Foot in the mouth

» BY DANNY MORRISON

ED MOLONEY and Anthony McIntyre surely had their tongues protruding from their cheeks like gumboils when they claimed that they believed they could be killed if the interviews they carried out as part of the Boston College project were handed over to the British authorities. It is such nonsense and a very weak defence when there are better... Free article

COLLUSION, CROWN FORCES AND THEIR AGENTS | MURDER OF CITIZENS AT THE HEART OF BRITISH POLICY IN IRELAND

» BY PEADAR WHELAN

IF AL HUTCHINSON, the North’s Police Ombudsman, were a boxer involved in a bout, his corner would be on the point of throwing in the towel.
Hutchinson has taken so many hits in the past year that it’s hard to believe he is still on his feet.
The credibility... Free article

» LE MÁIRTÍN Mac EOIN

BA MHAITH an scéal é ón Aire Oideachais, Ruairí Quinn, i rith na míosa go bhfuil dhá scor scoileanna nua, idir bhunleibhéil is dara leibhéil, le tóigeáil thar na sé bliain seo rómhainn.
Dúirt an tAire go bhfuil na scoileanna seo ag teastáil mar gheall ar fhás an daonra, ach n’fheadar anois an leór an dá scor sin i bhfianaise na bhfigiúirí ón Daonáireamh a... Free article

MANY THANKS, Taoiseach, for the céad míle fáilte in the last week of June when six of us from the Northern Assembly arrived at Leinster House to make further progress towards the establishment of the North/South Parliamentary Forum.
As you know, Taoiseach, this is one of the still unresolved matters arising from both the Good Friday Agreement and the St Andrew’s Agreement.
It was... Free article

» LE TREVOR Ó CLOCHARTAIGH

MÁ TÁ TÚ á léamh seo tá tú ar chuid den dream nach gcasann an leathanach nuair a fheiceann siad gur i nGaeilge atá sé scríofa.
Le dhá mhí sa Seanad nuair a labhrann mé ‘as Gaeilge’ ann, bíonn daoine áirithe i láthair a thugann cluais maith le héisteacht dom, ach formhór acu féachann siad i dtreo éigin eile, síos ar a gcuid nótaí, nó ar a gcuid fóin póca... Free article

THE death of Seán Cronin has seen the passing of one of the most significant activists, thinkers and writers in the history of Irish republicanism. He played a pivotal role in the IRA’s 1950s campaign and went on, through his prolific writings, to help shape the ideals and ideas that motivate modern republicans.
Seán Cronin served as Chief of Staff of the IRA in 1959. He was... Free article

Sinn Féin National Draw – Building locally, building nationally

SEÁN LYNCH, newly-elected Sinn Féin Assembly member for Fermanagh/South Tyrone and former Officer Commanding the IRA prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, is appealing for every Sinn Féin area to set themselves a target of selling at least a third more Sinn Féin National Draw tickets than last year.
In Seán’s own... Free article

HOUSING POLICY is one of the issues that goes to the heart of our current economic crisis. More than health or education, it is an area of policy that successive governments left to the mercy of the market.
Some of the consequences are widely acknowledged, such as the massive property bubble and subsequent house price crash. Unfortunately, equally important consequences continue... Free article

BOOK REVIEW
BY ROBBIE SMYTH

SINS OF THE FATHER – TRACING THE DECISIONS THAT SHAPED THE IRISH ECONOMY
BY CONOR McCABE
(THE HISTORY PRESS IRELAND, €17)

WITH our shop bookshelves laden with vanity treatises on the economy, Conor McCabe’s ‘Sins of the Father’ is a refreshing change from the ‘how I foresaw the economic crash and how I told Bertie, Brian and Seánie, while we were... Free article

Step in right direction on GMOs

BAIRBRE DE BRÚN MEP voted in the European Parliament on July 5th for individual countries’ right to ban the cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in their territory.
de Brún said:
“Today the Parliament voted to ensure that GMOs can be banned on the territory of individual member states on the basis of environmental and socio-economic... Free article