Northern Ireland firebrand turned peacemaker Ian Paisley dies
BELFAST (Reuters) - Firebrand Protestant cleric Ian Paisley, whose unlikely alliance with bitter Catholic rivals helped to bring a belated peace to Northern Ireland, died on Friday aged 88, his family said. As the leading light of hardline Unionism, which ...
Ian Paisley: Northern Ireland’s ‘no’ man who said ‘yes’
I grew up with Ian Paisley. His was a name I heard as a child playing in the streets of west Belfast. I wasn’t particularly politically conscious and Paisley’s fame at that time was primarily around his anti-Catholic rhetoric. Although a religious ...
Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley dies aged 88 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
THE Reverend Ian Paisley, the divisive Protestant firebrand who devoted his life to thwarting compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland only to become a pivotal peacemaker in his twilight years, has died in Belfast, his wife said. He was 88. Paisley ...
Northern Ireland Unionist Hard-Liner Ian Paisley Dies At 88
Ian Paisley, the hard-line Protestant cleric who led the Democrat Unionist Party in its opposition to the IRA and independence for Northern Ireland, has died at 88. Rich Preston, reporting for NPR from London, says Paisley had been ill for some time.
Ireland vs Scotland Live Cricket Score, 3rd ODI at Dublin: Scotland lose Matthew Cross early during their chase of 242
Young to Cross, OUT!!, short one which is hooked high in the air and Sorensen comes round from fine leg to take a nice catch at the deep mid wicket rope. Early wicket wont help the causes of Scotland. Oh dear! John Mooney just misses out on his hundred as ...
The Orange Order will be marching in support of the Union in Edinburgh tomorrow.
The Orange Order of Scotland will be marching through Edinburgh on Saturday, five days before Scotland's independence referendum. It is expected to be the largest Orange parade in Scotland since 1951. Two thousand marchers from Northern Ireland are expected to join over ten thousand Scottish Orangem ...
Ian Paisley Rest In Peace (Great Man)
The Old Noble FlagIt`s only a small bit of bunting, It`s only an old coloured rag, Yet thousands have died for its honour And shed their best blood for the flag.It`s charged with the cross of St Andrews, Which, of old, Scotland`s heroes has led: It carries the cross of St Patrick, For which Ireland` ...
Rest In Peace Ian Paisley Great Man.
The Old Noble FlagIt`s only a small bit of bunting, It`s only an old coloured rag, Yet thousands have died for its honour And shed their best blood for the flag.It`s charged with the cross of St Andrews, Which, of old, Scotland`s heroes has led: It carries the cross of St Patrick, For which Ireland` ...
my new run play list...
U2′s Songs of Innocence: Familiar But Surprising, Free But Costly by MOCKINGBIRD on Sep 11, 2014 • 8:10 am 5 Comments That didn’t take long! This review comes to us from Nathan Hart: The biggest surprise of the launch of U2’s new album isn’t the way it was released—it’s how good the songs are. It ha ...