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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 On that ‘robbery’ in Meigh…
on 17 March 2010 at 3:13 am
he punched the head of the surgeons brother paul fri night in dromintee hall.and sat night he got capped .now who knows but surely these guys have to be in the frame..also werd has it he had that many enemies god knows who done this to him.word round the camp fire has it the guy who was done was a proper upstart who would figh with himsely if there was no one around .it was no robbery gone wrong thats for sure
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Comment on Seven arrested in Ireland in investigation into a conspiracy to murder cartoonist Lars Viks
on 10 March 2010 at 1:36 am
this country as we onse knew it is long gone.the goverment let in every gangster crimnal terrorist and social welfare cheats in to our country.now the assylum seekers wil turn against us onse we give them legal status.i can not believe what ireland has become..they are all here for our generous welfare handouts free housing free medical free housing .we are the laugh of the world no wonder these guys set up base here.our passport was onse respected now every tom the diddle carries an irish passport
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