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Hearing the Other Voice from the Grave: Why Should we Listen to David Ervine’s Stories?
Ed Moloney’s Voices from the Grave: Two Men’s War in Ireland has received considerable attention in the press and in the public realm since its publication earlier this year. Although the book relates the experiences of the Provisional IRA’s Brendan Hughes and the PUP/UVF’s David Ervine, much of the discussion has focused on Hughes’ stories [...] read our review » -
Help me with the West Wing: Essential viewing or Party Political Broadcast?
Having somehow managed to avoid watching a single episode of the widely praised West Wing TV series I was delighted to discover the entire Box set in my Christmas stocking – and with enough spare time over the holidays to give it a good lash. But with 10 episodes of the first series under my [...] read our review »
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review »
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Comment on Rangers FC in crisis: A genuine Ulster Scots saga…
on 23 March 2012 at 3:35 pm
Things move fast on this story. BBC Scotland reporting that Rangers Administrators have lost the case against Ticketus.
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Comment on Owen Paterson on welfare reform at Queen’s
on 29 February 2012 at 1:34 pm
The public service unions could do a lot for youth unemployment if they were serious about it.
How about a ban on overtime work?
A ban on partial retirement (where a member of staff over age 60 works 3 days and gets their pension for the other 2 days).
A ban on part time working that leaves part of a job not covered eg someone working a 4 day week and no one hired to cover the 5th day.
They have no interest in such ideas because they have no intetrest in the unemployed when it may cost their members.
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Comment on Willie Clarke ‘allowed the option’ of working in Down council…
on 21 February 2012 at 11:47 pm
“I dont get your reference to Margaret Ritchie. Shes not on the Council and her MLA replacement is not waiting in the wings. Sean Roogers is already at Stormont.”
Ritchie still hasn’t stood down. If Sean Rodgers is at Stormont he’s not there as an MLA. Maybe working in the kitchen until Margaret goes?
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Comment on UUP and the SDLP: Two parties in search of a script?
on 11 February 2012 at 1:24 pm
Has Ritchie said when she will step down from the Assembly? She’s hanging around now like a bad smell and damaging her party again.
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Comment on McDonnell wins first selection bout…
on 8 February 2012 at 11:21 am
Apparently Ms Ritchie is now refusing to leave the Assembly !!
Her and former MP Eddie McGrady are sore that their nominated successor was defeated by Sean Rogers and she won’t resign. Mr Rogers is not a happy chap.
Surely if she has the good of the party at heart she will want to give the new MLA as much time in post as possible to build his profile?
Or maybe it’s a case of making things as difficult as possible for the new MLA and new Party leader? What ever happened to putting the good of the Party ahead of personnality clashes?
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Comment on McDonnell wins first selection bout…
on 5 December 2011 at 3:24 pm
Sean Rogers was co-oped to Newry & Mourne Council in 2008 to replace the popular Mickey Cole who dropped dead refereeing a GAA match. He’s had a high enough profile locally since and was elected in May.
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Comment on Workers Party conference on Saturday
on 4 November 2011 at 9:43 pm
Eh? and Eh?
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Comment on Euro crisis: “The Greek government has become adept at playing Europe’s leaders…”
on 2 November 2011 at 8:58 pm
Hard to believe that when Europe is is facing it’s biggest crisis since the 1930s – most posters on here are more concerned with Sinn Fein’s vote in the Irish Presidential election.
This is important. The Presidential vote wasn’t IMO.
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Comment on Your questions for the SDLP leadership candidates?
on 2 November 2011 at 12:06 pm
What would you do during your first 30 days as leader to start rebuilding the SDLP?
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Comment on Euro crisis: “The Greek government has become adept at playing Europe’s leaders…”
on 2 November 2011 at 10:49 am
What are the chances of a military coup in Greece?
The heads of defence were all replaced yesterday – why? Odd timing to say the least. Did the Govt suspect something was planned?
What would happen if there was a coup? Greece would he expelled from the EU and there would probably be open warfare on the streets for a time.
Could a military Govt take the hard decisions required to get the Greek economy growing, outside the EU and having defaulted on it’s debt?
I very much doubt it but some in the Greek defence forces may not agree. “Stepping forward to save the Nation in a time of national crisis” and all that…
It’s happened before.
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