A: Well at least we’ve got the police thing sorted. B: How do you mean, sorted? A: Well, we started the PSNI with 50-50 recruitment but that’s not needed anymore. B: It’s not? A: No. It was an artificial system and while it was necessary to encourage nationalists to join the police, it was […]
November, 2015
‘Why the Easter Rising is such a significant event’ by Ciaran Mc
It’s an indisputable fact that the Easter Rising is one of the most significant events in Irish History. The Easter Rising rocked Irish society and permanently transformed the lives of and relationships between Unionists, Nationalists, Republicans and Loyalists thenceforth. As we approach the centenary of this event, one that is often misinterpreted and misunderstood, […]
A NORNEVERLAND SOLUTION TO A NORNEVERLAND PROBLEM
{OR ,THINKING, NOT JUST OUTSIDE THE BOX PART 3 OR 4 , BUT SEVERAL LIGHT YEARS BEYOND THE BOX ITSELF} PART 3 Somewhere in a dimly lit room ,a collection of high -browed, egg-headed scientists and various academics have been tussling over the solutions to a series of upcoming and annually recurring problems in Norneverland […]
Modelling Irish Unification report
Modelling Irish Unification report: www.klconsult.ca
‘SCHOLARS, GENTLEMEN AND KEEPING THE SABBATH HOLY’ by Donal Kennedy
I never buy The Sunday Independent, which must have the greatest collection of perverse columnists, all beating the same drum, ever to disgrace a publication. I detest the Sindo above every other example of evil literature. I was brought up both to enjoy the Sabbath (no chained swings and roundabouts for us!) and to keep […]
Britain HAS an alternative to the Tories. Hasn’t it?
Thank goodness for the Labour Party in Britain, eh? As we brace ourselves for a sledge-hammer attack on the NHS (you do know that over 98% of junior doctors have voted to strike in December because of Tory changes to their work pattern and payment?) and David Cameron is sounding the bugle for British forces […]
University of British Columbia? Sure what do they know?
I wonder if those opposed to the re-unification of Ireland will dismiss these University of British Columbia academics as another bunch of economic illiterates… http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/unification-of-ireland-could-bring-in-36-5bn-in-eight-years-1.2435505
‘Roddy Doyle and some past violent events’ by Donal Kennedy
I’ve never read Roddy Doyle’s A Star Called Henry a work of fiction set during “The Troubles” during which Doyle’s great grand-aunt’s father, Robert Brennan, played honourable and key roles. Robert Brennan and his daughter Maeve can both be found on Wikipedia and you may surmise that Roddy’s writing skills didn’t come out of thin air. […]
Good-bye Peter, hello …Arlene?
And so, as the sun sets in the west, we say farewell to Peter Robinson. As he shuffles slowly towards the sign marked ‘Exit’, a series of frozen stills come to mind and settle into a final image of the man. I see Peter as Paisley’s gofer, always at his side and trying to avoid […]
KEEPING YOUR SEAT ON THE GRAVY TRAIN
A deal of sorts seems to have been cobbled out .It has been slipped out into the public domain on a news down-day, to a world cowering in the shadow of the latest ISIS atrocity in the City of Light.At another time it may have been slipped out on a Friday afternoon when no one […]