cathedral...
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Hume Hailed As Ireland’s Martin Luther King, Jr.
August 4, 2020 No Responses

Hume Hailed As Ireland’s Martin Luther King, Jr.

Former SDLP leader John Hume has been hailed as Ireland’s Martin Luther King after his death at the age of 83. Mr Hume was a key architect of Northern Ireland’s historic Good Friday peace agreement and was awarded the Nobel...
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Tributes Paid To Former SDLP Leader John Hume
August 3, 2020 No Responses

Tributes Paid To Former SDLP Leader John Hume

Tributes have been paid to former SDLP leader John Hume, one of the key architects of peace in Northern Ireland, after his death at the age of 83. Mr Hume, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the decisive...
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Doherty Calls For Irish Unity Campaign To Be Ramped Up
August 2, 2020 No Responses

Doherty Calls For Irish Unity Campaign To Be Ramped Up

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has called for the campaign for a united Ireland to be stepped up. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is not in favor of a border poll for a united Ireland, saying last month that...
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