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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 The Detail will launch in January…
on 7 October 2010 at 7:47 pm
Bob Geldof is one of the most Pro Unionist creatures on this island!
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Comment on Smaller books on fewer shelves for shorter opening hours – the reality of DCAL spending cuts
on 24 September 2010 at 10:58 pm
Great,stay out of them and leave room for people who have a love of libaries to use them,you philistine!
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Comment on General Election 2010 – the SDLP
on 4 September 2010 at 10:31 pm
Sinking Dirty Large Pints would be more apt. A party with the highest rate of alcoholics.
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Comment on “The Cardinal said that he knew that the priest was a very bad man…”
on 24 August 2010 at 9:58 pm
In Italy during the Second World War the partisans regarded having a priest in their ranks as an honour.A lot of other Catholic clergy fought alongside members of their flock during the War.
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Comment on Up Down!
on 2 August 2010 at 12:06 am
I hope Down reach the final.It would be great to see South Down with all the colours up.
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Comment on Would a city hall funeral for Alex Higgins show us up as hypocrites?
on 28 July 2010 at 6:07 pm
My brothers used to run into Alec.The one thing they mentioned that he said was that Jimmy White made a point of giving him cash.
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Comment on NI Secretary of State Orders Road Closure at Army Base
on 27 July 2010 at 8:31 pm
It is closing in the near future.The night training is a good craic to watch with all the flares hanging in the night sky.There is talk of the site being bought and turned into a Gaeltacht,a great spot.
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Comment on female psni officer injured.
on 15 July 2010 at 12:48 am
There is far more to come out about the female cop geting hit.Start to take an interest in what actions she was involved in before she got smacked.A 12 year od kid was beating to a pulp with a baton earlier by a police woman.the truth always comes out.
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Comment on Will anyone here object….
on 25 June 2010 at 4:03 pm
Morrison is not at all liked among a lot of republicans.Do not be fooled by his own PR.
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Comment on Christine and Colin make star status
on 22 June 2010 at 9:52 pm
Two muppets!
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