I’ve just been listening to part of an RTÉ Radio One report on the Omagh Bomb Inquiry being conducted at present. As often happens, the details of those killed are appalling – a woman blown to bits, identifiable only by a shoe and her fingerprint. People planning a fortieth wedding anniversary but meeting death instead. […]
February, 2025
Dither, death and the A5
There’s another hold-up on the A5. Not a traffic jam, not people lying in the road because they are ecology warriors, not civil service inefficiency (although I suspect there was a bit of that last one). It’s just that there appear to have been objections, presumably by farmers whose land will be disrupted by […]
PAT+ JUDE TALK ABOUT RECONCILIATION AND UNITY, TRUMP AND TARIFFS, AND SUCKING UP TO PEOPLE
Mark Durkan, former leader of the SDLP, and Heather Humphries, former Fine Gael minister, both have aired their views on politics generally and any talk of a united Ireland in particular. We check if they’re promoting a particular (and damaging ) way of thinking about a border poll for a UI. Donald Trump has […]
Death remains active beyond the Washington crash – but nobody’s horrified
It’s strange the things we mourn. The collision of that Black Hawk helicopter with a passenger plane over the Potomac River in Washington DC has grabbed the headlines. News bulletins provided the detail, politicians expressed grief, Donald Trump assigned the blame to those who encouraged ‘diversity’ in the work place. It’d be easy to take […]