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Voices from the Grave
Coming up to the Halloween holiday, some people might be frightened of the idea of Voices from the Grave – but for others, the chance to hear an oral history of the Troubles from the mouths of two (in)famous protagonists, PUP leader and former UVF member David Ervine, and Brendan “The Dark” Hughes, is not [...] read our review »
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The Irish political journalist’s problem with partial disclosure…
The nod and wink politics of Ireland’s last two or three decades as practised par excellence by Bertie, Albert and Charlie is ultimately what has the Republic in the stew it’s in. Don’t get me wrong, the effective monitoring of those exercising of power does not demand full disclosure of everything all the time. But [...] read our review »
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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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LOL! they’ll try anything to get people to move to the west!!
vacancy for a proof reader then
Not as funny as the letter to the News Letter a while ago which was signed by “Peter File”.
The latest digital edition of the Mayo Advertiser carries the headline with all the words in the correct order. It could be that the mistake was only in the print edition, but it is at least equally likely that Press Gazette and indeed Slugger have both fallen victim to a Oirish photoshop hoax. Any Mayo-based posters out there should be able to tell us the truth fairly quickly.
I think the joke’s on Slugger here…
Well, its no joke when the Mayo labour market sucks
I don’t see that being printed in Mayo. They’re sharp as razers in the west, and something like this would either be a prank or the last gasp revenge of a bitter editor on his way to permanent retirement. Funny but…
While we wait for news from Mayo, it can be confirmed that Comrade Stalin’s above quote from the News Letter is not only correct but still available online. The following comment, allegedly in support of the MP for Strangford, was emailed to the paper’s website and then used in a printed report on June 9. 2008. “Peter File from Londonderry said; `I for one am sick of the homosexual agenda being thrust down our throats’…”
I blogged this first I believe (correct me if Im wrong) and received an email from the editor to say that its a photoshop hoax. I can confirm it is a HOAX.
Saw this on politics.ie earlier today and one poster had given “Sculptress Gives Head To Mayor’ as another fine example of a headline with unintended meaning
It could be a genuine cock-up!
The west awake!!
It is a nice Photoshop job, as opposed to a blow…
Here’s another nice recent doctored pic, of the Obel Tower construction in the Belfast skyline.
“they’re sharp as razers in the west,” says John O’Connell, probably jealous because at least they know how to spell razors in Mayo.
The journalistic boob that made my day yesterday was the presenter on Sky at the Michael Jackson Commemoration who told us that “..we are here at the Staples Center to celebrate his death”.
Of course it’s a hoax, I thought that was obvious on the Press Gazette link but it is a funny one.
Well I’m going there anyway on the slight off-chance that it isn’t a hoax.
You obviously haven’t been to the Achill Head disco recently.
Probably the journalist was sent to an Irish language school and has ended up with a poor command of both irish and english. The real world live and works in english so he has to make the best of it.
That’s the future for children sent to these ridiculous institutions
The institution you went to yourself, Darrell doesn’t appear to have done much better by the look of it.
It’s obviously a hoax as such a headline would be hard to swallow.
ker-ching…and the boy gets a cigar!
This is almost as bad news as when the Muff Diving Club of County Donegal ran into funding difficulties.