Saturday, November 30, 2002

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Our old friend Conor Cruise O Brien has been in the news here recently re income tax matters ; apparently , not only was he not paying all t...
Friday, November 29, 2002

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On August 11 , 1986 , U S Army physician Hugo Almeida was granted political asylum in Cuba . Almeida was serving at a U S Army base in Stut...
Thursday, November 28, 2002

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The 'new' British Secretary of State for our Six Counties , Paul 'Spud' Murphy , was'nt always in touch(!) with matters ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2002

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OLIVER CROMWELL - a name from Irish history which even our native 'Brits' in this Free State find hard to excuse ! ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2002

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....the U S Constitutional Convention was all about the issue of slavery -- there would have been no agreement among the 13 colonies unless ...
Monday, November 25, 2002

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Just in passing; a short story which speaks volumes -- In 1781, LUKE COLLINGWOOD , Captain of the British slave ship 'ZONG' ,(fr...
Sunday, November 24, 2002

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A few additional points re 1798 - It is believed that one of that years leaders of the ...
Saturday, November 23, 2002

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More on MYLES BYRNE ,1798 rebel , and a mention for someone from the same historical period who is better known than Myles Byrne but ,in my ...
Friday, November 22, 2002

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When it was first established in 1795 as a militant Protestant organisation dedicated to preserving Protestant 'supremacy' ,the Ora...
Thursday, November 21, 2002

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Many thanks to a Mr Frank Clarke,from Enniscorthy in Co Wexford , who e-mailed me re my comments here on Sunday last ,November 17 , when I m...
Wednesday, November 20, 2002

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14 killed,13 wounded-'BLOODY SUNDAY',January 30,1972:4.09pm--- The Bloody Sunday m...
Tuesday, November 19, 2002

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'NEWSFLASH 2' -- " Nationalists(will not) even begin to contemplate a unionist-dominated Assembly which would have Trimble as ...
Monday, November 18, 2002

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'NEWSFLASH' -- Jim McAllister,former Provo Ard Comhairle(Executive) member stated " The peace process has failed.The party sho...
Sunday, November 17, 2002

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More on the British in India- according to the author MIHIR BOSE , many millions of Indians collaborated with the British and found both pro...
Saturday, November 16, 2002

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Under the Geneva Convention of 1949,there are 34 categories of war crimes. Article Eight under the Agreement to establish an international w...
Friday, November 15, 2002

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On the 12th of January 2000, the Stormont Assembly members voted themselves a generous redundancy package of half their annual salary in the...
Thursday, November 14, 2002

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A poll carried out for the British 'Observer' newspaper late last year(and referred to in 'The Sunday Business Post','Ag...
Wednesday, November 13, 2002

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In June this year, the DUP's Willie McCrea became the first Unionist Chairperson of Magherafelt District Council in 20 years-thanks to t...
Tuesday, November 12, 2002

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Unfortunately ,I missed the party in Belfast City Hall on Monday November 4 last , organised and hosted by Provo SF Mayor Alex Maskey-and pe...
Thursday, November 07, 2002

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I had the intention to write a few lines here about the latest arrest in the Six Counties of the 'civil servant' arrested by the RU...