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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 Poots drops the first DUP ball of the morning…
on 8 January 2010 at 6:14 pm
From the ‘Hero of Clontibret’ to ‘St Peter the Martyr’ to ‘Trailer Park Conspirator’ in just 2 days….its all so ‘Lagan Valley PTA’
The key point, and Mick Fealty got it exactly right on Wednesday, is that this is now a test for serious journalism. The BBC don’t actually deserve as much praise in this instance as one might think. This is 1/very high profile and ‘scandalous’ and 2/the conscientious Mr. Black and a willing Mr. McCambley made it easy (and probably cheap) to put on air. Don’t get me wrong here, it was an excellent piece, but it was reportage rather than investigative journalism. The Media here, with a very few exceptions, have traditionally walked away from many an important story because it wasn’t ‘handy’. The ‘everybody knows but nobody talks’ mentality doesn’t help.
The Media need to start earning their keep across the political spectrum…a good place to start might be the drafting of the Castlereagh Council criteria in the advertising of the Cafe franchise, and a close look at the financing of the construction and maintenance of the Robinson Family Compound might be another. The apparently phenomenally high turnover of the Cafe might be worth a look also.
On the broader front, the continuing secrecy in regards to the donations made to Political Parties here is a scandal which the Media have left to one side for years….of course the ongoing presence of the fringe ‘Jehadi Paddys’ and ‘Psyco Billies’ are very useful here as they could ‘terrorise’ named donors…handy that.
I wonder what would happen to donors who hedge their bets by cross funding the Parties? Those names might raise a few eyebrows.
We are trapped in the ‘Long Fraud’ that is the Troubles and Ulster Politics. The core electorate of Party zombies won’t change that….good journalism and conscientious whistle-blowers can.
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