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“I loathe Ireland and the Irish.”
Tweet In the Irish Times, Brian Cosgrove takes up temporary residence in An Irishman’s Diary in the hope that, with the lifting of European copyright restrictions on James Joyce’s major works, a greater familiarity with Joyce’s ”sometimes ruthless realism” may change the nature of the “annual Edwardian charade” that is Bloomsday. From the Irish Times The devastating cultural [...] read our review » -
The Earl Bishop
Tweet Interesting BBC article on an upcoming presentation and talk [Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, 17 August] by lecturer and broadcaster Stephen Price on the subject of his new book – The Earl Bishop. The 18th Century ”Earl Bishop” was Frederick Augustus Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol and Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry. Hervey was also [...] read our review »
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What Ireland did right (and what it needs to do)…
Tweet It is difficult to believe now that one country recently sent 19 delegations to Ireland to study how well our economy was managed. The revelation that our model of economic management featured positively in political and economic discussion in countries including Estonia, Greece and Scotland may also come as a surprise. As we survey [...] read our review »
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Comment on UTV Insight: Collusion and some of its innocent victims…
on 12 May 2013 at 3:59 am
Alias,
. Here is a quality post of yours from the last Gerry thread -the one where you were left mumbling to yourself at the end with four posts in row :
“Two Americans in a row cheerleading for the Shinners? Shillelaghs, green beer, and Aran sweaters”
Apologies for slightly misquoting you originally-it was blackthorn not plastic
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Comment on UTV Insight: Collusion and some of its innocent victims…
on 12 May 2013 at 1:34 am
Alias,
The point is that because you disagree with someone doesn’t mean-or at least shouldn’t if Mick was in any way neutral or even consistent with his rules-that you get to indulge in silly name calling like a peeved five year old in a school yard while far more oratorically gifted and interesting contributors get carded for the crime of not making distinctions between good unionists and bad unionists in referring to unionism
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Comment on Death of CSI: If we can’t have a strategy what about asking better questions?
on 12 May 2013 at 12:12 am
News_Meister
Ta bron orm “allay relevant concerns” tripped the letsgetalongerist wire with visions of school history textbooks that read: Gerry was a terrorist/freedom fighter/ strategist with an insight into Republican thinking
“that honestly reflects the history of the Nationalist and Unionist communities on this island.”
So that’ll be ours then
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Comment on Death of CSI: If we can’t have a strategy what about asking better questions?
on 11 May 2013 at 11:03 pm
@News_Meister
Nope-
Integrated: of or pertaining to a group or society whose members interact on the basis of commonly held norms or values.
“a new integrated history”
shakes head
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Comment on UTV Insight: Collusion and some of its innocent victims…
on 11 May 2013 at 10:21 pm
Gav,
I think to be fair there was only one person hysterical, but there were probably loads in hysterics at his antics
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Comment on UTV Insight: Collusion and some of its innocent victims…
on 11 May 2013 at 9:12 pm
“Isn’t it so often the way that – the more extreme and entrenched, the more precious. Online, as in life.”
Says unionist philosophe with no apparent sense of irony/fleggery
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Comment on Death of CSI: If we can’t have a strategy what about asking better questions?
on 11 May 2013 at 8:41 pm
News_Meister,
Wouldn’t have to be after school; it could be like opting to to take French or woodwork. But unionism (if we are still allowed to use that collective term) might need to be careful what it wishes for in integration- there are now more nationalist kids than unionist, so who is going to get integrated ?
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Comment on UTV Insight: Collusion and some of its innocent victims…
on 11 May 2013 at 8:29 pm
Alias,
So no doubt the next time you refer generally to plastic paddies, aran jumpers, and green beer the honest broker will be similarly outraged
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Comment on UTV Insight: Collusion and some of its innocent victims…
on 11 May 2013 at 4:14 am
FDM/Tac,
So either the term unionism has now fenceringed, personified, and indeminified unless clarified by obsequious taigs with reference to a few bad apples, or somebody just threw a hissy fit because he got his clock cleaned and was flailing about for an excuse to justify his tantrum.
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Comment on Adams’s extended RTE interview on political murder turns the southern clock right back for Sinn Fein…
on 4 May 2013 at 4:11 am
tmitch57
“They just overestimate the gullibility of the public and journalists in the Republic.”
Maybe, or maybe SF have an inkling that enough of the Irish people are sufficiently nuanced and politically literate that they can see through the silly deflection games being played by hypocritical opponents trying to once more get their corrupt paws on the envelopes of power, and that enough of the audience is smart enough to see the latterday concern by the likes of Miriam and the backroom at RTE over events that happened half a century ago in the Troubles for what it is.
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