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Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland
I share many of the concerns of Andy Pollak, whose recent post ‘My Response to the Slugger Begrudgers’ zeroed in on the ‘relentless flow of negativity’ of some Slugger commentators. Pollak’s post was largely concerned with the medium of the blog. Indeed, I think the anonymity of the online world encourages extreme discourse and allows [...] read our review »
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“It was a trivial problem that… occurs every year”
Just your average family gathering at Christmas, with a bit of an argument about the seating cleaning arrangements… Scuffles have broken out between rival groups of Greek Orthodox and Armenian clerics over a turf war in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. Bemused tourists looked on as about 100 priests fought with brooms while cleaning the [...] read our review » -
Kevin Myers’ ‘Watching the Door’: Book Review
This reads as if a mad picaresque tale. Myers as first a reporter for RTÉ and then as a freelance journalist with no real experience, finds himself wandering into savagery as he hastens north as the Troubles explode. A soldier dies next to him; he witnesses an IRA ambush; he sees children shot to death [...] read our review »
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Comment on Some more Bonfires/Bonefires/Bonies
on 11 July 2011 at 8:43 pm
The bonfires in Ballymena have more than enough tyres to make up for their environmentally friendly cousins.
I thought burning tyres was illegal. Why is no-one stopping this nonsense?
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Comment on Those thirty six extra votes in Fermanagh and South Tyrone…
on 19 May 2010 at 8:18 pm
It would be very easy to identify the suspect ballots, they will have incorrect serial numbers on the back of them.
Each and every ballot paper has a unique serial number, it would be impossible to know in advance the serial numbers in use in any particular pollling station.
In cases of multi box stations, it is normal practice for each ballot box to be a room of its own. When this is not possible and any error occurs, the total votes cast (from the marked copy of the register) in the polling station are added together and should equal the combined number of ballot papers in both / all boxes.
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