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The buying and selling which has characterised The Process™ continues as March 26th approaches.
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The Written World
Here’s something to keep you occupied over the weekend. [Will there be a quiz? - Ed] Possibly… The BBC magazine has an short and interesting, but un-embeddable, audio slide-show of Melvyn Bragg’s Radio 4 five-parter, In Our Time: The Written World. The British Library has more online information about the texts and technology featured in each [...] read our review » -
What has The Third Man got to say about Northern Ireland?
Short answer: very little, other than he enjoyed the environs of Hillsborough Castle, enjoyed working with the local politicians, and has Gerry Adams to thank for Bobby his dog. Peter Mandelson’s book The Third Man has captured media headlines in recent weeks as the Times serialised the most juicy bits. But what did he have [...] read our review »
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Risk of going beyond either/or…
This is article was first published in Fortnight magazine back in February 2003. Chris Farrington is now a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ in the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. Although the circumstances it describes has changed radically and [...] read our review »
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It seems our approach to restorative justice is not on offer across the water:
“Lord Trimble (Crossbench)
My Lords, is it the Government’s intention to contemplate in England and Wales, as they appear to do in Northern Ireland, restorative justice schemes administered by double murderers?
Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Minister of State, Home Office)
My Lords, absolutely not. We have found that restorative justice conferences have been healing for those who have participated. I have had the benefit of witnessing some of these conferences, and they have been one of the most enthralling and uplifting things that I have been privileged to see.
With the greatest respect to Lord Trimble he is wrong to present the issue of Restorative Justice in such a form. The schemes are often run by former prisoners. Is Trimble seriously trying to say that Northern Ireland’s troubles have not created a unique situation. If he is why did he sign up to a political solution to what he must view to be a crime wave.
David, I don’t think our form of restorative justice would be acceptable in the RoI either. Can you imagine folks in Donegal, for example, being enthusiastic about CRJ schemes there being run by Derry republicans?
As for the other David, I presume he wanted Unionists to have a slice of loaf rather than no loaf at all.