August, 2012

I was at the annual ‘West Belfast Talks Back’ discussion last night and it was a scrappy if sometimes amusing affair. Yvette Shapiro was in the chair, and try as she might, she couldn’t stop people from standing up and giving long (if sometimes worthy) speeches instead of asking questions. There were four people on […]

I was at the annual ‘West Belfast Talks Back’ discussion last night and it was a scrappy if sometimes amusing affair. Yvette Shapiro was in the chair, and try as she might, she couldn’t stop people from standing up and giving long (if sometimes worthy) speeches instead of asking questions. There were four people on […]

Cheesh. There are some mornings when I don’t know where to begin. My good friend gio has decided to maintain his mask of anonymity while insisting that I must, sans mask, deliver hmy opinion on physical violence. Another poster-boy/girl tells me I must now write about the Catholic Church. Re anonymity : to say it […]

Cheesh. There are some mornings when I don’t know where to begin. My good friend gio has decided to maintain his mask of anonymity while insisting that I must, sans mask, deliver hmy opinion on physical violence. Another poster-boy/girl tells me I must now write about the Catholic Church. Re anonymity : to say it […]

A couple of points before I go on to my topic for today: (i) William Crawley on Sunday noted that his radio programme ‘Sunday Sequence’ had received its highest-ever number of emails and texts in response to his interview with Peter Quinn, and that approximately 95% of these were positive in their attitude to the […]

A couple of points before I go on to my topic for today: (i) William Crawley on Sunday noted that his radio programme ‘Sunday Sequence’ had received its highest-ever number of emails and texts in response to his interview with Peter Quinn, and that approximately 95% of these were positive in their attitude to the […]

I’m sorry I missed the debate between Danny Morrison and Malachi O’Doherty on the Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster/Raidio Uladh this morning. I know and respect both men, so I’m sure these points I’ll list were covered in the course of the debate. Was the IRA campaign justified? Well, that would depend on your […]

I’m sorry I missed the debate between Danny Morrison and Malachi O’Doherty on the Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster/Raidio Uladh this morning. I know and respect both men, so I’m sure these points I’ll list were covered in the course of the debate. Was the IRA campaign justified? Well, that would depend on your […]

I was on BBC Radio Ulster/ Raidio Uladh’s ‘Sunday Sequence’ this morning with David Vance. I’d never met him before but as often happens, I found him thoroughly likeable. Maybe I should see a head-doctor  – I keep meeting and liking people whose views, political and otherwise, I vigorously reject. Anyroad, our topic for discussion […]

I was on BBC Radio Ulster/ Raidio Uladh’s ‘Sunday Sequence’ this morning with David Vance. I’d never met him before but as often happens, I found him thoroughly likeable. Maybe I should see a head-doctor  – I keep meeting and liking people whose views, political and otherwise, I vigorously reject. Anyroad, our topic for discussion […]