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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 Republican reaction to ‘big deal’
on 6 February 2010 at 4:18 am
Andrew
Bobby Sands died in a differnt era/lifetime. it is simplstic to make comarisons like that
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Comment on Republican reaction to ‘big deal’
on 6 February 2010 at 1:59 am
it’s a good deal. it is yet another step in the right direction, powers for policing are now in ireland and not in GB anymore and that is surely good. please don’t pretend that RSF or Eirigi would make meaningful progress like that. it’s all about stepping stones to achieve the objective and devolving powers is one of those stones.
republicans can now concentrate on the next step to distance the north from the union, a couple of things on the agenda could be devolving of fiscal powers, joining the euro or all ireland kilometer speed limits etc.
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Comment on “An Irish language strategy rather than an act..”
on 3 February 2010 at 7:51 pm
Greenflag,
had to read that one a few times to decipher it! but yeah you are right
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Comment on “An Irish language strategy rather than an act..”
on 3 February 2010 at 1:19 am
drumlins
“the more you try and surpress something the more people will try and speak it.”
So the best way to promote the Irish language would be to ban it completely?
just common sense. it’s the same with everything, not just irish.
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Comment on “An Irish language strategy rather than an act..”
on 2 February 2010 at 9:49 pm
Socaire.
1) what are you afraid of? you should be confident enough in your britishness to not be getting excited or worried about the irish language.
2) the irish language has nothing to do with dissidents or fenians. it is the offical national language of ireland and is spoken by a large percentage of the population. however i am sure that the vast majority of people who promote and speak irish do not want to impose it on british pepole like you, but likewise they dont want you to try and surpress it. live and let live
3) the more you try and surpress something the more people will try and speak it. so if you relax it will be ok
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Comment on Kane resignation letter, and Trimble’s emails…
on 2 February 2010 at 3:31 pm
i’m disappointed in Trimble. they should take back his Nobel peace prize
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Comment on “An Irish language strategy rather than an act..”
on 1 February 2010 at 10:58 pm
respect and tolerance come to mind. works both ways, we can have fáilte to mhuileann na buaise as well as Liz. why not.
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