Open Sunday – discuss what you like…
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The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday.
Storytime with Houdi – She’s Got Legs…
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It’s early 1984. I’m in Dublin having escaped the mundanity of small Irish town life. Twenty-two years old, a trainee manager with Ireland’s biggest retailer, I’m bouncing with nervous energy. George Orwell’s prediction of the totalitarian society is unfounded. I …
a report on the second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress in Dublin…
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On Friday the 26th of June, the second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress convened for three days in the Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin. The Maldron thankfully resisted pressure from a variety of actors to refuse hosting of this event. Around 450 attended …
Open sunday – politics free zone…
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In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday.
What a genuine citizens’ assembly needs, and why the unity proposal doesn’t have it…
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France’s climate convention implemented 58% of its proposals and reached 78% public awareness, proof a citizens’ assembly can work when a state gives it real authority and resourcing. Sinn Féin’s defeated unity bill had neither, and a wider, patient conversation would serve the question better than a set-piece assembly ever could.
Irish Government Announces Annual John Hume Peace Prize
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has announced that the Irish government will establish and fund an annual peace prize honouring the late John Hume. Speaking in Strasbourg, the Taoiseach said “John was both a visionary and an immensely practical man. He saw …
Real-world trolling and performative outrage….
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I’m not sure of just how big a risk radical Islam is to the good people of Tyrone. According to the last census the Muslim population of Mid Ulster is 198. This is a massive 0.2% of the population. It’s …
Four New Caps in Ireland Rugby Team to play Japan
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Having advocated for Farrell to rotate his squad entirely against Japan in order to give his front-liners a rest and improve his back-up resources, I must be satisfied that Farrell has met me more than half-way. Only two of the …
Count Binface VS Nigel Farage – the political battle of the summer…
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When you think about it Count Binface is the perfect intergalactic space warrior to puncture the pomposity of Nigel Farage. 'My job is to demonstrate that British democracy is wonderful and unique in the entire Cosmos' Count Binface told #BBCBreakfast …
Discretion in place of process: family employment and the DUP’s commissioned review…
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The Democratic Unionist Party’s exposure over Jeffrey Donaldson is not only a matter of individual wrongdoing but also a failure of institutional process. Its employment of relatives, lawful but now disproportionately visible within the party, exemplifies a reliance on privately …