Image:members.parliament.uk History was made on two accounts this week when Liz Truss was elected Prime Minister in the United Kingdom. For the first time the Leader and the Deputy Leader are both women and the latter, Thérèse Coffey, is the first Catholic to serve in this position. There has only been one baptized Catholic… Read More
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Death of a Statesman: David Trimble 1944-2022
Image: www.theguardian.com Early this week the death was announced of Northern Ireland’s first First Minister, Lord David Trimble. Many of the younger people may not even recognize his name, but for those of us who lived through the tortuous period of time before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998, he… Read More
Brexit – Love Thy Neighbour
Love Thy Neighbour As a country Ireland’s nearest neighbour is of course England, that other island just across the water. Sadly love has seldom come into the relationship between the two countries, although in recent times, and especially since the Good Friday Agreement, relations have improved greatly. Now however, to quote a speaker I heard… Read More