Pics 1-8 are by Antrim Lens. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 “I went over to the fox den to see if anything was about and I met this beauty well after dark, images a bit grainy. Saw a bird […]
Author Jude Collins
‘Liberation theology Long Overdue in Ireland/ by Joe McVeigh
Christian Faith can be threatening to those in power but, alas, not in Ireland – yet. The cosy relationship between church and state and the kind of safe theology and preaching presented in Ireland has prevented that from happening here – yet. The story is different in some places in Latin America. In Guatemala in the 1980s, the dictator […]
‘Unionism at the Crossroads: Endgame & Betrayal’ by Donal Lavery
When Terence O’Neill gave his infamous warning that ‘Ulster stood at the crossroads’, he was issuing a direct warning to the Paisleyite faction of evangelical right-wing extremists. With foresight, he could see that the refusal to embrace a more diverse, egalitarian and multicultural era of change would be the rock upon which the Union with Britain […]
‘A Letter to the Editor and some thoughts on it’ by Joe McVeigh
Last Sunday’s Indo carried this letter to the editor from a woman by the name of Una Heaton: Sir -Thank you for your excellent articles regarding the life and death of Martin McGuinness; your columnists displayed an excellent opinion of the non-apologist terrorist (Sun Indo March 28). Writers such as Eoghan Harris, Fergal Keane, […]
‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Regina?’ by Catherine Kelly
Fine Gael TD Regina Doherty’s recent call for prayer in the Dail reminded me of a pet peeve I have: kissing the altar rails on a Sunday while misbehaving for the remainder of the week. Another pet peeve I want to confess to is political corruption. More specifically, I get truly rattled by the […]
SENSE OF HUMOUR by Donal Kennedy
I stole the title of this piece from Damon Runyon. He doesn’t need it anymore. A very good friend of mine, an Englishman, once told me that the Daily Telegraph is the House Journal of British Intelligence. He has a droll sense of humour, my very good friend. But he did it with a […]
‘The mother of all bombs’ – Take that, world!
I’ve just come off the Nolan show after a discussion with Charlie Wolf ( real name Stephen Linskey) who is a British-based US political commentator. The topic was “the mother of all bombs” which was dropped by the Americans in Afghanistan yesterday. Charlie took the line that this was a splendid thing to do. The […]
Talking about the Troubles
Yesterday I did a Skype interview with a young Hungarian woman who is studying for her Master’s in Budapest. She’s doing a study of political violence and wanted some background information about the situation in our NE Nest. I’ll list her questions and my response to each. I’d be interested in whether you think I’ve misled […]
‘A word in the ear of unionism’ by Peter Doran
A friend of unionism will soon whisper in their ears of denial that a prospect – a compelling prospect in the eyes of the world as well as nearer to home – demands their urgent attention. The choice is not whether they ought to resist or for how long; but whether they wish to co-author […]
The DUP: standing firm on the wrong side of history (again)?
It’s interesting that Nigel Dodds is the person fronting up the DUP addresses to the press and media these days. The assumption must be that if they let Arlene loose, she may come out with another alligator allegation or otherwise put the DUP on the back foot. Not that they’re not there already. But you […]