April, 2020

Moon Sheddings by Randall Stephen Hall

2.4.20. Moon Sheddings. A video poem. In the folk tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFdANaSiR7o Well worth a look and a listen, not only in our own wee country, the north of Ireland, the Island and Britain, but relevant almost anywhere. “THE MECHANISM”. Stiofán /Stephen or what ever label you want to apply to me. Thanks for listening to […]

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THE COCKEYED WORLD-VIEW OF THE IRISH TIMES by Donal Kennedy

If you believe THE IRISH TIMES some 168,000 children were shut away in heartless institutions over 30 years in the part of Ireland vacated by the Brits. (The unwriiten assumption is that that under the Brits,things were better there for children pre 1922. And better in Ireland’s neighbouring island ever since.) In fact the IRISH  […]

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A good day for forming a government?

Winston Churchill said “Never let a good crisis go to waste”. Jo Moore, a Labour  party aide, sent an email around the time of 9/11, reminding colleagues that this would be “a good day to bury bad news.”   Is something similar – or more fundamental – happening in the south of Ireland right now? In […]

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Five things to look out for in a post-virus world

Ask anyone who works in London about their job and they’ll almost certainly include the length of their daily commute. The pandemic we’re currently enduring has upped the number of people ‘working from home’ – in the vast majority of cases using internet technology. When all this is over, will businesses and companies do a […]

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