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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 Not 2, not 3, but 4 SDLP leadership candidates to choose from…
on 17 September 2011 at 8:35 am
The iceberg has already struck Ritchie has capsized the SDLP whoever wins the leadership battle will take the helm to the bottom of the ocean, bon voyage to all their followers.
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Comment on Adams Proposes McGuinness to be Sinn Féin Candidate for Áras
on 17 September 2011 at 8:22 am
Superb political move once again by Sinn Fein, they have consistently thought out of the box and regardless of the outcome of the election, once again they have raised their profile to a new level. Excellent work by the party strategists.
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Comment on Adams Proposes McGuinness to be Sinn Féin Candidate for Áras
on 17 September 2011 at 8:20 am
@Jimmy Sands, it worked for De Valera !
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Comment on The curious incident of the City Hall and its flag-related security breach
on 13 July 2011 at 12:25 pm
Idle speculation jj, did it have Property of City Hall on it ? Paranoid!
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Comment on David Dunseith RIP
on 30 June 2011 at 10:24 pm
Very sad to hear of David’s death, he was an excellent journalist and presenter who transgressed all faiths creeds and political persuasions rip
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Comment on “We lived in peace for a few years, and then all this is coming back”
on 30 June 2011 at 8:32 am
The attacks were wrong! Vile! and totally unjustified, no excuses no matter how many are contrived can change that fact.
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Comment on “We lived in peace for a few years, and then all this is coming back”
on 30 June 2011 at 8:13 am
UVF ATTACKS ON Short Strand
Were due to the following:
Attacks on Protestant homes? We have established that both sides suffered similar attacks, therefore it cannot be that.
HET enquiries into Loyalist attacks? Nothing whatsoever to do with the Short Strand therefore it cannot be that!
Assets recovery taking criminal assets from Loyalists? Nothing whatsoever to do with Short Strand residents, therefore it cannot be that!
Financial reward to those in the UVF who organised the attacks? Hasn’t been established but is in the mix as the major factor!
Pure unadulterated bigotry? Again another major factor, highly probable, but likely a partial excuse.
UVF leadership in East Belfast seeking to gain control? Another probable and again likely to be partial rather than solely responsible!
And the facts! Nothing can excuse the behaviour of the organised Loyalists assault on the Short Strand. Those seeking to excuse their vile behaviour are as guilty as those in the masks, there are no excuses, it’s that simple!
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Comment on “We lived in peace for a few years, and then all this is coming back”
on 30 June 2011 at 6:42 am
gtm2011 The HET issue is a perception, you miss the point that the vast majority of people convicted or imprisoned during the conflict were Republican maybe thats why those Loyalists who were given free reign during the conflict are being perused now. Besides that, what has that got to do with the people in the Short Strand ? attacking the Short strands going to stop HET enquiries is it ?
Another issue regarding the HET is evidence, given that Loyalists were operated by Special branch and are overflowing with informers, the HET have little problems gaining information on those organisations, therefore pursuing them is a simple task, it may not be so on the Republican side.
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Comment on “We lived in peace for a few years, and then all this is coming back”
on 29 June 2011 at 6:38 am
gtm2011 I live on the other side of the interface barrier, I’m not going to insult anyone by making up stories. There may well be attacks from the Short Strand on a daily basis which is wrong if true, speaking from my own experience there is not a day goes by whereby some missile or other comes over the wall at my home or my neighbours, golf balls and marbles are a regular, I have seen more golf balls than Rory McIlroy yet never played golf in my life! But, heres the crux, I would in no way seek to get even with the other side by organised attacks. The scenes we witnessed by last week when the UVF organised mass destruction of the area, have in my opinion set community relations back 10 yrs. The mistrust now in the Short Strand will be very difficult to remove, and the young people of both areas have sampled violence which everyone had thought we would never see again. There are almost daily excuses emanating from Loyalist for the violence, none of which stand up to scrutiny or can be justified, what happened was wrong end of story. As for the HET and assets recovery, are you suggesting that Loyalists under investigation should be given immunity for their criminal acts ? and if the are not are we to witness more of the same by the UVF ? If thats the case we are destined to be forever in the mire of conflict, I wouldn’t wish that to be the case, do you ?
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Comment on Layout of Bryson Street interface
on 25 June 2011 at 8:02 am
Could this be the day the West Belfast battalion of the UVF apply for their share of the peace process pot of gold, whiterock parade alert !
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