When there’s overwhelming agreement
about anything in Irish politics, it is usually wrong.
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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
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
As 2010 draws to a close, has it been a momentous year for Irish
Republicans in the Occupied Six Counties, or is it more of the same?
Published December 29, 2010
Tell us the truth about Pat Finucane
For real reconciliation, we need acknowledgement of British security
services’ relationship with loyalism during the conflict
Published December 21, 2010
The appalling vista of two elections
Any day now I’m expecting to see a headline saying ‘Kitchen sink
narrowly misses Gerry Adams’.
Published December 17, 2010
The general election, when it comes, will be the most important in
recent decades.
Published December 14, 2010
UUP looks like its about to self-destruct
Tom Elliott supplied the denial headline without even
the public accusation - “Elliott
denies he’s a political dinosaur,”.
Published December 10, 2010
National debasement disguised as a rescue plan
The Programme of Financial Support for Ireland will be subject to
three-month reviews “of conditionality”, observance of “quantitative
performance criteria” and “respect for EU Council decisions and
recommendations”.
Published December 7, 2010
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