Liam Clarke at the weekend wrote an opinion piece which backs Richard O’Rawe’s claim that the H Block hunger strikes were sustained over an artifically long period to ensure the election of Owen Carron, Bobby Sands’ election agent. An Phoblacht this week provides some of its readers with the opportunity to refute O’Rawe’s allegation. Hat tip to Balrog.
Writer Christopher Hitchens has died aged 62. He was as contrary as he was brilliant. Here is a brief In Memoriam from Vanity Fair (his outlet of choice since 1992) and, here, a longer tribute from his friend Christopher Buckley Stanley in The New Yorker. Better, perhaps, though to post one of Hitchens’ own writings in [...] read our review »
It is difficult to believe now that one country recently sent 19 delegations to Ireland to study how well our economy was managed. The revelation that our model of economic management featured positively in political and economic discussion in countries including Estonia, Greece and Scotland may also come as a surprise. As we survey the [...] read our review »