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Category Archives: Irish Examiner
Sectarian Legacy of Belfast Riots
From the Irish Examiner, June 24. Sectarian Legacy of Belfast Riots On Tuesday evening, the newly crowned US Champion Rory McIlroy touched down at George Best airport in East Belfast. It should have been a homecoming to unite Northern Ireland, … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Examiner, Northern Ireland, Politics
Tagged Belfast, Rory McIlroy, Short Strand, UVF
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Turning point in history
On the 30th anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands, the hunger striker is still regarded as a hero of republicanism, says Peter Geoghegan. (From the Irish Examiner, May 5, 2011). THIS tendentious analysis of the death, and life, of … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Examiner, Northern Ireland, Politics
Tagged Anthony McInytre, Bobby Sands, Danny Morrison, Hunger Strikes
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Nick Ward – Closing the Circle
In the 19th century Fastnet rock was nicknamed ‘Ireland’s teardrop’. This small, clay-slate island, 11 miles off the coast of Cork, was, for many emigrants, the last glimpse of land before America. A hundred and fifty years after the coffin … Continue reading
Klas Ostergren – Swede Success
This interview with the wonderful writer Klas Ostergren appeared in The Irish Examiner back in October. ‘In Sweden, a writer needs to have a sense of humour,’ Klas Östergren smiles, pausing for effect before taking a sip from a pint … Continue reading