Posted by Jim on March 7, 2018
We have inserted the best available percentages of the Unionist/Loyalist/Protestant population in each of the Six Counties in Northern Ireland—aware the Catholic population is already even larger than appears here.
The artificial State of Northern Ireland was created by the British “Government of Ireland Act,” (December 23, 1920). The relevant demographics for the Counties included —and excluded— were according to the 1911 Census as follows:
Protestant percentage in the Six Counties: Fermanagh 43.8; Tyrone 44.6; Derry 54.2; Antrim 79.5; Down 68.4; Armagh 54.7. (The population was 1,250,531).
The other three counties of Ulster were excluded because there were too many Catholics in them. The Protestant percentage was: Cavan—18.5; Donegal —21.1; Monaghan— 25.3.
Setting up the Anti-Catholic State
No revisionist attempt can conceal that a Protestant, anti-Catholic state (some might say a caliphate) was being set up.
The Protestant leader and founder of the State of Northern Ireland spells it out clearly: “The figures will at once show where the difficulty comes in. We have to refer in these matters to Protestants and Catholics – we should only be making the very greatest camouflage of argument if we did not treat them in that way— because these are really the burning question over there. The inclusion of these six counties would bring in under the jurisdiction of the north of Ireland parliament 820,000 protestants out of 890,000 in the whole province [counting Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan]. On the other hand, while you would leave out 70,000 who are in these three counties [Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan] you would bring in from these three counties into the northern province an additional 260,000 Roman Catholics.” (Edward Carson. Westminster. May 18, 1920).
The Dublin-born Lord Carson and the Northern Unionist leaders felt free to set up their “Protestant caliphate” because they knew that all the top British leaders were deeply and venomously anti-Catholic: Robert Cecil, “Bloody” Balfour, Asquith, Lloyd George, Churchill, Bonar Law — imperialists, bigots and racists, every one of them. Even worse, that irrational religious bigotry was condoned and enshrined in the top law of England: the Act of Settlement,1701—the foundation stone of the Royal Family— that forbids a Catholic from inheriting the English Throne. So, ultimately, it is the unwritten uncodified British constitution that is to blame for religious bigotry in Northern Ireland—the Orangemen were just being loyal to the anti-Catholic bigotry and sectarianism of the British constitution.
Steady increase in Nationalist/Republican/ Catholic population
According to the last Census of 2011, the Protestant percentage now is: Fermanagh —37.78%; Tyrone — 32.57%; Derry—36.44%; Antrim—54.66%; Down— 63.06; Armagh— 36.16.
The 2011 Census gives the population of Northern Ireland/Six Counties as 1,810,863.
It is commonly believed by experts that the next census in 2021 will show an even greater increase in the Catholic population. … All of which teaches the obvious truth: gerrymandered, contrived and artificial states do not succeed in the end—especially if they were maintained through inequality, disrespect, and discrimination. … No way to build up the Beloved Community.
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Posted by Jim on March 6, 2018
Advocating for Congressional Hearings on Capitol Hill and viewing of film on Loughinisland Massacre, “No Stone Unturned”
CAPITOL HILL. Monday, March 5, 2018— It was a busy day for the Irish cause on Capitol Hill on Monday. A powerful film was shown on collusion. Collusion is the British Government’s conspiracy to facilitate Unionist/Protestant death squads in the systematic killing of Catholics (of course, the murder of young Raymond McCord, Jr shows the British Government was also prepared to kill some Protestants, too). And there was strong lobbying for another Congressional Hearing on Human Rights violations in Northern Ireland.
The film “ No Stone Unturned” was shown in the Capitol Building, hosted by Congressman Ritchie Neal ( D-MA). To promote the documentary film on the 1994 Loughinisland Massacre three of its “stars” had traveled from The North:mother and daughter, Clare and Emma Rogan and attorney Niall Murphy of the famed Kevin Winters Law Firm in Belfast.
Clare lost her 34-year old husband in the awful atrocity, while Emma was 8-years old.Emma is now a Sinn Fein MLA.
During the day, the three visitors from Ireland advocated for another Congressional Hearing, along with Sean Pender, National Treasurer of the AOH, and Fr. Sean Mc Manus and Barbara Flaherty of the Irish National Caucus, who arranged a meeting with the Helsinki Commission, Chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ). Congressman Smith has the astounding record of having held 16 Congressional Hearings on Northern Ireland.They met with Mark Milosch, key staff person for the Commission.
