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By the time former political prisoner and senior republican Seanna Walsh rose to speak at the 'West Belfast Talks Back' Féile event last week, he was speaking in an already charged atmosphere.

Photo: Noel Thompson of the BBC, DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson and broadcaster Eamon Dunphy

Hands in history

One of the oldest pieces of artwork in the world is a handprint in Kaakadoo Cave, left there by an Australian aborigine 60,000 years ago. On a recent trip to Australia, artist Raymond Watson heard about the hand and the story behind it.

Can Dubs conquer the Kingdom?

For Dubliner MATT TREASAIGH, political advisor to North Kerry TD Martin Ferris in Leinster House, this weekend's quarter-final clash between Dublin and Kerry is personal. Here's why.

Cúlra an Choill

Fertility, kingship, poetic inspiration and the gift of wisdom are all qualities that the Hazel tree is associated with. As the nuts are just ripening, now is the time that the Celts honour this noble tree, writes AN DRAOI RUA.

Collins and Boland: heroes or villains?

Unravelling the historical conundrum that is Michael Collins and the legacy that he and others of that time bequeathed to us rumbles on and featured in a lunchtime debate as part of West Belfast's Féile.

Photo: Harry Boland and Michael Collins

Examining the Yugoslav conflict

This account of the Yugoslav crisis in the 1990s could yet emerge as the definitive account of this tragic period. Unlike the other surveys done to date, which tend to concentrate solely on the imponderable ethnic hatreds that exists between the various nationalities, this book highlights the greater role played by external powers with imperial interests in causing internal instability.

How Irish is RTÉ?

CHRIS ROWLAND argues that the state broadcaster is failing badly in its duty to deliver quality home-produced programming and offers his idea of what is needed to remedy the situation.

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