In Northern Ireland this week, golf dominated everything and the talk has not been of orange or green but of Rory McIlroy and the drama of the extra hole play-off on that famous green at Augusta.His achievement on Sunday, winning the last golf major that had eluded him – the US Masters – will forever be one of the greatest in golf. He joins an exclusive club of players who can claim a career Grand Slam; he has become the sixth member and the first since Tiger Woods, who achieved the same feat a generation ago in 2000.“I don’t think
First Minister Michelle O'Neill has arrived at the Cenotaph at Belfast city hall for the official Remembrance Ceremony.
I have to say, I think that she is doing the right thing here. Somebody has to try to reach across the sectarian divide and it sure as hell ain't going to be the DUP.
Yes, of course, it is the voters, and that’s what I meant. It was not an executive decision. It was defeated in a vote, and it clearly shows the attitudes of a society aa a whole, as opposed to those of an extremist or charismatic leader.
The #Irish are not ready for #MichelleONeill, even though she might be ready for a reunion with #Ireland. She represents the catholic separatists yearning to split away from #UK.
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When #Irish Prime Minister Leo #Varadkar fails to bring liberal and progressive changes to the Irish Constitution, that signals a society that will put #MichelleONeill of #SinnFein in her constitutionally mandated place — in the home and kitchen— if a reunion were to happen between #Ireland and #NorthernIreland. It’s the only thing the #Catholic patriarchal government understands.
If passed, #Ireland would have evolved from conservative Catholic to liberal.
https://apnews.com/article/ireland-women-constitution-referendum-8eead7fd4ee13e76d77e8322bf348d0d
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This is the #RepublicOfIrelamd, not #NorthernIreland.
“Ireland’s Constitution says a woman’s place is in the home. “
So, what is the place of #MichelleONeill of #SinnFein in Northern Ireland, who is itching to join the Republic of Ireland?
Irish voters will vote in twin referendums on Friday to decide whether to amend the constitution and remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist. The twin referendums on International Women's Day are on deleting a reference in the 87-year-old document to women’s domestic duties and broadening the definition of the family. When the constitution was adopted, in 1937, Ireland was a socially conservative and overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country. Opinion polls suggest support for the “yes” side on both votes, but many voters remain undecided. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says rejecting the changes would be “a setback for the country.” Results are due to be announced on Saturday.
#IrlandaDelNord, il #SinnFein fa la storia
Intervista con Agnès Maillot dell'università di #Dublino
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https://www.altrenotizie.org/primo-piano/10215-irlanda-del-nord-il-sinn-fein-fa-la-storia.html
Meno di due settimane fa, il governo autonomo dell’Irlanda del Nord, istituito dall’Accordo del Venerdì Santo del 1998, è stato ufficialmente ripristinato con l’assegnazione per la prima volta in assoluto della carica di primo ministro a un esponente del Sinn Féin. Abbiamo chiesto alla dottoressa Ag...
⬆️ #UK PM Rishi #Sunak & #RepublicOfIreland PM Leo #Varadkar met to hand power of #NorthernIreland to #MichelleONeill of #SinnFein.
UK is allowing #Ireland a role as guarantors of peace in North. #Varadkar said #reunification was “not for today”
Under power-sharing rules, Sinn Fein must include both #British #Unionists & #Irish #Nationalists 🤔
Sinn Fein is allied with Irish Republican Army #IRA since Northern Ireland’s decades of violence known as #TheTroubles
The leaders of the U.K. and Ireland are in Belfast to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar were visiting the new administration at Belfast’s Stormont Castle on Monday. Members of the assembly appointed a power-sharing government on Saturday after two years of political crisis. The hiatus was sparked when the main British unionist party walked out of the power-sharing administration to protest post-Brexit trading arrangements. The party was coaxed into returning last week. The ministers in Belfast wasted no time in pressing Sunak's government for more money to restore the region's creaking public services.