Comment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 29th August, 2012 by Brian Hanley
‘Is it possible that Dev was living mentally in the nineteenth century (as his social policy seems to indicate) and that he did not understand the nature of the world he was operating in? ‘ During the...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 29th August, 2012 by Dr. X
I take your point about his deftness, but does that really contradict the earlier point about Dev’s worldview?
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 29th August, 2012 by Brian Hanley
I don’t think he had a 19th century world view. I might not agree with his world view, but I think he was of his time. Plus he reflected his society as much as he led it. The Catholic bishops wanted...
View ArticleComment on RNC woes by eamonncork
The Republican Party have just had their Twink at the Ard Fheis moment.
View ArticleComment on Any ideas about this poster? by levdavidovic
Re ‘the 77′: remember hearing that every time Richard Mulcahy, Army Chief of Staff during Civil War, got to his feet in the Dáil the FFers whispered ’77, 77…’. It was also a reason why he didn’t get to...
View ArticleComment on Video of Dublin City from 1965 by irishelectionliterature
This is a lovely site with pictures taken in Dublin in 1961 and pictures taken from the same spot in 2011. http://www.photography.paul-walsh.net/landscape/Cushman/
View ArticleComment on While we’re talking about the RIC and Home Rule… by Phil
the RIC men generally conducted themselves with forbearance and dignity in the face of a ruthless terror campaign directed against them by Collins. Their unwillingness to respond in kind prompted the...
View ArticleComment on While we’re talking about the RIC and Home Rule… by Brian Hanley
A good point. It is an imaginary Home Rule party they are lionizing, not the one that actually existed.
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World’s richest woman says poor should have less fun, work harder http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-richest-woman-20120830,0,3323996.story
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent Stupid Statement of the Week by JP
Eddie’s go getting meant he was on Marian today, receiving another payment for trotting out his arguments.
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent Stupid Statement of the Week by Ivorthorne
I would have thought he wouldn’t accept a payment from state coffers!
View ArticleComment on Bits and pieces: Culture (including the true meaning of Science...
Very interesting point about modernism on TV, here’s a piece from the NYT which expands on that in the US context. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/arts/06iht-design9.html I’m always struck by how...
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent Stupid Statement of the Week by RosencrantzisDead
And this bit: Although an ardent fan of social partnership, Quinn says the Croke Park deal needs renegotiation and that negotiation should start now. Everything, including pay and increments, must be...
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent Stupid Statement of the Week by Bartley
If you read Quinns actual words, as opposed to the Sindo spin, he is talking about a follow-on agreement, possibly introduced before the old one expires. But with the endless negotiations to begin...
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent Stupid Statement of the Week by RosencrantzisDead
This is tiresome. How is substituting the CPA for a new CPA not a renegotiation? As pointed out, his proposal goes further than what Leo Varadkar crowed about in June. It would be, therefore, rather...
View ArticleComment on Bits and pieces: Culture (including the true meaning of Science...
Only loosely related to the topic, but jesus, weren’t we treated by Galway and Kilkenny today. Greatest game on earth
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Comment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 5th September, 2012 by Séamas Ó...
I would include the centre-right CAQ within the “Nationalist” camp, albeit as a regionalist party rather than a strictly separatist one (analogous to Plaid Cymru in Wales, at least until Leanne Wood’s...
View ArticleComment on Two Socialist Party activists explain why they have quit the party...
Interesting that Brian is now saying that he left with Clare Daly. All he’d said previously on twitter was that he hadn’t resigned because Clare had but for “operational reasons”, whatever that means....
View ArticleComment on Terror in Ireland 1916-1923 by CB
http://nearpodcast.org/pcast/?p=6683 David Fitzpatrick did an interview for the History Show on Near FM about Terror in Ireland back in June. John Dorney also did an interview with John M. Regan which...
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