Comment on Elite speaketh to elite: That pro-Seanad abolition ‘new civic...
<blockquote>THREE words are enough to persuade me the Seanad should be abolished: Senator Eoghan Harris.</blockquote> <a...
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“I am not trying to excuse the Egyptian regime, (or Obama’s tacit support for the coup) but regarding use of chemical weapons, there is a history of the World community saying that the use of chemical...
View ArticleComment on Local and general elections. And state legitimation too. by...
On the Independents , how many of the Independent TDs have groups around them that will be fielding candidates? There’s Healy Raes galore, Team Lowry, Finian McGrath has an associated Councillor...
View ArticleComment on The benefits of going to a private college? List them again… by dmfod
A lot of the private school thing is more about getting the right class credentials though isn’t it? People from Dublin who went to private school seem to be convinced it makes a massive difference...
View ArticleComment on Elite speaketh to elite: That pro-Seanad abolition ‘new civic...
We need a sort of odious figure top trumps Only a Michael McDowell can top a Jim Power etc Fianna Fáil & Declan Ganley vs Eamon Delaney & Alan Dukes. Hold your nose. But these arguments are...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 2nd of September 2013 by Joe
Begob. Something to look forward to.
View ArticleComment on Private schooling redux… by Ed
“Even in a situation where fee paying schools were abolished, schools in rich areas would be unavailable to those unable to afford housing within the catchment area.” This assumes, of course, that...
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I would like to see a discussion opened up about joint UK/Eire sovreignty/governance of Northern Ireland. It would be a step forward for hardline Republicans and a final compromise for hardline...
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An interesting new blog, Rebel Cork’s Fighting Story. The first post gives a brief history of Tadhg Barry. a very prominent Cork Republican and socialist who was shot dead at an Internment camp in...
View ArticleComment on Multi-seat PR is the cause of our woes? Really? by John Goodwillie
The electorate hasn’t been asked if it wants full-time legislators. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mr Typical Voter wanted TDs to spend more time legislating, keeping a watch on the government etc.,...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 2nd of September 2013 by Eugene
40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FASCIST COUP IN CHILE Picket at the American embassy in commemoration of the fascist coup in Chile on 11 September 1973, organised and supported by the government of the United...
View ArticleComment on Multi-seat PR is the cause of our woes? Really? by Justin Moran
“how is the electorate asking to have it both ways if they want constituency work by TDs and it’s political pundits who want them to ‘full-time legislators’? Perhaps the fault lies more with ‘political...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 2nd of September 2013 by Joe
I’m interested, ben, and I would go along with a lot of what you say. A couple of quibbles though. You say “It would be a step forward for hardline Republicans and a final compromise for hardline...
View ArticleComment on Private schooling redux… by Joe
“Or they could always walk down to Belvedere from Summerhill.” Reminds me of my secondary schooling in O’Connell’s CBS, a fine, open non-fee paying school (open to boys that is) in Nth Richmond St, a...
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there’s no point in not looking at the reality of the Loyalist vision for Northern Ireland. Have a look at some of the posts on Loyalists Against Democracy and on eurofree3.wordpress.com – particularly...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 2nd of September 2013 by sonofstan
@ Ben – that’s like deciding the EDL represents what most English people REALLY think. If you’re not prepared to accept the validity of the other side’s position then you’re in no position to begin to...
View ArticleComment on Locked Out: A Century of Irish Working-Class Life, in Liberty...
Thanks for the plug! The book will be launched at 6pm and will feature Diarmaid Ferriter as guest speaker. All are very welcome to attend.
View ArticleComment on The trouble with unions? by Brian Hanley
That article is one of a number recently that have argued while unions might have been ok in 1913, there’s really no need for them now. It’s pretty bog-standard stuff, especially the idea that...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 2nd of September 2013 by Joe
Ben, two competing Holy Grails could be described as follows. Extreme loyalists’ Holy Grail would see NI as part of the UK with no input or connection with the RoI (“a foreign country” to them)and no...
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