February, 2013

[This is an edited version of the interview in my book ‘Whose Past Is It Anyway?’] Davy Adams was involved in the struggle from his earliest years. No, not the political struggle – the struggle to put bread on the table. He is one of ten children and that was their everyday worry – getting […]

[This is an edited version of the interview in my book ‘Whose Past Is It Anyway?’] Davy Adams was involved in the struggle from his earliest years. No, not the political struggle – the struggle to put bread on the table. He is one of ten children and that was their everyday worry – getting […]

I think Herr S Freud would have enjoyed this one…(No prizes for the eagle-eyed, sorry)

I think Herr S Freud would have enjoyed this one…(No prizes for the eagle-eyed, sorry)

Ill-informed Person:  Why is there unionist opposition to the appointment of Rosa McLaughlin as Vice-Principal of St Mary’s College in Derry? I thought unionists weren’t interested in Catholic education. Know-it-all Person:  It’s different this time. Rosa McLaughlin was once in the IRA and served a three-year prison sentence.  Ill-informed Person: But she’s out now. Know-it-all […]

Ill-informed Person:  Why is there unionist opposition to the appointment of Rosa McLaughlin as Vice-Principal of St Mary’s College in Derry? I thought unionists weren’t interested in Catholic education. Know-it-all Person:  It’s different this time. Rosa McLaughlin was once in the IRA and served a three-year prison sentence.  Ill-informed Person: But she’s out now. Know-it-all […]

So now we know. Sinn Féin some weeks ago chose their candidate for the Mid-Ulster seat vacated by Martin McGuinness:  they picked veteran republican Francie Molloy, who was director of election for Bobby Sands and is currently deputy Speaker in the Stormont Assembly. The two unionist parties, after much to-ing and fro-ing, have now come […]

So now we know. Sinn Féin some weeks ago chose their candidate for the Mid-Ulster seat vacated by Martin McGuinness:  they picked veteran republican Francie Molloy, who was director of election for Bobby Sands and is currently deputy Speaker in the Stormont Assembly. The two unionist parties, after much to-ing and fro-ing, have now come […]

Where are the flag-protestors going? Nowhere fast, it would appear. There have been dwindling numbers, which is not surprising, since pretty well everybody accepts that Belfast City Council isn’t going to accede to their demands that the Union flag be reinstated to fly 365 days a year.  If they did, it would be a signal […]

Where are the flag-protestors going? Nowhere fast, it would appear. There have been dwindling numbers, which is not surprising, since pretty well everybody accepts that Belfast City Council isn’t going to accede to their demands that the Union flag be reinstated to fly 365 days a year.  If they did, it would be a signal […]