A View North: Savoring romantic Ireland from the shores of Donegal

The first appeared in the Sunday Independent, in a report of allegations that high-rankling members of the Provisionals have been buying expensive real estate. One Provo allegedly paid euro 600,000 for a four-bedroom house near Dublin, though, according to the story, he has no visible means of support. The story goes on to relate how members of the Provo leadership, including Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Pat Doherty and others, have purchased expensive vacation homes in Donegal.
The second story appeared in The Blanket, a website for dissident republicans and others, and a venue for all who have criticisms of the current strategy of the Provisional leadership. It is also one of the few places in the media where any kind of informed debate about what is happening is given an airing. It is the text of a speech given by Terry Harkins, a member of the Ard Comhairle of the Irish Republican Socialist Party, at the unveiling of a plaque to two members of the Irish National Liberation Army (the armed wing of the IRSP) who were shot dead