The RTÉ /Tubridy affair has been described as ‘Kafkaesque’ and Alan Kelly TD says he knows as much now as before the hearings started. Is it really that complicated? (Short answer: NO!) Huw Edwards has been declared the senior presenter in the BBC who was up to all sorts of hanky-panky […]
If you marched yesterday, maybe look away now…
The Orange Order, a Protestant fraternal organization, has a long and complex history that is deeply intertwined with sectarianism. Established in 1795 in County Armagh, the Order was founded in response to growing tensions between Protestant and Catholic communities. In what was referred to as ‘The Battle of the Diamond’, over thirty Catholics were killed. […]
HISTORY IRELAND VOL 31 NO 4 JULY/AUGUST 2023 Part 1 by Donal Kennedy
As always, extremely interesting, brilliant pieces interspersed with things putting my remaining teeth on edge. Two Emeritus Professors from Lancaster University one a Psychologist, and one a Physicist recall Edwin Schrodinger -“Scientist, Dubliner and More.” A refugee from Hitler’s Germany, the German Physicist […]
What’s the Issue with Bonfires? – by Michael Lagan
I What is it about bonfires that makes them unpalatable (no pun intended) to others who don’t partake in the culture of burning anything and everything in a bid to remember the winning of a war? Is it really the loss of the war by King James that is the […]
Robert Lundy -understanding the predicament of the DUP? by Joe McVeigh
A friend’s remark the other day set me thinking. He said, “It’s a pity the DUP have not the courage to say publicly what many unionists on the ground are saying privately that the Windsor Framework offers all the people here a great opportunity –the best of both worlds –trade with GB and trade […]
ETHICS IN POLITICS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL – A RARE PHENOMENON by Donal Kennedy
Bismarck described politics as the art of the possible, probably quoted older sources. And to succeed they must often involve compromise. It’s my very inexpert opinion that of all British Prime Ministers, Henry Campbell Bannerman was wholly motivated by good intentions. He was the last Liberal leader to lead his party […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT A UI AND NEWTON EMERSON, PRES. HIGGINS, THE OO – AND A GOOD WRITER
Newton Emerson today outlines the dwindling interest in a united Ireland in the south. Is he right, and if he is why is that?Anything that could be done about it? President Higgins gets a lash in the Irish Times this morning for that neutrality statement and apology. Had he anything to apologise about? Is the […]
Letter in The Irish Examiner 27/12/2010 by Donal Kennedy
This letter of mine was copied with implied endorsement in THE IRISH POLITICAL REVIEW in January 2011, which I just found in my attic. I’m quite proud of it. By coincidence, a couple of days ago I saw the rescreening of the attempt made by the unspeakable Late Late Show Presenter, […]
MEMORY, LOSS AND RETENTION – by Donal Kennedy
Since I had a stroke six and a half years ago my short term memory has gone to Hell. If I’m interrupted doing some task I forget to go back to it. I spend time looking for spectacles and hearing aids, sometimes finding the specs still on my face, and the aids in […]
Flashing the cash
Just when RTÉ thought the shit-storm had begun to abate a little, it springs up and howls with hurricane force. Now they’re faced not just with Tubridy’s swollen pay-packet, not just with the top 10 Talents and their wage packets – now it’s the Top 100. Brace yourself if you haven’t already heard: investigation […]