It's Time for Peace | 75 | 1916 walking tour
Peace Talks Now The scale of the assault by Palestinian fighters into Israel last weekend is unparalleled. The scenes of death and destruction on both sides are heart breaking. But shock and despair ...
15 Okt 202319min
David Ervine | Street Art | Mól An Óige
David Ervine - The Man Who Swallowed A Dictionary Anyone who knew David Ervine or knows of him will appreciate the title of Bobby Niblock’s play - The Man Who Swallowed A Dictionary. In its humorous ...
8 Okt 202311min
Listen | My Big Toe
We must listen to each other Efforts by the British government and the unionist parties to stymie the conversation on future constitutional change has actually brought a greater focus on the growing ...
1 Okt 202313min
Lough Neagh | Tories & Pinochet | Martin
Lough Neagh Seamus Heaney’s poem, published in 1969, captures much of what makes Lough Neagh unique. It has long been a place of myth and fable, where the palace of the Tuatha Dé Danann is supposed t...
24 Sep 202311min
Palestine | Sepsis | Sláinte
Palestinian State Last week the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin visited Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. It was an opportunity for the Irish government to take a firm stand ...
17 Sep 202313min
Moore Street | Never Alone | Walking with my mother
Unique Robert Ballagh Moore Street Print As regular readers of this column know I have been involved for a very long time in the campaign to protect and develop as a historic and cultural quarter the...
10 Sep 202313min
Cork | X | Seamus Heaney
The Road To Cork. In 1986 I gave a talk at a Sinn Féin conference which became known by activists of my vintage as The Road to Cork or The Bus to Cork. More of that at another time. Suffice for now ...
3 Sep 202314min
Hunger Strike
Visiting the Hunger Strikers This column will be in Cork, le cuidiu Dia, to attend the National Hunger Strike Commemoration on Sunday. It’s the first time that this annual event will be held in Cork....
26 Aug 202315min
