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Against Remembrance – Seminar & Book by David Rieff
Is the best way to overcome the legacy of conflict simply to forget about it? Author and journalist David Rieff spoke on this subject last week in a seminar at the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at Trinity College Dublin. Rieff has recently written a book titled, Against Remembrance (published in Ireland by Liffey [...] read our review »
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Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation. A book about how things are changing.
Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland is a new academic tome by lecturer and researcher Lee Smithey. In the book the Pennsylvania academic outlines his findings based on 67 interviews over eighteen months with grassroots activists in unionist and loyalist communities and organisations. This is largely a book about men, even though they [...] read our review »
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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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Comment on The Hain contempt case: a warning to England from Northern Ireland
on 20 May 2012 at 9:13 am
Thanks,Nevin. Tthose letters v revealing . Note that Hain is “ready to serve in future”. Note that Milliband sings Hains praises whilst presumably planning to lose him in an imminent reshuffle. Actions louder than words,eh?
Obviously a face saving exercise cooked up between them. And whatever spin the Hain groupings put on it , trouble from NI hasn’t helped.
For me Hain also showed bad judgement whilst still a player in politics in disclosing so honestly what he really thought of many in NI .
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Comment on The Hain contempt case: a warning to England from Northern Ireland
on 19 May 2012 at 9:45 pm
iwas I am surprised to learn that across the water they see this outcome as a victory for Hain. I see it as a neat way out for all parties ..though more satisfactory on the side of JL. In that he has made his point AND drawn attention to Hains track record.
personally I welcome that JL took this case and do not accept at all that it was a freedom of expression battle,as portrayed by Hains cronies.
Could it be I also ask myself if this publicity has been the final nail in the coffin of Hains ambitions, given that he has now been
returned to back benches.
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Comment on The withering of Irish Catholicism sees Sunday attendance plummet in the cities…
on 18 May 2012 at 4:12 pm
Bear in mind that ‘Catholicism’ has cultural impact which in my experience is little affected by stopping religious practice such as mass going. Am I the only former Catholic for instance who simply cannot shift off a sense of guilt about many innocent pleasures (the Petshop Boys sem to know how a sense of sin permeates). it seems to be a struggle between what you intellect and common sense tll you and the way you were brought up as a Catholic.
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Comment on Seanin Graham named CIPR NI Journalist of the year; Belfast Telegraph wins Newspaper of the year
on 13 May 2012 at 10:23 pm
Oops…before, I haven’t a clue about the levels of wrongness these denote).
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Comment on Seanin Graham named CIPR NI Journalist of the year; Belfast Telegraph wins Newspaper of the year
on 13 May 2012 at 10:22 pm
Jthree
Now just stop there a minute. as one who is totally disinterested in sport , let me tell you that the one thing I wil be taking an interest in is the special Olympics. Why? It exemplifies all the values I hold dear to me. like courage,like perseverance
, joy in life etc etc (though don’t expect u to get it).
If I had my way you would get a red,green or yellow card (as I’ve pointed out bhefore
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Comment on “Police will consider the comments made by Judge Weir…”
on 6 May 2012 at 3:30 pm
Surely what is best is a joined up system where police do indeed work with them rather than against them . For instance in our deliberations about punishment beatings many of us were saying that everyone involved with young people need to cooperate.
That does not mean that I do not see the validity of what the judge is pointing to.
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Comment on Brady departure in sight
on 5 May 2012 at 7:11 pm
As well as Abbot Smyth questions were asked in I Times concerning why exactly Abbot McTirrnan persisted in Allowing BS to resume priestly duties even after Rome took his “faculties” (confession etc) from him and even moving him to USA. Won’t say the speculation here but it is the only thing that makes sense, even in the 70s I can’t believe that it would be usual to let a man like BS roam the world unimpeded.
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Comment on The Brendan Smith case and the church’s strange relations with the power of law
on 5 May 2012 at 4:14 pm
Daniel
I think it was the Jesuits who made that statement.
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Comment on Cardinal Brady should go – in charity
on 4 May 2012 at 9:02 pm
Brian
Strikes me that what u are articulating is a cross community understanding which the Cardinal does not seem to have a grasp of.
I predict that he will go at the weekend ….but he must regret that he did not do so earlier before people were clearer as to his culpability.
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Comment on The Brendan Smith case and the church’s strange relations with the power of law
on 4 May 2012 at 7:56 pm
As a rule I do not like trial by media. But with every statement that Brady made it became clearer that he just doesn’t see how terribly wrong Child rape and the way he and other priests dealt with it were,even in 1975. Yes,he wasn,t the only one , but he still is culpable and unfit to lead the Church into a better system.
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