Slugger O'Toole – Conversation, politics and stray insights
3 days ago · Soapbox 21 January 2025 The signal has gone out that unionism is weak and will always give in 3790 Jamie Bryson is NI Director of Policy, Centre for the Union, a think tank focused on preserving all aspects of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Here he critiques the DUP’s past claims to have cut the … read Slugger Team 21 January 2025 Benn rejects use of the Stormont ...
Slugger TV – Slugger O'Toole
Jan 12, 2024 · Slugger TV – 26th April 2024 from Northern Visions NVTV on Vimeo. Slugger TV speaks with Green Party Leader, Senator Mal O’Hara about the future of the Greens, remaining in government in the Republic and the party’s strategy going into GE 2024.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a ...
Apr 18, 2018 · This morning I came across this classic clip from The Monty Python and the Holy Grail film. Ever after 40 years, it is still a great send-up of our political system. Enjoy. A self-perpetuating autocracy King Arthur: Old woman! Dennis: Man. King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there? Dennis: I’m 37. King Arthur: What? Dennis: I’m 37. I’m not old. King Arthur ...
Slugger O'Toole – Conversation, politics and stray insights
Obelisk 17 January 2025 What Was it All For? 1160 So, some four hundred and sixty-eight days since the October 7th atrocity, Israel’s security cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal that may at last lead to an end to Israel’s revenge on Gaza. I use the term revenge deliberately of … read Reclaim the Enlightenment 17 January 2025 The inclusion of Belfast’s historic Assembly Rooms on ...
I, Dolours – an unsettling cinematic memoir about an IRA activist …
Jul 26, 2018 · A cinematic memoir which allows Dolours Price tell her story from the grave. This 82-minute film, revolving around a 2010 interview conducted by Ed Moloney, explains and reconstructs her IRA activism and role in the 'disappeared'. I Dolours will be screened as part of Belfast Film Festival's documentary season on 13 August before going …
Slugger O'Toole – Conversation, politics and stray insights
Dec 26, 2024 · Frank Schnittger 27 December 2024 Christmas Rugby Derbies 85 Munster 7 Leinster 28. You couldn’t fault the effort on either side, but the skill levels seemed to be lacking. Henshaw threw a forward pass with the try-line beckoning even if the pass had gone two yards backward. Billy Burns … read Soapbox 27 December 2024 Some early lessons of 2024 in the energy sector… 682 Jérôme à Paris ...
Slugger O'Toole – Conversation, politics and stray insights
Brian O’Neill 15 December 2024 Open sunday – politics free zone… 2015 In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday. read Brian O’Neill 15 December 2024 Open Sunday – discuss what you like… 7289 The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you ...
The case for a new flag in Northern Ireland… – Slugger O'Toole
Sep 20, 2024 · David Michell is Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast. You can follow him on Twitter. It’s good to see the Executive working on normal politics again. But the flag problem – one of the great unsolvables of the peace process – hasn’t gone away. And the fact that there hasn’t been …
Challenging Traditions: Reimagining Northern Irish Identity…
Oct 4, 2024 · Catherine Pollock (no relation – different spelling) from Derry is an unusual and remarkable woman. From a working class unionist background, she now works for the Irish language and cultural organisation Cultúrlann. She says of herself: “I’m not a unionist, but I’m not a nationalist or a republican either. I am British, and also Irish. My politics are left of …
“This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand, it will …
Jan 15, 2024 · I love this quote from a Brian Feeney column last week: In 1967 Enver Hoxha, the Albanian Stalinist dictator, said in his new year message: “This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand, it will be easier than next year.” Inspirational stuff indeed. A few tweets give a good overview of all that is not well on the good ship …
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