Emma Rogan, Niall Murphy, Mark Milosch, Clare Rogan, Barbara Flaherty, Fr. Sean Mc Manus
Fr. Sean McManus, Niall Murphy and Sean Pender.
Posted by Jim on March 5, 2018
Irish News Editorial. Belfast.Monday, March 5, 2018.
IF Theresa May is seeking further advice on the full implications of Brexit for Ireland, north and south, it must be hoped that she pays more attention to George Mitchell than Boris Johnson.
The British prime minister, in a BBC interview yesterday, declined to address her foreign secretary’s astonishing attempt last week to compare the enormously sensitive questions associated with the Irish border to the process of driving from one London borough to another.
An immensely better informed intervention in the wider debate was made at the weekend by Mr Mitchell, the former US senator who was the central architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
He said it was not inevitable that the possible imposition of a hard Irish border – as a result of the chaotic British approach to negotiations with the EU- would have violent consequences, although he described the associated risks as `high enough’.
However, Mr Mitchell was considerably more concerned about the change in attitudes on all sides which would follow the reintroduction of security measures covering the labyrinth of road links between the two parts of Ireland.
He said: “If you reinstate a hard border, you go back to the days when stereotyping resumes, demilitarisation resumes and people turn inward as opposed to outward and they lose the benefits that come from open borders.”
What Mr Mitchell was really saying was that the all the political gains of the last two decades, and the advances in community relations along the way, will be thrown into doubt by the wrong outcome to the Brexit talks.
Mr Mitchell of course has walked the walk across our region, in sharp contrast to Mr Johnson who would certainly benefit from a number of visits here before offering his insights on the jagged line between Derry and Newry.
If Brexit moves to the next stage, which is far from certain, another key Irish issue which will arise immediately is the representation in the European Parliament of the majority of northern citizens who firmly vote to remain in the EU.
The arguments from two academics which we report today in favour of extending the electorate the opportunity to return MEPs from both sides of the border deserve to be carefully considered by the Irish government.
Mrs May insisted yesterday that she remained confident of reaching an eventual deal with the EU, although the Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney provided a noticeably cool assessment of her prospects.
If progress is to be made, Mrs May will have to firmly distance herself from Mr Johnson and demonstrate instead that she fully understands the dangers which were so starkly set out by Mr Mitchell.
Posted by Jim on March 4, 2018
Sometimes there are simply no words for the silliness of some English politicians on Ireland.
Rees-Mogg, a good Catholic boy, is the latest example. In this article from the Sunday Express, he claims it is the Irish Government and the EU that are threatening the Good Friday Agreement! Now that takes chutzpah, as we say in Fermanagh.
With a straight face, and without the slightest indication of any shame, he talks about “territorial integrity of the UK”—never mind the fact that England never respected the territorial integrity of any country (which is the very meaning of Empire), Ireland being the first example. And then— almost as if he enjoys having no shame— he worries “that the Province should be detached from the rest of the country.” The “Province” being Northern Ireland and “the rest of the country” being not Ireland but Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales—three countries not one).
Apparently, no realization whatsoever that it was England that tore the Six Counties (Northern Ireland) from the rest of Ireland in 1920, creating the damn Border that Rees-Mogg is writing about.
Rees-Mogg, unfortunately, reminds us of the sad old quote we’ve tried to forget, in the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement:“The moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants, and the fatuity of idiots.”( English cleric, Anglican, writer, and philosopher Sydney Smith (1771 – 1845).
—Fr. Sean Mc Manus
- ‘It’s ABSURD!’ Jacob Rees-Mogg attacks EU and ‘ vote-chasing’ Ireland PM over border stance
JACOB Rees-Mogg has accused Ireland and the European Union of risking a “no deal” Brexit with their “absurd” suggestion that Northern Ireland should be in a common regulatory area with Brussels to avoid a hard border on the island.
Belinda Robinson. Sunday Express. England. Saturday, March 3, 2018
The leading Tory Brexiteer blamed “irresponsible, vote-chasing immaturity” from Irish premier Leo Varadkar and “clear disregard” for the Good Friday Agreement from EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in an scathing attack on the Irish border row.
The MP said it was clear a solution cannot be found to maintain a soft Irish border until Britain and the EU have finalised their future trading relationship.
Theresa May has already rejected the EU’s demand, arguing it would threaten the constitutional and territorial integrity of the UK by keeping Northern Ireland in a de facto customs area with Brussels, which the rest of the country would be outside.
