ALLEGED Superdollar conspirator, FBI fugitive and Irish Workers Party President Sean Garland made a bizarre appearance at an Irish Labour Party conference at the weekend. Perhaps his weird way of trying to distract from the fact that the three men who put up £9,000 each to bail him have had to forfeit the lot after Sean went south of the border? I bet the court clerk is just warming up his counterfeit detector right now…
It’s not often we get free things to give away to our readers, but courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan we have a nice paperback copy of Brian M Walker’s excellent history of partition of the island and how identities shifted in both the north east and the south and west: as most of the territory that [...] read our review »
Interesting BBC article on an upcoming presentation and talk [Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, 17 August] by lecturer and broadcaster Stephen Price on the subject of his new book – The Earl Bishop. The 18th Century ”Earl Bishop” was Frederick Augustus Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol and Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry. Hervey was also elected [...] read our review »
Yeah, Gonzo.. we had heard about that..
Nice to see Seán back with De Rossa etc
pete – about the conference?
Anyway, you might like this: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/international/asia/29korea.html?ex=1296190800&en=924097ad4a506343&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Read the very first comment in the original thread, Gonzo.. and yes, I’ve seen the NYT report.
Was he protected by the drug dealing thugs and gangsters of the official ira/group b?