Ambrose Uprichard Like it or loathe it, The Blanket presents alternative points of view that challenge orthodox Unionist and Nationalist thinking. Sean Fleming looks at language issues, starting from Tom Paulin’s 1983 Field Day pamphlet entitled, ‘A New Look at the Language Question’, in “the North of Ireland” in this well-written and informative article A Living Tapestry of Tongues Ambrose Uprichard
The Irish Independent today carries a report that a decision has been taken by RTE, following discussions at Director General Level, to continue broadcasting the Angelus. This followed representations made by the Reform Movement, who pointed out that “there were now 166 nationalities living in Ireland. There are 454,597 people who are not Roman Catholic. About 20,000 are Muslims, 50,000 are Chinese and there are 138,000 who have no religion.” The Reform movement credits RTE with being fair and generous …
The Irish Independent today announces that a call-centre company based in Scotland is to create 100 jobs in a gaeltacht area . Contact4, which operates from Glasgow, is to establish a centre in the former Comer Yarns factory in Gweedore Business Park. This is being hailed as a success for Udaras na Gaeltachta, showing that jobs can be created away from the larger urban areas. The area has suffered the loss of over 1,000 jobs in the past few years, …
Photo-Journalism has changed how we view the world and how the world views us! The man labelled the father of photo-journalism, Henri Cartier-Bresson, has died at the ripe old age of 96. RIP. Ambrose Uprichard
The poet Michael O’Loughlin pays homage to the great Patrick Kavanaghin today’s Irish Independent and discusses the Dublin of Raglan Road and Baggot street. Kavanagh endeared himself to me not only with his poetry, which has been overshadowed by the works of Yeats and Heaney, but also with his humour- for example this anatomical description in his book “Tarry Flynn” “Tarry had never observed the sexual differences between men and women until this moment. Mary Reilly was tall, and if …
The Irish Independent has several articles on NIB banking scandal. Phrases such as “Culture of Greed “ follow an Inspector’s report. There may be criminal charges. This latest outrage follows other scandals. But does this culture of greed not reflect the ethos of the Celtic Tiger and the change in Ireland at an individual level to a more materialist society whose members’ priorities are personal wealth and advancement? Was it not inevitable that greed and crime would follow the arrival …
How many reading Slugger remember the steam train? The smoke, the smuts, the smell of the coal. One of my earliest memories of Lurgan is the excitement of being on the rickety bridge that was between Victoria Street and Brownlow Terrace, home of the Model School, while a steam train passed underneath. Steam trains are rare beasts these days in Ireland – and if the Belfast to Derry line is axed it seems they will become rarer still! The Belfast …
The Belfast Telegraph tonight reports that a QUB lecturer and a playwright have teamed up to write a play about the black Irish people of Montserrat that will be premiered at the festival. I hope that it is well supported. It has been noticed that colour bias and racism have increased in Ireland as other forms of conflict have decreased. Although people here are aware of nuances of language when it comes to religion and politics all too often we …
