... AS 1 Home Rule is not Over a century ago, a rallying call of Unionism was ‘Home Rule is Rome Rule.’ You do not hear such sentiments widely proclaimed these days and no wonder. By contrast, the former Fine Gael Taoiseach, John Bruton TD, ...

... against Home Rule. Winston Churchill, as Home Secretary, had promised that the Government would introduce the Home Rule Bill in the next session of Parliament and in February 1912, he came to Ulster to speak to nationalists, addressing a ...

... Pros and cons of home rule plan IN the week the Government unveiled plans for a North East Assembly, HAYDN LEWIS took to the streets in Alnwick to gauge local opinion. MANY people in Alnwick town centre this week were already well informed about the ...

... Town hosts launch of NE home rule campaign THIS weekend sees the start of a high profile campaign to put home rule for the North East at the top of the political agenda. The Campaign for a North East Assembly will begin its rolling programme of activity ...

... What next for regional assembly - the road to home rule HE Government's White Paper sets out a direction for making regional rule a reality There is a long-haul process of taking it through Parliament until it is passed. Here's a rough timetable for the ...

... P 3 Away day for Home Rule: factories stilled as thousands sign Covenant ...

... . Cautious welcome to home rule COUNCILLORS in Berwick have vote of the Mayor, Coun Liz Breckwelcomed the Government's White ons, following a split 10-10 vote, Paper geared towards the election that the council expressed regret of a Regional Assembly ...

... When Gladstone moved his first Home Rule Bill in April 1886, his fellow Liberal, Austen Chamberlain, crossed the floor to the Conservatives and helped defeat the Bill. Thereafter, ‘Conservative’ and ‘Unionist’ became interchangeable terms. Jm:lwaysbe ...

... right to selfrule and that the least Britain could offer Ireland was home rule within the British state. Most Irish Protestants, however, believed that Home Rule would amount to Rome Rule. According to Dr Holmes the objects of the United ...

... POLITICS ‘The nub of the Irish Presbyterian opposition to Home Rule was their lack of trust in an Irish Roman Catholic government to maintain civil and religious liberty for Protestants in Northern Ireland.’ Most Presbyterian spokesmen of the period insisted ...

... right to selfrule and that the least Britain could offer Ireland was home rule within the British state. Most Irish Protestants, however, believed that Home Rule would amount to Rome Rule. According to Dr Holmes the objects to the United ...

... front of the lower tram. home rule are sorted out in Ireland, then bloodshed will entail. The latest speech by the Prime Minster must restore confidence that the government will take the proper course to fulfill demands for Home Rule. . ',} ‘4 ?‘}’ / . BTy ...