17 July 2008 Edition
The Mary Nelis Column
17 July 2008
HARDLY had the dust settled on the pile of rubble that once was McGurk's Bar, in North Queen Street, Belfast, than the disinformation hacks at the British Army base in Lisburn were at work: the bombing was 'an own goal'; 'the bombers were among the 15 dead', which included two children, three women and the wife and the 14-year-old daughter of the owner. Free article
INTERNATIONAL : Ministry of Defence pay-out to abused prisoners in Iraq
17 July 2008
THE British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has agreed to a pay-out of £2.83 million to ten Iraqi victims tortured in custody by British soldiers in Basra in 2003. Free article
Focail agus pictiúir
17 July 2008
Cad é an rud a deirtear faoi busanna: go mbíonn duine ag fanacht tamall fada ar bhus amháin agus go tobann tagann dhá bhus le chéile. Bhuel 'seo chugainn anois an dara bhus. Free article
Prison prose
17 July 2008
Book Review Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing - Writing and Resistance. By Lachlan Whalen, Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Florida, St Petersburg, USA Published by Palgrave Macmillan Price $80 Free article
The sound of Celtic
17 July 2008
BOOK REVIEW Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story Compiled by Raymond Daly & Derek Warfield Free article
Hart trouble diagnosed
17 July 2008
REVIEW Troubled History By Brian Murphy and Niall Meehan Published by Aubane Historical Society Price €10 Free article
Aussie attractions
17 July 2008
I will pass over the egregious attack upon my person in last week's letters page other than to say that apart from a bottle of stout at Christmas or a special occasion that strong drink does not pass my lips. Anyway if the shameless Gael thinks he can better report 'Our Games' then perhaps the Editor might allow him an opportunity to do so while I am on holidays? Free article
Remembering the Past: The nationalist nightmare
17 July 2008
TWENTY-FIVE years ago there was much talk in political and media circles about the 'alienation' of the nationalist community in the Six Counties. Politicians in Leinster House and Westminster were alarmed that Sinn Féin had entered the electoral field and had significant success with consequences which could not be foreseen. Free article
Media View
17 July 2008
IT MAY sound churlish but Miriam O'Callaghan's treatment of the Hunger Strikers who appeared on Saturday Night with Miriam was, if anything, too soft focus for my taste. Free article