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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 » -
…if University education were universally available and availed of, the country would collapse in one generation
The words of Brian O’Nolan, variously Brian Ó Nualláin, Myles na gCopaleen, Myles na Gopaleen and, of course, Flann O’Brien. That O’Nolan was referencing his own dissolute student days at UCD only mildly distracts from the prophetic undertone of his words: I paid no attention whatsoever to books or study and regarded lectures as a [...] read our review »
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John Laird for Christmas?
John Laird (Lord Laird of Artigarvan) is unionism’s jester. His memoir A Struggle To Be Heard ” by a True Ulster Liberal” (from Slugger’s shop on Amazon here) might serve more as a heavy stocking filler than anybody’s idea of a main present. In it he wears the masks of comedy and tragedy to turn the [...] read our review »
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Comment on “UK courts cannot force the handing over of journalistic material to foreign organizations…”
on 10 May 2012 at 3:34 am
Zig,
Exactly.
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Comment on Obama endorses gay marriage
on 10 May 2012 at 12:22 am
South Carolina, where you can marry your cousin, just not your gay cousin…..
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Comment on Obama endorses gay marriage
on 9 May 2012 at 11:59 pm
“O’Bama endorses gay marriage”
Wow…didn’t see that one coming!
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Comment on “RAAD was founded in 2008 by members and recent ex-members of the Provisional IRA in Derry…”
on 6 May 2012 at 1:57 pm
Weidm7,
As you can see from the declining number of comments on his posts, most people don’t bother with Baker anymore. He has been blindly blaming Sinn Fein for everything for years, it’s part of his dishonest spin game. He quotes selectively on a regular basis and never engages with the audience. He just uses Slugger as another outlet for his parties’ viewpoint. Best to ignore him as Mick is happy to let him do it.
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Comment on Brady departure in sight
on 6 May 2012 at 6:52 am
The police should start pressing charges. Victims should sue for millions.
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Comment on SF Lord Mayor to step down before having to meet the Queen…
on 23 April 2012 at 7:12 pm
“This is a case of good, cooperative politics in practice.”
Yes, for me the glass is half full on this one. If it works for republicans and the DUP then happy days. The idea of rotating for the Somme, Easter Rising etc would seem to eliminate a lot of unnecessary aggro and alleviate the possibility of conflict on certain dates. Seems reasonable. Interesting that SF claim to have made their decision over a year ago.
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Comment on Who’s marching, where and when? And when is a parade a feeder parade?
on 15 April 2012 at 6:35 am
Well that pretty much disrupts all the central areas of Belfast on Saturday May 19th. Business owners and shoppers will be well pleased.
Would it not occur to these people to parade around the park or a sports stadium instead of disrupting everyone else?
Or maybe being allowed to disrupt everyone else fills them with a sense of impotence.
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Comment on Jackie McDonald questions Orange Order Covenant parade taking motorised machine guns past Short Strand
on 7 April 2012 at 5:53 am
What on earth are the Orange Order doing inviting the modern UDA and UVF to participate in one of their parades?
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Comment on PSNI officers suspended as result of sectarian and racist text messages
on 7 April 2012 at 5:26 am
Sectarian attitudes cannot be tolerated in any form. Not in speach, writing, video, tweeting, texting etc
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Comment on “This is part of the culture of Ireland”
on 2 April 2012 at 3:54 am
Cynic2,
Ireland was an island 1,500 years ago and it’s still an island today. Get over yourself, the object should go to the Ulster museum.
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