So Ruairi Quinn, the south’s Education minister, is keen to shake up the post-primary curriculum. If you’re a minister in a government, you’ve got to show that you’re hard-working and imaginative, and so it helps if you come up with some bold, radical step. Micheal Martin wouldn’t be where he is today (the leader of […]
October, 2012
A tale of two state systems
So Ruairi Quinn, the south’s Education minister, is keen to shake up the post-primary curriculum. If you’re a minister in a government, you’ve got to show that you’re hard-working and imaginative, and so it helps if you come up with some bold, radical step. Micheal Martin wouldn’t be where he is today (the leader of […]
Robert Ballagh, Tom Barry and an attempt to smudge
I see artist Robert Ballagh is under some fire in the Letters page of today’s Irish Times. That’s because, speaking at a commemoration ceremony for Tom Barry in Cork on Monday, Ballagh rejected Irish government plans to commemorate those who died in the Easter Rising and the War of Independence with those who died […]
Robert Ballagh, Tom Barry and an attempt to smudge
I see artist Robert Ballagh is under some fire in the Letters page of today’s Irish Times. That’s because, speaking at a commemoration ceremony for Tom Barry in Cork on Monday, Ballagh rejected Irish government plans to commemorate those who died in the Easter Rising and the War of Independence with those who died […]
Forget being sorry – just remember it right
I note that Arlene Foster is keen for an apology from the present Irish government for the failure of the Irish government during the Troubles for not being sufficiently efficient in manning the border and putting an end to the activities of the IRA. A short answer to that might be that since Britain imposed […]
Forget being sorry – just remember it right
I note that Arlene Foster is keen for an apology from the present Irish government for the failure of the Irish government during the Troubles for not being sufficiently efficient in manning the border and putting an end to the activities of the IRA. A short answer to that might be that since Britain imposed […]
Enda Kenny is full of, um, surprises
It’s strange, really. You think you know someone, then they go and do something that seems completely out of character. Take Enda Kenny, for example. Did you know that he’s in favour of a united Ireland? It’s not something he talks a lot about but on his recent trip to the States he told guests at […]
Enda Kenny is full of, um, surprises
It’s strange, really. You think you know someone, then they go and do something that seems completely out of character. Take Enda Kenny, for example. Did you know that he’s in favour of a united Ireland? It’s not something he talks a lot about but on his recent trip to the States he told guests at […]
Controlling the poor
It’s amazing what you can get away with if the brass in your neck is sufficiently thick. George Osborne and his Cameron cabinet cronies have decided that too much money is going on benefits, so they’re planning to cut them by £10 billion. That’s on top of the £18 billion cut they’ve already got in […]
Controlling the poor
It’s amazing what you can get away with if the brass in your neck is sufficiently thick. George Osborne and his Cameron cabinet cronies have decided that too much money is going on benefits, so they’re planning to cut them by £10 billion. That’s on top of the £18 billion cut they’ve already got in […]