Ian Paisley – Peter Geoghegan

Rev Ian Paisley, statesman?

By peterPosted on 17th January 2014Posted in Northern Ireland, Politics, ScotsmanTagged Ian Paisley, Peter Robinson, Tom Paulin

In likely his final TV interviews, political firebrand the Rev Ian Paisley makes obvious how he wishes to be remembered. Is he kidding himself, wonders Peter Geoghegan IAN Paisley has come a long way since 1949. That year the novice preacher began a mission in Belfast’s docklands and joined the anti-Catholic Union of Protestants. Nowadays, […]

Ulster Unionism’s on defensive over Scotland – but threats won’t win argument

By peterPosted on 10th January 2014Posted in Northern Ireland, ScotlandTagged Ian Paisley, Independence, Northern Ireland, Referendum, Scotland

On September 18, Scotland will hold a referendum on independence. A ‘Yes’ vote would bring to an end the 1707 Union, leaving behind a rump United Kingdom, comprising England, Wales and a Northern Ireland constitutionally marooned from its nearest – both geographically and emotionally – UK neighbour. Clearly, Northern Ireland has a lot at stake in September’s plebiscite. Nationalists and unionists alike […]