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Flags and the future of Northern Ireland

Conall on August 13, 2009, 12:42 am

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Yesterday I blogged about flags on O’Conall St. This evening I arrived home from a day’s work in Dublin to news that Junior McCrum, a DUP representative in Banbridge Co Down, claimed there was no problem what so ever with the continued flying of Union Flags there because in his words it is over 60% Protestant and therefore a “Protestant town”. The SDLP’s Dolores Kelly took serious issue with his remarks during a live debate with reporter Kevin Sharkey. The …

Sinn Fein’s ticking timebombs

Conall on August 11, 2009, 12:32 pm

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I’ll be blogging occasionally here and cross posting, mainly on politics, from O’Conall Street. Yesterday I wrote about Sinn Fein’s ticking time-bombs which will undermine its chances of significantly growing support across the island. Having listened to Gerry Adams on the radio this morning the party’s challenges are obvious. He excels at peace process politics but stumbles clumsily through the issues and appears to ignore the opportunity for regional government in the North. Yet it is the party’s performance in …