The problems with formal education
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Arnold Carton has written a very perceptive OP entitled “The problem with Y” in which he discusses the difficulties boys have in educational environments, with some research showing that having a Y chromosome can be as big a disadvantage as …
We need to talk about the ARINS survey on Ireland’s constitutional futures (Part One)…
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Colin Coulter is Professor of Sociology in Maynooth University. Here he asks further searching questions about the “gold standard” ARINS survey, and what happens to the outcome if you adjust for weighting issues in the original sample. The latest instalment …
The Problem with Y…
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If you were following the news last week it seems that those of us with a Y-chromosome (the males) aren’t doing so well. As a former school teacher with 30 years’ experience in secondary school teaching this does not come …
The speech Micheál Martin should make in the White House: Part 2
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In my previous blog here: Speaking right: What an Taoiseach should say in Washington I gave an account of my experiences in speech writing and the many lessons I have learned about that craft, often the hard way through some …
Mark Carney to be next Canada PM…
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From the Guardian: Mark Carney, the former central banker who oversaw the response to financial crises in North America and the UK, will become the next prime minister of Canada after winning the race to lead the country’s federal Liberal …
Western nations must stand united against Trump’s latest onslaught…
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The prospect of a £1.6bn contract for the Thales missile factory in east Belfast to deliver 5,000 lightweight missiles to Ukraine shows that Northern Ireland has a role to play in world affairs. (Gail Walker, Comment March 8) Regardless of …
Previewing Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics – running from 24-30 March #imaginebelfast
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Imagine! Festival of Ideas & Politics is back with a week-long programme to help you make sense of a crazy world. More than 90 events across seven days, with the festival organisers collaborating with lots of grassroots organisations and activists …
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.
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.
Weekly Bulletin. What you need to know this week
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Executive publishes Programme for Government On Monday (3 March), the NI Executive’s Programme for Government (PfG) was approved by Assembly members following a day of debate. First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly presented the 100-page PfG in the …