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A poem for the day – Launching the Whaler Juan Peron
A Belfast epic, and one of my oldest poems, the opener of my first collection, Grub. The gist of the story was found in Moss & Hume’s Shipbuilders to the World: 125 Years of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, 1861-1986, which tells how Eva Peron was due to launch a huge whaling vessel in Belfast, built [...] read our review » -
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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“You can see Newton’s mind at work…”
To add to the open access treasure trove at the Royal Society, Cambridge University Library is putting online some of its collection of books, maps, manuscripts and journals. We have called the first phase of our work on the Cambridge Digital Library the Foundations Project, which runs from mid-2010 to mid-2013 and has been made possible [...] read our review »
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Comment on “He is not going to surrender himself up here (Northern Ireland) at the moment”
on 25 December 2009 at 12:42 am
“Gerry didn’t get it resolved in An Culturlann, no cover up, because the mother and daughter went to the police and social services when the child was 14, so explain that?”
Well, Only Asking, her’s a few more things to ask:
Ask why, at that stage they decided that they could not go ahead with the prosecution. After all, we assume that they had the full support of Gerry and the movement and that there would have been no ‘consequences’ arising from doing so.
And ask why the suspect was allowed to continue as a member of the movement and fitted up with various wee jobs when he returned to NI (until the allegations resurfaced because the victim was appealed to find him working with children). Then we understand he was moved parish down south again.
Was a Bishop advising SF on their handling strategy?
And these allegations are not just a “a sensitive matter between a family and the authorities”. They are allegations of perhaps the most heinous crime short of murder and committed against a child.
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Comment on “a request for a PECS check involves checks against criminal records…”
on 24 December 2009 at 8:00 pm
“Should it be his job to monitor his brothers employment”
Ramzi – in the circumstances where the abuse was hidden from the suthorities ….yes
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Comment on Northern Ireland uni cuts still to come. Are we prepared?
on 24 December 2009 at 7:58 pm
So why wouldn’t they come and study at our University?
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Comment on Northern Ireland uni cuts still to come. Are we prepared?
on 24 December 2009 at 6:40 pm
Why do we need two universities for a population of 1.6 million?
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Comment on “He is not going to surrender himself up here (Northern Ireland) at the moment”
on 24 December 2009 at 6:39 pm
“they were effectively “ostracised” from members of the Adams family”
So they have been ostracised for exposing this but Gerry isn’t for accusing his Da of being a predatory paedophile and child abuser?
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Comment on “He is not going to surrender himself up here (Northern Ireland) at the moment”
on 24 December 2009 at 6:37 pm
In what acpacity dio Gerry go to the two Chief Constables? As the local MP? To press this on behalf of his niece (after all he’s on her side in this isn’t he? To make enquiries on behalf of Liam? And if it wasn’t any of these quasi-official reasons what business was it of his?
I hope that both of them politeley told him to keep his nose out for fear that he might be seen to be undermining their independence and interfering in a criminal investigation.
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Comment on “a request for a PECS check involves checks against criminal records…”
on 24 December 2009 at 3:17 pm
PS isnt it interesting how the SF handling strategy on this evolves:
1 it was all Liam’s fault (put us on the side of the Angels)
2 it was all Gerry’s Da’s fault (Gerry’s a victim too – so is Liam – we cant really be held responsible for our actions as the past made us do it)
3 it is all PSNI’s fault for not stopping him do youth work / having the warrant ready (somebody should have stopped us. We see the hands of the securocrats in all this. We were set up. Honest)
4 those who question Gerry’s account are splitters / malcontents trying to bring down the process (Its the securocrats again. The man’s a Saint)
Is this all not the SF equivalent of the Bart Simpson defence
1 it wasnt me
2 I wasnt there
3 it was broke when I got here?
It all sounds terribly familiar!!! Where have I heard this strategy before?
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Comment on “put the peace process at risk”
on 24 December 2009 at 3:07 pm
But we prods were promised that they had gone away
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Comment on A hint of a Happy Christmas for Gordon
on 24 December 2009 at 3:00 pm
Paul
You sound desperate but don’t worry. A good Tory Government will soon sort your problems out
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Comment on “a request for a PECS check involves checks against criminal records…”
on 24 December 2009 at 2:56 pm
Is it me or does Gerry look more and more like a Bishop every day?
Still, if we can put up with 2500 dead perhaps we can cope with a bit of child abuse and rape
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