Author Archives: Henry McDonald
21st February, 2013
Irish govt says sorry for ‘slavery’ at laundries
DUBLIN: The Irish State has finally said sorry to 10,000 women and girls incarcerated in Catholic Church-run laundries where they were treated as virtual slaves. Taoiseach Enda Kenny was forced into issuing a fulsome
DUBLIN: The Irish State has finally said sorry to 10,000 women and girls incarcerated in Catholic Church-run laundries where they were treated as virtual slaves. Taoiseach Enda Kenny was forced into issuing a fulsome
8th January, 2013
Belfast’s flag protests spreading
LONDON: After a month of violent protests that left more than 40 police officers injured, dozens of rioters arrested, live rounds being fired on the streets of Belfast, politicians’ offices torched and now the prospect of
LONDON: After a month of violent protests that left more than 40 police officers injured, dozens of rioters arrested, live rounds being fired on the streets of Belfast, politicians’ offices torched and now the prospect of
8th December, 2012
Behind the flag row
AS Ulster loyalists torched offices belonging to the non-sectarian Alliance party, bombarded police with missiles and bottles and threatened to turn Belfast City Hall into a slaughterhouse this week they were
AS Ulster loyalists torched offices belonging to the non-sectarian Alliance party, bombarded police with missiles and bottles and threatened to turn Belfast City Hall into a slaughterhouse this week they were
12th November, 2012
Irish musical satirises bank collapse
WHILE the Greeks trash their banks in rage against austerity, the Irish, it seems, are happier to laugh off their troubles by writing musicals about their busted financial institutions.
WHILE the Greeks trash their banks in rage against austerity, the Irish, it seems, are happier to laugh off their troubles by writing musicals about their busted financial institutions.
