The most potent force for revelation in Irish politics is the man whom
Charles Haughey, with all the emotion conjured by the receipt of huge
bank drafts, affectionately called “Big Fella”, Ben Dunne.
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The most potent force for revelation in Irish politics is the man whom
Charles Haughey, with all the emotion conjured by the receipt of huge
bank drafts, affectionately called “Big Fella”, Ben Dunne.
Published March 29, 2011
SF photocall shows its a party without borders
There was powerful symbolism when Sinn Fein brought together the party’s TDs and MLAs at Stormont this week.
Published March 25, 2011
My name is Jude, and I’m a wrong-thinker
I wish I wasn’t but I’m afraid I am. Twist and turn, duck and weave, in
the end the brutal truth confronts me: I am a wrong-thinking person. How
do I know? Because when people start a sentence with “All right-thinking
people will...” I end up disagreeing with them.
Published March 21, 2011
The Tribulations of Brendan Lillis
The Life Sentence Review Board is said to consider the case of Brendan
Lillis on the 22nd of March. If it fails to act humanely and release him
the West Belfast man may well end his days in prison.
Published March 16, 2011
When oppressed overcome fear it doesn’t come back
When I see popular uprisings like those that have been happening across
the Middle East over the last month I am brought back in time to my
teenage years and the streets of Belfast circa 1968.
Published March 10, 2011
I was never quite sure what the phrase ‘tipping point’ meant until my
experience last Friday of trying to motivate people to come out and vote
for Sean Crowe in the constituency of Dublin West.
Published March 6, 2011
Radical change is what we really need
When there’s overwhelming agreement
about anything in Irish politics, it is usually wrong.
Published March 2, 2011
You don’t normally hear opponents come out and say “We don’t like you, Adams – you’re from the north”. It’s more often slipped in obliquely.
Published February 25, 2011
Poll could turn out to be electoral revolution
This election is like no other in living memory.
Published February 21, 2011
The last exodus prompted a campaign for
emigrant voting rights in the 1990s. The same is happening again.
Published February 15, 2011
The fight-back is just beginning
The general election in the Twenty-Six Counties is being fought against
the backdrop of two momentous events: the greatest economic crisis to
face the statelet since its foundation, and the surrendering of what was
left of economic sovereignty to the International Monetary Fund and the
European Union.
Published February 15, 2011
The phasing out of 50:50 recruitment provisions would reduce the number
of Catholics joining the PSNI and impact badly on the need to ensure
that the PSNI reflects the society it polices.
Published February 11, 2011
How the Markets fell in love with Prince Charles
Sometimes I feel ashamed to be a Catholic and one such occasion happened
last week.
Published February 7, 2011
There are still individuals stuck in the trench in Belfast.
Published February 2, 2011
No civil rights without national rights
The narrative of an out-of-control regiment running amok might have more
credibility if Bloody Sunday was an isolated incident.
Published January 29, 2011
Political pantomime now a circus of despair
It’s almost impossible to know where to begin any commentary this week -
the Dail circus may see a few more surreal performances before the
citizens finally move in and close it down.
Published January 25, 2011
Fianna Fail split down the middle by dithering
There’s an eerie congruence between Brian Cowen and Gordon
Brown.
Published January 21, 2011
The final session of the 30th Dail began with further
indignity being piled on the head of a dying government.
Published January 13, 2011
Adams didn’t trade lives for votes
How could Gerry Adams have known what mileage there was in the electoral
route for republicans?
Published January 9, 2011
The state papers of most interest to me concern the build-up to the 1980 hunger
strike, the communications within government and agencies during it, and
whether the republican leadership’s analysis and depiction of what was
happening has subsequently proved correct
Published January 4, 2011
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