The Prime Minister has instead called for either a customs partnership, under which the UK “mirrors” EU requirements on goods from around the world, or a streamlined customs arrangement, using technology and “trusted trader” schemes to do away with the need for customs checks.
Writing in the Belfast News Letter, Mr Rees-Mogg praised Mrs May for rejecting Brussels’ demands “firmly and unalterably”.
He said: “The thing she said no to was the egregious act of aggression by the European Commission, under its lead Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, that a friendly European state should be dismembered at its behest.
“This will not happen. Our union has endured rather more unpleasant threats than a policy paper out of Brussels which the Prime Minister has rightly rebuffed.
“But the presumption of Brussels in even proposing this is an unfriendly act.”
He went on: “Then there is the further problem in what this absurd suggestion – that the Province should be detached from the rest of the country and become a protectorate of Brussels – in fact means.
“It means that Brussels is still not being serious, and that vital voices in Europe actually seem to want a ‘no deal’ Brexit. For it can be inescapable now for everyone in Europe that no deal could ever seriously be contemplated on these preposterous terms. So why even suggest them unless no deal is your objective?”
Mr Rees-Mogg also attacked Mr Varadkar as he added: “I cannot see how it is in the Republic’s interests for its current prime minister, Leo Varadkar, to posture in this way, not least by endorsing the fantasy proposals of Michel Barnier this week, which would do such comprehensive harm to the Belfast Agreement and risk No Deal, which would be more damaging to the Republic’s economy than to any other European state.”
Mr Rees-Mog’s comment comes after Mrs May declared it would be “unacceptable” for the EU to break up the UK over Northern Ireland at Mansion House on Friday.
The Prime Minister said: “Our departure from the EU causes very particular challenges for Northern Ireland, and for Ireland.
“It is not surprising that our decision to leave has caused anxiety and a desire for concrete solutions.
“It is not good enough to say ‘we won’t introduce a hard border, if the EU forces Ireland to do it, that’s down to them’.
“We chose to leave. We have a responsibility to help find a solution.
“But we can’t do it on our own. It is for all of us to work together.”
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A former military intelligence whistle-blower in the British Army has
offered to give evidence in secret court hearings about murders and
collusion by the British Army.
Fred Holroyd has said he is willing to supply evidence of collusion in
the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, in which 33 died.
Holroyd, who lives in England, says that even though now in poor health,
he is determined for the truth to be exposed regarding his deployment
between 1973 and 1975.
One of his roles was as liaison between the British Army and the RUC
(now PSNI) police.
He says his testimony will also include an allegation that British Army
experts made the bombs the UVF used in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.
He is also set to testify that British Army Captain Robert Nairac killed
an IRA Volunteer in the 26 Counties.
Holroyd has said Nairac boasted to him about killing IRA member John
Francis Green at a farmhouse in County Monaghan in January 1975.
“I think Robert thought that I was like them, you know, that I was part
and parcel of the shoot-to-kill syndrome,” he said.
Nairac outlined details of the killing and showed him a photograph he
claimed to have taken afterwards. “It was quite distinctive the
photograph. First of all it was colour Polaroid, only the SAS got colour
Polaroid, nobody else did, we all got black and white, the other
intelligence people. ”
Such evidence would be given using a controversial legal process known
as ‘Closed Material Procedures’, which became law in the Justice and
Security Act 2013.
It allows material deemed to be a potential risk to British security to
be heard secretly behind closed doors by a judge and a so-called
“special advocate”. The advocate is not allowed to reveal precise
details of the evidence, but can provide a loose summary of what has
been said.
His lawyers say Holroyd wants to give evidence using Closed Material
Procedures to avoid being arrested for breaching the Official Secrets
Act.
The Belfast based law firm KRW Winters has opposed the use of Closed
Material Procedures, but says it can see some merit if the process is
also available to those wishing to provide evidence about wrongdoing by
the state.
Holroyd is also currently suing Britain’s Minister of Defence over being
forced from his job in the 1970s — and illegally detained at the
British military psychiatric unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital — for
making public allegations of collusion.
He was asked by the BBC why he had offered to take part in the ‘closed
material’ process.
“There is just a faint chance that they might be able to do something
about what happened and make sure it doesn’t happen again,” he said.
“That the judiciary will turn on the government and say this was wrong,
it shouldn’t have happened, we apologise, you will apologise for this
and we’ll make sure that there are methods and systems that are brought
in to stop this happening again.”