Replacing the panes
Tom Kelly looks at the role and challenges of women in Ulster politics.
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“Unionism Decayed 1997-2007″ by David Vance: book review
I initially wrote this when the book was first published three years ago; whilst certain elements of it now sound dated, its basic premise that the period of 1997-2007 was a period of irreversible decay for Northern Irish Unionism can still be argued as a valid opinion. My own feeling is that it did indeed [...] read our review » -
Books: Listening to Van Morrison…
Great little review of Listening to Van Morrison by Griel Marcus… It’s a short book, not a biography or a career survey, but an attempt to follow those moments in Morrison’s music, as he’s made it from his first records with Them, from Belfast in 1965 to the present day, when something happens that breaks [...] read our review »
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Is Fianna Fail the new Woolworths of Irish politics?
It’s not published until 3rd March, but one book I recommend you place an advance order for from Slugger’s Bookstore is James Harkin’s Niche. Belfast émigré Harkin examines a number of stories from business, culture and politics and comes to a single insight: everywhere the broad middle is collapsing. He offers Woolworths as an iconic exemplar [...] read our review »
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I think you mean Northern Ireland politics, fair_deal. Tom didn’t say anything about Donegal, Cavan or Monaghan.
i didn’t hear him ‘say’ anything at all…
just if we’re being so detailed….
Nor did he ‘look’ at anything either, of course (as fair_deal said in his intro). I guess he wrote about the role and challenges of women in politics in general, with a particular reference to Northern Ireland.
‘Are men exempt from their parental responsibilities when they get a serious job?’ The consensus seems to be ‘yes’, but the problem isn’t confined to ‘serious’ jobs like elected ones, or even to men with jobs at all – I can count on one hand, with fingers to spare, the number of fathers I know who are responsible for half the childcare. I keep hearing women talk about men ‘babysitting’, as well, when the babies they’re looking after are their own.
Was i hearing things on Friday on Evening Extra? I thought i heard the DARD Minister responding to claims from the UFU President that she was not doing her job properly due to her pregnancy. Surely if he had said such a thing there would have been a proper outcry?