The Future for Northern Ireland with a Tory Government

readers or anyone with an interest in the Peace Process in Northern Ireland will be dismayed to hear that the Tory leader, David Cameron recent visit to Northern Ireland did little to enthuse the Roman Catholic Community in this partitioned part of Ireland.   His visit...

Amnesty Award their Highest Accolade to Burmese Leader

Amnesty International has announced that Burmese (Myanmar) pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is being bestowed its most prestigious honour – the “Ambassador of Conscience” Award for 2009.  The announcement of the accolade to in...

'Breaking the Silence' on 22-Day War

In the face of mounting International pressure, Israel continues to denounce allegations of human rights violations during its 22-Day War against Hamas in Gaza launched in December ‘08. A series of hard-hitting reports in the last month from independent International human...

Author Frank McCourt dies

Frank McCourt was an Irish-American raconteur and memoirist whose abilities gained a world-wide audience only after entering retirement. Prior to springing to international acclaim, Frank had been a public school teacher for 30 years and was fondly regarded as a jovial and...

Israel Must be held to account for Gaza actions?

“like the epicentre of a massive earthquake” The eagerly anticipated report by the international Red Cross reveals how the plight of the Gazan people was further compounded by Israel’s incursion in January ’09 followings it’s 3 week ‘path clearing’ aerial...

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