Ireland and the Berlin Wall

By Fr Des Wilson (for Andersonstown News)

The celebrations for the Fall of the Wall dividing Berlin were spectacular and understandable. Not so understandable was some Irish politicians joining in. For years while they were agitating for the fall of the Berlin Wall they were working hard to strengthen the artificial military boundary separating one part of Ireland from the rest.

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