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A Political History of the Two Irelands competition…
It’s not often we get free things to give away to our readers, but courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan we have a nice paperback copy of Brian M Walker’s excellent history of partition of the island and how identities shifted in both the north east and the south and west: as most of the territory that [...] read our review »
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Round up of Tuesday’s Political Studies Association conference
If you want to get a flavour of the proceedings at the Political Studies Association conference on its opening day, then the Storify collation below will bring you some of the images, tweets and sounds of the day. Particular highlights included: the Opening Plenary with David Blunkett, Peter Riddell and Matthew Flinders; and the late [...] read our review »
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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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Comment on Poached. Took the training then fecked off glory hunting
on 5 March 2010 at 5:11 am
Why is it that if you’re brought up in Birmingham or Boston with little knowledge of your Irish heritage but happen to have a grandparent from Ireland you can play for Ireland without controversy, but if you’re from Derry and lived on the island of Ireland for your whole life everyone kicks up a stink?
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Comment on HIggins: Politicians must stand up to poorly informed and regular attacks…
on 25 February 2010 at 10:50 pm
Was your chat as Gaeilge Mick? Just interested.
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Comment on Sinn Fein’s latest line on Unity – more signs of a gradualist approach
on 23 February 2010 at 6:35 pm
Brian,
Where is the “British Archipelago”?
I presume the sovereign Irish state is not included in it?
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Comment on Are Irish jokes still racist?
on 10 February 2010 at 7:13 pm
A black man walked into a Brixton bar and saw a friend sitting with an empty glass.
‘Oi Jermaine can I buy you another man’, he asked, to which Jermaine replied –
‘why would I want another empty glass man?’”
racist?
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Comment on George Lee resigns from Fine Gael
on 8 February 2010 at 8:08 pm
An immensely satisfying blow to the Blueshirtistas.
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Comment on For the benefit of the monoglot majority
on 7 February 2010 at 3:45 am
concordo dave. Vamos criar um país multilingual.
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Comment on New Ireland
on 3 February 2010 at 8:46 pm
Impartial Reporter
“unified Ireland as part of a re-constituted union of nations (joining England Scotland and Wales)”
Erm, tried that, didn’t work. Extreme poverty, famine and mass emigration ensued.
Try again.
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Comment on SWOTing the parties: Threats to the SDLP…
on 3 February 2010 at 6:28 pm
1. ageing leadership
2. lack SF’s whiff of cordite
3. lack FF’s whiff of “cute hoorism” so curiously appealling to the southern electorate.
4. alex attwood as electoral liability
5. alex attwood as PR liability
6. alex attwood as aesthetic liability
7. alex attwood.
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Comment on New political party due in South
on 28 January 2010 at 5:35 am
Jason
“It’s an online magazine. … It is most assuredly not a blog.”
Could you briefly explain the difference?
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Comment on Reg Empey in move to shaft Catholic candidates
on 24 January 2010 at 10:34 am
Croppies prostrate yourselves
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