Mark Hennessy
Ireland and Britain Editor at Irish Times
Ireland and Britain Editor. The Irish Times, now leading the "Common Ground" project: https://t.co/sn4E6KLfZV @itcommonground
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Mark Hennessy
Weeks after Terence Reynolds, originally from Cloncowley, Drumlish, Co Longford, died at his home in Yonkers in New York, his daughter Christina found an old suitcase in the attic. “[It had] a single identifying label in cream tape with a handwritten writing stating CLONCOWLEY,” she wrote in reply to a request from the Department for Foreign Affairs for stories about Irish passports.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Mark Hennessy
Unionists’ British identity will have to be respected rather than just tolerated in a united Ireland, a leading Sinn Féin figure has said in comments that will challenge many pro-unity advocates. “I think we have to find a way to make sure that there isn’t just tolerance, and we’re not about tolerating, because if you start tolerating people then it’s very easy to come to intolerance” Senator Conor Murphy said during a speech in Dublin on Tuesday.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Mark Hennessy
Northern Ireland’s problems with high numbers of children leaving school early and low education standards will not be solved by the abolition of pupils’ selection examinations at 12 years of age, a leading academic has said. However, Professor Anne Looney, the executive dean of the Institute of Education at Dublin City University, said the Republic’s system should “not be too smug” because it streams children, too, but at 18, not at 12.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Mark Hennessy
The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland must work together to bring in foreign direct investment (FDI), Micheál Martin has said, following the publication of a key economic report. Border counties could become home to “very significant” foreign investment benefiting from low taxes in the Republic, but, crucially, with ready access to Northern Ireland’s labour pool, even though there are tax issues to navigate.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Mark Hennessy
Father Sean McManus had little to say when he appeared before Resident Magistrate John W Adams in Enniskillen Court in September 1971, charged with obstructing the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). Days before, the Redemptorist priest had attended an anti-internment rally in the Fermanagh town, subsequently swearing an affidavit that the RUC had badly beaten a protester. When the charge was read out, Fr McManus, then serving in Perth in Scotland, replied: “I am not pleading at all.
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ARINS is not paid for by the Irish Government
Those who quote demograhics in support of a UI miss two key factors. 1. 2021 census NI shows there is unlikely ever to be a Catholic majority. 2. The Arins poll shows NI Catholics would not be uniformly supportive of a UI. Worth noting, Arins is paid for by the RoI government. https://t.co/8fBEIZ0CX2
Thje former British army officer who is now telling the story of the IRA: ‘Trust is a huge issue’ https://t.co/5WhOnpUy7e
Former Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness: ‘I would love to see a united Ireland before I die’ https://t.co/DSBWYb7Y2P #ireland #thetroubles @ITCommonGround
