Person: Seán Marlow

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Readers' View: Virtually no-one is seeking a border poll in the immediate future

While I mostly agree with the insightful letter from James Woods [IE 30/12/19], it should be pointed out that virtually no-one is seeking a border poll in the immediate future.

Bertie’s objection to media leaks isn’t credible

Irish victims ignored in Operation Banner report

YOUR report (July 31), like most reports, on the British Army’s Operation Banner, gave the number of British soldiers killed but didn’t include the number of Irish citizens killed by British Forces either directly or as a result of collusion. In both cases, the vast majority (more than 80%) were unarmed civilians.

Fri, 03 Aug, 2007

United left would have won more concessions

I’M puzzled as to why the main parties of the left, Labour and SF, didn’t call a meeting of all left-of-centre TDs after the election to agree on a bottom line for negotiations.

Sat, 16 Jun, 2007

Bertie’s 140% pay rise in 10 years

IT is disgusting to see highly-paid politicians, pundits and HSE public relations spinners condemning hard-working, underpaid nurses.

Fri, 06 Apr, 2007

God Save The Queen: Try the punk version

MAYBE the IRFU should pass on both anthems (and the Ireland’s Call dirge) and invite Johnny Rotten to perform the Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen, especially the last verse, in Croke Park:

Thu, 22 Feb, 2007

English film director keeps focus on Ireland

KEN LOACH’S new film, which won the 2006 Palme d’Or in Cannes, has been described as British while simultaneously being condemned as anti-British.

Wed, 31 May, 2006

One-sided stuff from SF’s book of clichés

I HAVE given up on the letters you and others often publish from Dr Sean Marlow.

Mon, 16 Jan, 2006

Bizarre events and dirty tricks

THE release of Irish and British State papers of 30 years ago points to useful lessons for contemporary Irish politics.

Wed, 11 Jan, 2006

Insecure sources

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell should be ashamed of himself for carrying out what retired Judge Feargus Flood termed a “drumhead court-martial” against investigative journalist Frank Connolly.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2005

The way forward

SEAN MARLOW drew attention to the hypocrisy of various political parties in relation to the ‘on the run’ issue (Irish Examiner letters, November 28).

Wed, 07 Dec, 2005

Killers who never had to go on the run

THE big furore about on-the-runs from UK Tories, DUP, SDLP, Fine Gael and Labour is the height of hypocrisy.

Sat, 03 Dec, 2005

Paisley let off the hook by Ahern line on SF

THE Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has greatly undermined the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement by his repeated assertions that Fianna Fáil will not go into government with Sinn Féin.

Mon, 28 Nov, 2005

Inquest revelations are deeply disturbing

THE revelations from the second inquest into the killing of Seamus Ludlow in Dundalk in 1976 are deeply disturbing. Retired Det Insp John Courtney confirmed what the Ludlow family had long suspected:

Mon, 19 Sep, 2005

A grim reminder of dark days at home

THE London bombings remind me of the Dublin/Monaghan bombings where innocent civilians were deliberately targeted at bus stops without any attempt at a warning.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2005

Paisley proves he never meant business

IAN PAISLEY’S assertion, on his 79th birthday, that he will never speak with the elected representatives of the majority of Northern nationalists in any circumstances shows he was never serious about sharing power.

Fri, 15 Apr, 2005

How low can he go?

IN the aftermath of the local and European elections, it seems that the electorate didn’t believe Justice Minister Michael McDowell’s unsubstantiated allegations against Sinn Féin.

Thu, 17 Jun, 2004

Consistent prejudice

THE sister of Peter McBride, who was murdered in Belfast by British soldiers, recently highlighted the contrast between the treatment of Ptes Wright and Fisher and Major Charles Ingram.

Sat, 18 Oct, 2003

Kelly case probe an indictment of the police

THE renewed PSNI ‘investigation’ into the murder of Cllr Patsy Kelly 29 years ago is an implicit admission that a proper inquiry was never carried out by the RUC.

Sat, 16 Aug, 2003

Dubious posting belies Blair case for ‘moral’ war

TONY BLAIR’S “moral case for war” is grossly undermined

Fri, 28 Feb, 2003

Rubbish the rich

INSTEAD of abolishing the democratically elected council, why don’t Dublin councillors back the Sinn Fein idea for a packaging levy on businesses to reduce rubbish and raise funds.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2003

Pies and porkies

NOW that Ms Bairbre Flood from Co Sligo has received her sentence for throwing a cream pie at the Taoiseach, when is Mr Ahern going to be brought to justice for chucking much more damaging porky pies at the voters?

Mon, 25 Nov, 2002

Labour gives Bertie a break

I WISH new Labour leader, Pat Rabitte, well in his aim of building a strong left-wing opposition in Ireland – for the first time since James Connolly’s death.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2002

Fair policing

PSNI Assistant Chief Constable, Alan McQuillan, has, in what Basil Fawlty might term a statement of the bleeding obvious, admitted that loyalists have been responsible for the majority of serious violence in the North over the summer.

Mon, 09 Sep, 2002

A lot done on broken promises

What's with all the whinging about the Government breaking its promises so soon after the election?

Tue, 06 Aug, 2002