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#SluggerTalks: Would you vote for a “Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol” Party?

Mick Fealty on February 26, 2015, 3:29 pm

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So this is a story with a strong Northern Irish connection. Shane O’Donnell is from Omagh in Co Tyrone, but yesterday he became the first Westminster candidate for a new, single issue party called CISTA (see Guardian here), or Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol. Tomorrow morning (about 9.15 or so) I’m planning to interview him live from near his base in London to talk about his candidacy in Holborn and St Pancras, about his motivations, and what sort platform he’s …

#SluggerTalks: Unlocking NI’s potential requires a shift in priorities and resources

Mick Fealty on October 31, 2014, 10:19 am

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On Wednesday Shane Greer and I kicked off the first of what we hope will become a regular trans-Atlantic conversation on the future of Northern Ireland. We will being bringing guests into our next session but the main purpose here was to follow up on his original blog essay. It’s a tough call. A few years back I did try to get a conversation going on the future of Belfast which was all but subsumed in the misery of the flag …

#SluggerTalks on the future potential of Northern Ireland

Mick Fealty on October 29, 2014, 12:28 pm

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So today, we bring back the #digitallunch video format only this time we are calling it #SluggerTalks. Tomorrow’s will be the first in a series of two handers between myself and Shane Greer discussing some of the points raised in response to his post last week on what we might do to unlock Northern Ireland’s Tremendous Potential. You can pick it up here shortly, over on YouTube or if you have evolved as far as Google Plus over there at this event page. …