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Debating the Churches’ Role in the Peace in Northern Ireland
This morning’s Sunday Sequence featured a substantial debate (about 35 minutes into the recorded programme) on a new book,Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford University Press 2011), written by sociologists John Brewer, Gareth Higgins and Francis Teeney. The debate was framed in an opening vignette by presenter William Crawley in uncompromising terms, [...] read our review » -
The Creative Class and Northern Ireland
As part of NICVA’s series of masterclasses from its Centre for Economic Empowerment project, there was a morning seminar on the topic of the “creative class” (as popularised by Richard Florida) and its applicability to Northern Ireland. The agenda was to: Explain Richard Florida’s idea of the “creative class” and the link between economic outcomes [...] 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 Euro breakup – the warning signs
on 16 April 2010 at 5:14 am
You go to bed with Euro 100k and wake up the next morning with Ir £100k which by lunch time is worth Eur 50k !
This is exactly what happened to Icelanders. You want to make an omelette…
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Comment on “Losing seats was never part of the inevitability narrative…”
on 14 April 2010 at 3:10 am
“The 6 Counties is irreformable Pippakin. It’s a failed entity.”
To be fair it’s not exactly Somalia though.
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/studies/pdf/urban/survey062007_en.pdf
And I’ll see you Protestant and raise you 2 Muslims and a Zimbabwean.
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Comment on “The taxi driver got out [of the car] and shouted ‘It’s a bomb, it’s a bomb!’”
on 12 April 2010 at 8:54 pm
And like thats even the real MI5 base…
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Comment on Nightmare scenario unfolding for Margaret and Fearghal
on 10 April 2010 at 4:17 am
And the no catholic head of state thing too.
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Comment on Nightmare scenario unfolding for Margaret and Fearghal
on 10 April 2010 at 4:15 am
Politics aside, it would also be very, very funny. And what better way to get rid of the oath than by taking it then voting for a bill to immediately get rid of it.
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Comment on Nightmare scenario unfolding for Margaret and Fearghal
on 10 April 2010 at 3:06 am
I’ve been having silly thoughts around this, the fun to be had if SF could swing the hung parliament what they could do. On one hand swearing to the Queen is a big no no, on the other hand they could probably secure the building of skyscrapers and monorails in West Belfast. The best fudge I could think of was all their MPs declining the SF whip and swearing in as independents in a nudge nudge wink wink fashion but it would have to be some shocking, outrageous pork barrel to warrant it.
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Comment on DUP lessons for incoming Tory politicians…
on 9 April 2010 at 9:05 pm
To be fair, if you’re a unionist it makes perfect sense although Dave’s shtick that the Tories aren’t the nasty party anymore is in tatters.
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Comment on Tories: “Fermanagh and South Tyrone has characteristics that are unique within the UK”
on 9 April 2010 at 8:41 pm
Whats that smell? Ah the the smoldering husk of Daves effort to normalise NI politics. Will he go national with the Save Ulster From Sodomy campaign. Same old Tories.
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Comment on Peter Robinson: “I think I have the right to be a bit down at times…”
on 9 April 2010 at 1:29 am
Er..you’re also the one who has go over there what with being a Member of Parliament
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Comment on “bank in which the family lost most of the €3 billion [] gave loans to cover those losses”
on 8 April 2010 at 9:43 pm
EU sets the levels but its up each country to police them and up until this ‘foreigner’ appeared they didn’t. If Gov interferes its same old same old.
That said if Quinn goes kaput it could be Guinness Peat all over again, Ireland left with a cadre of skilled insurance types looking for something to do.
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