Fionnbharr Rodgers 
‘’You know, a lot of politicians talk about family values, but I think how your parents die is an important family value,’ writes Bill Clinton in his latest memoir Citizen, quoting a young woman who worked as a flight attendant on his first post-presidential shuttle out of La Guardia airport; both of her parents had gotten sick with no one to take care of them but herself and her sister, anf she availed of the Family and Medical Leave Act, …
Belfast Grand Central Station opened to much fanfare this September: announced as ‘Ireland’s biggest transport hub’ which is a phrase that really ought to be said by your one ought of Father Ted. DAERA Minister Andrew Muir suggested it could ‘revolutionise’ the way we travel,’ calling it a ‘ground-breaking project,’ ‘a game-changer,’ and a ‘catalyst for behavioural change, encouraging people to adopt more sustainable travel habits and reduce our carbon footprint.’ That all sounds rather grand, but rather misses the …
“I don’t think my visiting the Border is really going to give me a fundamental insight into the Border beyond what one can get by studying it,” said Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for North-East Somerset. This comes from footage of a public meeting where Rees-Mogg euphemistically stated that the British government could “keep an eye on” the border, and suggested that there should be a return to the sort of inspections at border-crossings that existed during the Troubles. Historians may, by …
