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Hearing the Other Voice from the Grave: Why Should we Listen to David Ervine’s Stories?
Ed Moloney’s Voices from the Grave: Two Men’s War in Ireland has received considerable attention in the press and in the public realm since its publication earlier this year. Although the book relates the experiences of the Provisional IRA’s Brendan Hughes and the PUP/UVF’s David Ervine, much of the discussion has focused on Hughes’ stories [...] read our review » -
Help me with the West Wing: Essential viewing or Party Political Broadcast?
Having somehow managed to avoid watching a single episode of the widely praised West Wing TV series I was delighted to discover the entire Box set in my Christmas stocking – and with enough spare time over the holidays to give it a good lash. But with 10 episodes of the first series under my [...] read our review »
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review »
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Comment on Meanwhile in Cork, there was this elephant…
on 28 March 2012 at 7:17 pm
The elephant Corkonians of a certain age will remember is the Elvery’s elephant over their shop in Pana.
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Comment on ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 “will comprise the existing 10 Full Members”
on 5 April 2011 at 7:16 pm
Ireland has proved itself on the world cricket stage. They no longer make up the numbers but give sound competition to the bigger more established cricket countries. Indeed, Ireland is in tenth place above Zimbabwe in the world rankings so should be included in the teams to compete in the next World Cup.
How will cricket become a true world sport if the emerging cricket nations are strangled at birth. The best Irish players will decamp to play for England (and who could blame them) if this outrageous change is allowed to take place. A better number of teams would be twelve to take part in the next world cup.
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Comment on BBC and RTE to share public service digital platform in the Republic
on 8 February 2010 at 2:13 pm
So viewers in the Republic will get free to air BBC but viewer in the rest of the UK will not get free to air RTE. What a pity – it might educate the Btits about the island next door.
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