And at last the waiting is over. We now know that Liz Truss is Tory leader and tomorrow will become UK Prime Minister. Are you doing handstands in delight, or muttering darkly of bad things to come? The Sunday Independent opinion poll shows Sinn Féin increasing its lead over Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, […]
September, 2022
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT UKRAINIAN REFUGEES , JOE BIDEN AND MAGA, AND SAYING ‘THEY’ TO ONE PERSON
Will the DUP get a nice fat Protocol concession from the Tories before there’s another general election here? And if they do, will it affect their electoral performance? The Ukrainian refugee problem in the south of Ireland looks to be getting out of control – some 50,000+ refugees are now in the south of Ireland, […]
BLOTS, COPYBOOKS AND A WORLD OF SPIN – by Donal Kennedy
In 1972 Conor Cruise O’Brien and his wife Maire Mac an tSaoi, two formidable scholars and diplomatists had their jointly prepared CONCISE HISTORY OF IRELAND published. It was a very short book covering our country’s history from ancient times. For some years I had read much of the Cruiser’s work. I’m no […]