Irish News opens up to the virtual world!!
It’s been a long confinement, but at last the Irish News appears to be celebrating a new design by throwing caution to the wind and dumping the subscription fee!! Welcome back to the commons guys!!
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Books
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Children of the Revolution (Bill Rolston)
What was life like for children of political activists during the Troubles? A new book by Bill Rolston and published by Guildhall Press during the summer has collected together the stories of twenty Children of the Revolution whose parents’ activities – and in many cases, imprisonment – had a significant affect on childhoods and life [...] read our review »
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Stay out of Libya: counterinsurgency doesn’t work
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 »
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The lost art of reading (or drowning in too much information)…
Here’s a great review of a fascinating book (H/T reader Rory) on how the Internet is destroying our capacity for intelligent, focused and critical thought. It opens thus: …here is the news that Ulin brings in this slim, meandering book: that reading is “an act of contemplation”; that such an act becomes more difficult in [...] read our review »
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Are you sure they just haven’t temporarily screwed up, Mick?
Today’s site is still displaying on line subscription rates, including daily rate, although I was able to access articles..
We must wait and see…
well I paid a years subscription, so am I entitled to a refund?
The Irish News is a good read perhaps good enough to remain on subscriptions, especially considering all the wealthy nationalists in desk-bound NI public sector jobs.
Such readers have both spare money and time too
Good news, and in a further sign of the changing times, the Wall Street Journal does the same;
WSJ Online
Now if only the old lady of D’Olier Street or wherever she is now would hoist up her petticoats and climb aboard this new paradigm I could save 75 euros a year.
Pretty good site though the Letters should be up too.
Great to see An tEolas on the menu!