The newspapers today are full of talk about the ‘Pandora papers’: documentation of how the rich and super-rich manage to squirrel away their wealth and not tell the rest of us. Disgusting,eh? Except, when’s the last time you told people how much you earn, be that much or little? The good Lord Frost has told […]
October, 2021
Patrick Kielty and 100 Years of Union
This blog first appeared as a TV review in The Andersonstown News OK – first, a confession of disinterest: unlike hundreds, maybe thousands of others, I have never found Patrick Kielty funny. However, in ‘Patrick Kielty: One Hundred Years of Union’ (BBC ONE), most of the time he wasn’t trying to be funny, and it helped a lot. Granted, he occasionally lapsed into jokey style. Climbing […]
PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC FORECASTS, THE DEATH OF SARAH EVERARD AND THE ABUSE OF CROKE PARK
Is it possible? Growth projections for Britain, the North and the South of Ireland are very different. In a nutshell, the North and particularly the South are predicted to roar ahead in the next year or two. Britain will in contrast have minimal growth. I wonder why? The abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard […]
Sarah and Sammy: lethal official brutality
When I heard about the brutal rape and killing of Sarah Everard, I found my thoughts going back to 1969 and Sammy Devenney. Like Sarah, Sammy died as a result of police brutality. Unlike Sarah, he was assaulted in his own home and died some months later. Many people believe him to be the first victim of the Troubles. Given the nature of the Sarah Everard […]