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West Belfast Talks Back #feile15 – O Broin, Robinson, Corbyn & McKeever

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on August 5, 2015, 11:08 pm

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Long before the annual West Belfast Talks Back event had begun, spare chairs had been carried in and occupied, and the walls were lined with people keen to hear the debate. Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn raised an arm as he walked up to the stage to a roar of applause – perhaps his only Blairite gesture of the evening. The first questioner asked what hope the panel could bring to people in Palestine? East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson pointed …

Following on: Ó Broin to run for Seanad.

John Ó Néill on March 5, 2011, 9:51 pm

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Launched close to the end of the general election campaign, Fine Gael’s five point plan may effectively become a checklist of things Fine Gael won’t do in government. Despite a bit of brinksmanship, Labour’s involvement in government may be only the tiniest bit in doubt (well, as of 8 pm this evening), so some component of the five point plan will inevitably fall by the wayside in an agreed programme for government. At the same time, the recent noises from Barroso and Merkel both suggest that the …

Who is doing their own thing?

Blank on November 26, 2010, 8:34 pm

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We start easy: Now it gets political: ‘One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong’ Can you spot the odd one out? Blank