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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 Mr Robinson’s QC is not good enough
on 9 January 2010 at 8:42 am
Devenport could not have legally known the details of the programme. I doubt he knew anything.
I don’t exactly get what you are trying to say Sammy.
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Comment on Mr Robinson’s QC is not good enough
on 9 January 2010 at 6:37 am
Damien,
If Mark Devenport and the BBC had refused the charade then Robinson would have happily let UTV Live have the exclusive. Don’t be so naive.
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Comment on Mr Robinson’s QC is not good enough
on 9 January 2010 at 2:16 am
I agree with TAFK on the suicide attempt. However it does finally show how disingenuous his statement on Monday was.
The story is the attempted whitewash at Stormont. There can be no whitewash. Not when they are using our money for such an investigation.
This must be a full and frank public investigation taken independently.
In Iris’ case, she is getting off very lightly today. Her actions were very serious and anyone who had acted in a comparably corrupt way in their private life would now face a police investigation. She will not face such an investigation and it is a crying shame. I do not want to see the woman suffer, but justice must be done.
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Comment on Robinson: I am fighting to clear my name…
on 9 January 2010 at 1:01 am
Robinson’s investigation cannot be shrouded in secrecy.
It must be a full and frank public process and anything less is an insult to the people of this country who elected Peter Robinson and his colleagues in the Assembly.
Peter Robinson does not have a monopoly on power and process in Stormont.
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Comment on Spotlight showing 10.35pm…
on 8 January 2010 at 2:10 am
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Comment on Spotlight showing 10.35pm…
on 8 January 2010 at 12:30 am
Ah right, it says on their website they confirmed he was under 21. However he was younger at the time. Spotlight will have the details tonight I’m sure.
The revelation by UTV creates a bit more buzz for Spotlight I guess.
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Comment on Spotlight showing 10.35pm…
on 8 January 2010 at 12:21 am
What are utv live saying?
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Comment on Spotlight showing 10.35pm…
on 8 January 2010 at 12:18 am
Confirmed for 10.35
Should be good!
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Comment on And what the Robinson story was really about…
on 7 January 2010 at 8:55 am
I am very surprised that someone got the butcher thing that long ago.
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Comment on And what the Robinson story was really about…
on 7 January 2010 at 3:42 am
I would argue that some of the wild expenses claims that Mr. Robinson made were quite unacceptable.
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