I was on BBC Radio Ulster’s ‘Good Morning Ulster’ (God, they know how to ram home a three-counties-erasing point) this morning with nice Catherine Clinton from Queen’s University. We were discussing ways of marking International Women’s Day ( 8 March) and among the wheezes will be a temporary renaming of some Belfast streets. So you’ll […]
March, 2012
How to advance the role of women: put their names up as street signs – for a week
I was on BBC Radio Ulster’s ‘Good Morning Ulster’ (God, they know how to ram home a three-counties-erasing point) this morning with nice Catherine Clinton from Queen’s University. We were discussing ways of marking International Women’s Day ( 8 March) and among the wheezes will be a temporary renaming of some Belfast streets. So you’ll […]
In Lurgan, they know all about ‘Wag the Dog’
I watched a movie on TV recently – ‘Wag the Dog – and I’ve moved from a position of being mildly sceptical of official statements to being heavily sceptical. The movie, in case you haven’t seen it, features a US president who looks set to fail in his attempt at a second term in office. […]
In Lurgan, they know all about ‘Wag the Dog’
I watched a movie on TV recently – ‘Wag the Dog – and I’ve moved from a position of being mildly sceptical of official statements to being heavily sceptical. The movie, in case you haven’t seen it, features a US president who looks set to fail in his attempt at a second term in office. […]
Why we shouldn’t hold our breath
Declan Kearney Has everyone gone mad? Seriously, though. Sinn Féin’s chairman Declan Kearney is reported as having “challenged republicans to say ‘sorry’ – not for the IRA war, but for the hurt caused by all its armed actions”. Very commendable, very helpful but totally unoriginal. Republicans have been saying for years now that they’re sorry […]
Why we shouldn’t hold our breath
Declan Kearney Has everyone gone mad? Seriously, though. Sinn Féin’s chairman Declan Kearney is reported as having “challenged republicans to say ‘sorry’ – not for the IRA war, but for the hurt caused by all its armed actions”. Very commendable, very helpful but totally unoriginal. Republicans have been saying for years now that they’re sorry […]
Et tu, O Cuiv?
Fianna Fail must be feeling terrible. Or maybe in a perverse way relieved. When you’ve been slaughtered at the polls and now the grandson of your party’s founder, Dev, the man who wrote the bloody constitution that those damned Fine Gael and Labour lot are now getting ready to tamper with – what does he […]
Et tu, O Cuiv?
Fianna Fail must be feeling terrible. Or maybe in a perverse way relieved. When you’ve been slaughtered at the polls and now the grandson of your party’s founder, Dev, the man who wrote the bloody constitution that those damned Fine Gael and Labour lot are now getting ready to tamper with – what does he […]
Did that Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring report miss the mark and hit the wall?
“Are we leaving the Troubles behind or does the continuation of sectarian division mean that at some point in the future the underlying tensions could see a violent eruption?”That’s a question from the Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring report – a progress report on our society since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.The report’s author is Paul […]
Did that Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring report miss the mark and hit the wall?
“Are we leaving the Troubles behind or does the continuation of sectarian division mean that at some point in the future the underlying tensions could see a violent eruption?”That’s a question from the Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring report – a progress report on our society since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.The report’s author is Paul […]