Rebels Yell For 'Freedom of Speech' [Part 1]

We currently live in a society which is perceived to be awash with claims and praise for operating within a ‘Free’ media spectra, which is deemed as a prerequisite for political Freedom. However, as reported in today’s article of the Sunday Tribune newspaper, their Northern Ireland editor Suzanne Breen, is coming under increasing pressure over this very issue! The above mentioned article explains why Ms. Breen won’t be succumbing to Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) pressure to release documents, pertaining to her contact with members of the Real IRA. This follow’s last Monday’s demand by the PSNI for Suzanne Breen, to hand over vital...

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Rebels Yell Tribute To Bobby Sands: Bobby, We Salute You!

On this day, the 7th May, 1981: [Bobby Sands (Roibeard Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981]Was laid in his final resting place………. As I woke up this morning I felt a strange sense of apprehension! Upon making my obligatory cup of coffee and switched on my battle scared laptop, I sat patiently waiting for it to stutter into life open my portal to cyber world! As the home page for the rebels yell flashed into focus, I became hypnotically fixated upon one solitary image on my home page: 000 DAYS 00 HRS 00 MINS 00 SECS UNTIL BOBBY SANDS 28TH ANNIV.But Why Now, I Asked Myself? I added this widget several weeks ago ( March 1st,...

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Will we ever be: 'A Nation Once Again ?'

[- "A nation?" says Bloom. "A Nation is the same people living in the same place." - "By God, then," says Ned, laughing, "if that’s so I’m a Nation for I’m living in the same place for the past five years." So of course everyone had the laugh at Bloom and says he, trying to muck out of it: "Or also living in different places."] ~James Joyce, Ulysses~ Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, again cranked up the pressure on Dissident Republican Groups in Derry and Northern Ireland. In a stinging attack and rebuke of their activities, he accused them of effectively ’Ghettoising’ areas of Derry City. "They have effectively...

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