Ronnie Drew dies…
Ronnie Drew, late of the Dubliners, and with a unmistakable voice has died in St. Vincents Hospital after a long illness. RTE have a bunch of links to interviews and retrospectives.
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The peace process not such a good model after all
Which reminds me…. Platform for Change’s driving force Robin Wilson has produced a corrective to the notion that the lessons of the NI conflict are easily exportable. Like myself, Robin is associated with the Constitution Unit. He introduced his new book in a CU blog which I here reproduce. The water crisis in Northern Ireland [...] read our review »
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Sunday Supplement
It being Sunday, we’ve all got time to consider and ponder things at greater length than during the working week, yes? If it’s good enough for the Sunday papers, it’s good enough for this guest blogger. So here’s the review section… Actually, it’s my introduction to a book published last year, Goin’ Down Slow: selected [...] read our review » -
Have we Learned our own Lessons? Book Review of John Brewer’s Peace Processes
Northern Ireland’s peace process has been promoted as an international success story. The Republic’s Department of Foreign Affairs has its Conflict Resolution Unit, which aims to disseminate the ‘lessons’ of the Northern Ireland peace process. And some of the prominent players in our peace process have travelled abroad to other troubled spots to share their [...] read our review »
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Mick
Looks like our minds worked in tandem….
Ronnie was a true great; I never tired of hearing his voice. Such a unique delivery, made for traditional music (Seven Drunken Nights, Mountain Dew and Dublin in the Rare Oul’ Times rank amongst my personal favourites.)