14th February 2012 – Peter Geoghegan

The Maze and dealing with the past in Northern Ireland

By peterPosted on 14th February 2012Posted in Northern Ireland, Politics, Society and CultureTagged Maze, Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson, Stormont

If ever a country was defined by a punctuation mark, it’s Northern Ireland and the forward-slash. A history of conflict has produced some awkward semantic contortions: Catholic/Protestant, Nationalist/Unionist, and, of course, Derry/Londonderry, that waggish ‘Stroke City’. Less celebrated, but no less contentious, is another double take, the Maze/Long Kesh. Last week it was revealed that […]

Cillian Sheridan: 'They were probably expecting an unbelievable player, then I turned up'

By peterPosted on 14th February 2012Posted in Sport, Sunday IndependentTagged Celtic, Cillian Sheridan, St Johnstone

Just before Christmas, Cillian Sheridan was invited to appear as a pundit on Sportscene, BBC Scotland’s flagship football show. In studio, the on-loan St Johnstone striker’s analytical skills were more Garth Crooks than Alan Hansen — “I’m rubbish at talking about football,” he says candidly — but it was his sartorial choices that provoked most comment: Sheridan, on his […]

Day: 14th February 2012