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What has The Third Man got to say about Northern Ireland?
Short answer: very little, other than he enjoyed the environs of Hillsborough Castle, enjoyed working with the local politicians, and has Gerry Adams to thank for Bobby his dog. Peter Mandelson’s book The Third Man has captured media headlines in recent weeks as the Times serialised the most juicy bits. But what did he have [...] read our review »
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A New Vision for the Catholic Church – Book Review
The oft-quoted verse from the book of Proverbs, ‘where there is no vision, the people perish,’ (chapter 29, verse 18) opens a new book by Gerry O’Hanlon, A New Vision for the Catholic Church: A View from Ireland (Columba Press, 2011). That verse could be considered an apt summary of the current state of the [...] read our review »
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Risk of going beyond either/or…
This is article was first published in Fortnight magazine back in February 2003. Chris Farrington is now a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ in the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. Although the circumstances it describes has changed radically and [...] read our review »
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Comment on DUP election candidate charged with racist bomb attack in Antrim
on 16 October 2011 at 5:04 am
He was being treated for depression… He was depressed about the number of Poles living in Antrim.
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Comment on Hearts fan convicted of breach of the peace but not assault over Neil Lennon incident
on 2 September 2011 at 8:18 pm
Nunoftheabove,
My point was if you choose to cross a pit filled with poisonous snakes, the chance of you being bit by one of the bastards is exceedingly high. I didn’t mean to blame Lennon, only to question his judgement. Fault lies with the Neanderthal who crawled out of his cave and tried to clock Lennon.
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Comment on Hearts fan convicted of breach of the peace but not assault over Neil Lennon incident
on 2 September 2011 at 5:51 am
As an Irish man I never understood the supposed affinity between the Irish and Scottish, the celtic cousins balderdash. I never bought the lovable ‘och aye’ Scotsman to your face while hiding his seething bigotry underneath his ‘skirt’. The scene in Braveheart where the Irish and Scottish shake hands on the battlefield was the most laughable piece of Hollywood crap to hit the screen in decades (and there have been many).
I have no sympathy for Lennon. Only a naive fool would ply his trade in that cesspit of bigotry that is Glasgow. He should have got a job in the lower divisions of the English League. The standard of football is so much higher.
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Comment on Derry Essay: The Protestants of Londonderry
on 10 August 2010 at 5:59 am
Nowhere else would an award to encourage all cultures be cynically hijacked by a politician to launch a bigot-driven attack on another group. If the events of the city of culture year are met with mass apathy/derision from the nationalist community, Campbell and his ilk have only themselves to blame.
Campbell, wise up. You’re doing your community absolutely no favours with your predictable, spiteful, hate-motivated drivel.
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Comment on Same but Different?
on 2 August 2010 at 6:57 am
To me, as a nationalist, it shouldn’t be a matter of how it is reported. An attack on a church or orange hall is an attack on all of us who want the culture of both tribes to be allowed to flourish in a spirit of mutual respect. The victims of an attack of an orange hall aren’t just protestants/loyalists/unionists etc. The victims of an attack on a catholic church aren’t just RCs. They’re every single one of us who want to consign tribal/sectarian attacks to the history books and move forward as a society.
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Comment on “…not a digit is aimed at the parents.”
on 7 April 2010 at 11:13 am
To abc123 – how many children do you think committed suicide due to the gang you belonged to – British/loyalist/unionist? i.e. the murder, torture and ethnic cleansing carried out against the native Irish in Ulster. But of course your Bible makes everything OK …
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Comment on Grand Opera House to workshop “the Unionist story’…
on 26 March 2010 at 10:14 am
That was interesting, CatinHat. Thanks.
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Comment on Six nations final Weekend
on 20 March 2010 at 10:17 am
Just heard that the rugby special trains have been cancelled tomorrow because of a security alert. Bastards.
Posted by dmcoop on Mar 19, 2010 @ 04:37 PM
Those responsible are trying to unify the island. They do it by threatening the train link between the island’s two largest cities. As you can tell, they’re not the sharpest tools in the toolbox.
Hope you make it to the game.
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Comment on “The Friendly Sons can go outside if they want to smoke”
on 11 March 2010 at 11:49 am
“and smoking non-Cuban cigars”.
I think you’ll find that they’re actually Cuban. In the U.S., banned Cuban cigars are unbiquitous in certain social circles. Bans are for the riff-raff, don’t you know.
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Comment on Poached. Took the training then fecked off glory hunting
on 6 March 2010 at 12:56 pm
bigchiefally,
That’s a really good decent post.
I’m a ROI fan but I’d rather sacrifice a few lads from NI playing for us to see both sides playing together in a NI football team. Sport is a great way to bring people together and in NI it would be especially beneficial. Hopefully, the bitterness some have for the IFA and some wee country supporters will decrease over time.
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