Malachi O’Doherty, argues that there is no reason why Sinn Fein cannot do well in May’s elections, with or without widespread credibility; given the dysfunctional oppositional challenge (heretofore) of the SDLP. Even so, its representatives may have to get used to being asked some difficult questions.
Ireland is in the middle of a boom – a running boom. Chances are, even if you have never run a step yourself (apart from some painful P.E. classes many moons ago), someone you know has taken up running over the last little while. Road races in Northern Ireland and in the Republic have seen [...] read our review »
A silly media row about racism just had to figure in the riots’ post mortem. Was the Tudor history expert David Starkey racist on Newsnight when he said: The whites have become black. A particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic, gangster culture has become the fashion. And black and white, boy and girl, operate in [...] read our review »