Talking of sketches, in Dublin in the Irish Times, Frank McNally had this to report on the Dail’s farewell to Liam Lawlor:
Bertie Ahern called him “controversial, but a good guy and a nice person” and nobody batted an eyelid. Few would disagree with the first and third parts of the tribute. But if it had been a triple combination at the Hickstead Truth Derby, Mr Ahern might have had the middle pole down”.
Now that is a sketch!
How has Ulster unionism arrived at where it is today – fractured and uncertain, yet dominated electorally by the DUP, a party that tells us it offers unionists sure footing in uncertain times? In his latest book, Ulster’s Last Stand? Reconstructing Unionism after the Peace Process (Irish Academic Press, 2010), Prof. James McAuley from the [...] read our review »
A moment of some significance in journalism perhaps, as the New York Times reviews the current talked about book, The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West. The author is no bleeding heart but a former assistant Defense Secretary from the Reagan era who stomped his way round the Afghan [...] read our review »
As part of NICVA’s series of masterclasses from its Centre for Economic Empowerment project, there was a morning seminar on the topic of the “creative class” (as popularised by Richard Florida) and its applicability to Northern Ireland. The agenda was to: Explain Richard Florida’s idea of the “creative class” and the link between economic outcomes [...] read our review »