Sunday Business Post: Central players in the old conflict are still players in the new dispensation.
Derry Journal: Has the romantic Republican dream finally died?
Belfast Telegraph: Republican sources accuse dissident Republicans of being criminals…News Letter: On the want of an Opposition at Stormont…
News Letter: Loyalist peace broker dies…
Irish Times: Ian Paisley and the Late Late are a perfect match…
Republic:
Sunday Times: Republic takes on €24 Billion pound risk in big two banks…
Sunday Business Post: Republic is now fighting for its reputation for financial probity…
Irish Independent: Keeping unions inside the tent may be Cowen’s best play…
Sunday Indpendent: God bless the second Irish Republic?
Irish Examiner: Reform needed to prevent wealth Irish criminals claiming legal aid…
Sunday Times: Conor Cruise O’Brien: It is, I think, in the nature of prophets to be prickly, awkward, angular, contrary in every sense…
Irish Examiner: We jumped-up Paddies need more than cheap sneers from the British…
Sport:
Irish News: where exactly does the GAA stand today in Irish politics?
Belfast Telegraph: Rory McIroy scores his first pro tournament win…
Scotland:
Glasgow Herald: Business leaders want grand coalition approach to budget problems…
Scotsman: SNP and Labour to talk about budget ‘deal’ tomorrow…
Scotsman: The Greens are tired of being pushed around…
UK:
The Times: Big Tory leads returns as Cameron shows his true Tory colours…
Daily Telegraph: The week Labour lost the next election…
The Guardian: The first stirrings of an anger that is bound to grow…
The FT: Gordon’s journey from bounce to bust…
The FT: Europe’s central bankers’ folly: “the logic of a driver who refuses to brake when confronted with a potential accident for fear of losing traction”….
World:
The Australian: Who said it wasn’t a global recession: Aussie tax revenues collapse. Kevin Rudd on the deficit…
New York Times: On the dangers of a bungling lemon socialist bailout…
The Nation: Can the market system be made to serve us?
Washington Post: The war in Afghanistan is not going well…
Dissent: We are finally emerging from Ronald Reagan’s shadow….
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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