Shooting
From the Lip
AROUND 10,000 people are killed with guns every year in the U.S.
An annual homicide rate at that level, even in a country as big
as America, is shocking. more...
(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
A
Summer of Discontent
Those of you who are old enough may remember a turbulent period
in recent British history called the Winter of Discontent. It was
the winter of 1978–’79, and the discontent was seen in a series
of widespread labour strikes across the U.K. that winter by trade
unions looking for substantial pay rises for their members.
more...
(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
The
Handshake of History
BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a visit to the North nearly
a decade ago, spoke about feeling the hand of history on his shoulder.
more...
(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
Ireland
of the Changes
WE used to be Ireland of the Welcomes. But if our tourism board
needs a new slogan in the future it could be Ireland of the Changes.
more...
(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
When Dr. No Became Dr. Yes
WHEN the conflict that shamed and dragged down Northern Ireland for 30 years
was finally cemented over with the historic rapprochement between Gerry
Adams and Ian Paisley on Monday, no one was worrying that the new power-sharing
administration is not actually going to start until May 8. more...
(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
Trying
to Buy an Election
A GENERAL election is due here in May, and already the air is thick with
promises from political parties trying to buy our votes with our own money.
. more...
(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
Fear Spreads as Jobs Exodus Grows
ST. Patrick’s Day is almost here. And there’s new optimism about
the North after the election last week. Together, surely a cause
for some celebration?. more...
(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
God Save Gracious Croke Park
1 ALL together now, lads: God Save Our Gracious Queen Long Live
Our Noble Queen God Save Our Queen Dah de Dah de Send Her Victorious
Happy and Glorious Long to-oo Reign Over Us God Save Our Queen..
more...
(Irish Voice) 28 February
2007
Where the Streets
Have No Trucks
DUBLIN became a transformed city this week as the new ban which
keeps trucks out of the city during the day came into operation
on Monday morning. more...
(Irish Post) 21 February
2007
A
Whole New Ball Game
THERE was a whole new ball game going on in Croke Park last weekend,
and the entire country here was marveling at its historic significanc
more...
Sinn Fein’s Turnaround on Policing
t's been called historic (Tony Blair), ground-breaking (Bertie Ahern)
and interesting (Ian Paisley Junior), but the truth is that Sinn
Fein’s decision last weekend to back policing in the North is simply
a grudging acceptance of reality that has come much too late. more...
(Irish Voice) 31 January
2007 - 05 February 2007
Cruel Sea Around
the Irish Coast
THE double tragedy off the south coast of Ireland last week shows
again the perils faced by those who make their living from the cruel
sea. Even with the latest technology and improved weather forecasting,
the loss of two fishing trawlers and seven lives within a few hours
of each other and just a few miles off the coast shows it’s still
a very dangerous game.more...
(Irish Voice) 17 January
2007 - 24 January 2007
Sinn
Fein and the Police
This weekend here we were contemplating the unthinkable. For a few
days it began to seem that at the very last step on the path to
re-establishing a power-sharing administration in the North, the
whole thing was about to come grinding to a halt.more...
(Irish Voice) 10 January
2007 - 17 January 2007
On the Edge in 2006
2006 WAS the year when we in Ireland were being told regularly that
we were living on the edge. Whether it was the economy or politics
or crime or the population boom or the decline of moral cohesion
or a host of other issues that affect Irish society, we were told
continually during 2006 that we were teetering on the brink..
more...
(Irish Voice) 3 - 9 January
2007
Jingle
Bells and Gun Shots
In the last week there have been six gun murders here, five of them
linked to feuds between the drug gangs. A week that should have
been all about jingle bells has been more about funeral bells.more...
