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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 Adams Proposes McGuinness to be Sinn Féin Candidate for Áras
on 17 September 2011 at 5:01 pm
Industrial wage, chinese walls,fisherman and fox, Mary lou-’Martin is a man with calibre” Anybody for calibre and ballot box?
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Comment on “Not so much the rise of a new Scottish sentiment, but the gradual decay of what it meant to be British in Scotland”
on 5 July 2011 at 12:38 pm
Not to be pendantic-but cant a decay come to pass without something new filling the void.A new scottish sentiment…………what about the older scottish sentiment.The one that is really replacing britishness.
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Comment on Nationalism’s ‘crise de foie’: most Catholics prefer the United Kingdom…
on 19 June 2011 at 3:37 pm
There is one very evident fact that is being ignored here,whether the poll is reflective of unionist/nationalist persuasion or not.The very simple fact that the argument for or against constitutional change is now open to reason and not just history.The idea that catholics may support a continuation of the status quo for simple everyday effect and/or weight of my pocket logic suggests that they are ahead of unionists in the GFA spread.But also confirms a huge republican victory( and that is not the word another should use) in that we are getting to the point where unionists also can be convinced of an united Ireland by means of economics and common sense.This is the no mans land argument and has nothing to do with the koolaid or foolaid but simply that now a unionist ( and they do it more and more) can challenge someone from dublin about what it means to be Irish.We’re on it now baby!!
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Comment on Attempt to kill police has shock value/media spin applied?
on 11 September 2010 at 3:31 am
Off topic mark, but could you send me your email please as I’ve misplaced it.Thanks.Guest.
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Comment on “The Moon is not a dead body”
on 23 August 2010 at 3:53 pm
Everything is shrinking.It’s called the anti-big-bang.Won’t stop some people from calling it the little bang.anyone for 2021.?
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Comment on “the Provos never claimed legitimacy on the basis of popular support but by reference to the mandate of history”
on 22 August 2010 at 9:45 pm
the Provos never claimed legitimacy on the basis of popular support but by reference to the mandate of history
what a statement-what a load of……..
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Comment on Number of security alerts indicate heightened concern
on 7 August 2010 at 9:55 pm
no article/post on Browne’s exposé on mcDowell
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0803/1224276086229.html
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Comment on Decent government will sort the Constitutional question…
on 3 August 2010 at 9:03 pm
indeed.
could we have a hold your breath competition and get it over?
Of course, there are huge differences.Irish nationalism will be more and more aired and driven by the ROI.Whilst, unionism holds it breath.
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Comment on Decent government will sort the Constitutional question…
on 3 August 2010 at 2:37 pm
i saw one yesterday.Impressive.
The electron jumpers all over.
ok, i’m away
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Comment on Decent government will sort the Constitutional question…
on 3 August 2010 at 2:25 pm
i do not think that sinn fein would have a problem with fading away on an united Ireland.However,many would say that the same logic applies to the current fading away of unionism.As somebody else as pointed out it is only in crisis that unionism activates itself.There is the danger that the constitutional question settles in a calm that they do not see coming.
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