IrelandsFuture

Arlene Foster launches Together UK Foundation…

Brian O'Neill on November 26, 2022, 2:35 pm | Readers 5655

Ireland’s Future has been getting all the attention lately, and many people have been asking where is the organisation advocating for staying in the Union? Arlene Foster thinks she has the answer with her recently launched Together UK Foundation. According to her website, Arlene now goes by the snappy title of The Right Honourable Dame Arlene Foster Former First Minister of Northern Ireland, or TRHDAFFFMONI for short. That’s going to be a challenge for the baristas at Starbucks. Arlene has …

The Ireland’s Future event at The Ulster Hall …

Brian O'Neill on November 24, 2022, 12:12 pm | Readers 5262

The significance of the Ulster Hall as a venue would not be lost on the audience of the Ireland’s Future event last night. From Carson to Ulster Resistance, the Ulster Hall has been the home to many Unionist protest rallies. It is a measure of how the times are changing in that while the event was sold out, the protest outside could only muster 7 people. The event opened with a panel of people from Protestant backgrounds, who had either …

#IrelandsFuture: an awakened Nationalism…

Brian O'Neill on January 27, 2019, 8:24 pm | Readers 8703

I shared the scepticism of others about the #IrelandsFuture event, that it seemed a bit pointless having an event were everyone agreed with each other. But I went along to check it out and I was glad I did. The turnout was astonishing. The hall in the Waterfront conference centre has a capacity of 2000, and it was full. We are happy when we get 100 in the Dark Horse for our Slugger events so to see so many people …