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No dilemma over Easter Rising

John A Murphy, emeritus professor of Irish history at UCC, claims that the proponents of the 1916 Rising had no mandate from the general public to take up arms on their behalf.

Public sector pay and politicians expenses

Robinson’s weak hand on schools policy

Now the media should tackle legal expenses

Senator has weak hold of moral high ground

Wrong singer

Pearse or the poppy fields? Let’s stand by the Irish Republic

IN recent years the Government and society in the Republic have been bombarded ad nauseam by those campaigning for state recognition of those Irish in British uniform who died on the poppy fields of France.

Mon, 14 Jun, 2010

Columnist in no position to criticise this state

YOUR columnist Steven King, in his strident critique of our political institutions (March 17), basks in the luxury of moral selectivity in his perpetual search for perceived political inadequacies in the Republic.

Wed, 24 Mar, 2010

Words can kill

IN the aftermath of the Easter Rising in 1916 and the significant loss of life that ensued, the poet WB Yeats posed the question: “Did that play of mine send out certain men the English shot?” Yeats was referring to his 1902 play, Cathleen Ní Houlihan, which was overtly nationalist and republican in sentiment.

Fri, 19 Mar, 2010

Sectoral finger-wagging must come to an end

For many people facing the daunting spectre of unemployment, debt, higher taxes and some even in danger of having their homes repossessed, there will be little to celebrate this Christmas.

Mon, 23 Nov, 2009

GAA must resist moves to set up professional elite

REPORTS that GAA authorities have agreed to the formal recognition of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) is a welcome development, as is the report that they have dismissed a demand for a 5% share of gross income from all gate receipts, sponsorship and broadcast revenue.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2009

Intellectual giant who turned into a political pygmy

BY any standards, the contribution to political life in Ireland over many decades by the late Dr Conor Cruise O’Brien has been both enormous and controversial.

Mon, 05 Jan, 2009

BBC image tarnished by ‘poppy’ presenters

THE practice by BBC Northern Ireland of insisting that all their TV broadcasters and presenters wear the poppy while at work must surely tarnish the image of impartiality which the BBC likes to portray of itself.

Mon, 03 Nov, 2008

What was Paisley doing in Rebel County?

THE surprise expressed by Cobh “business chiefs” at the acceptance of an invitation to the Rev Ian Paisley to address the local chamber of commerce, and subsequent courtesy call on Cork City Hall, is matched by my surprise at the invitation being issued in the first instance (April 19).

Tue, 29 Apr, 2008

Funding the UDA

IN view of the decision by Social Development Minister and MLA Margaret Ritchie of the SDLP to pull public funding earmarked for loyalist areas in the North following the refusal of the UDA to decommission its arsenal of murderous weaponry, is it not incumbent on the Government here to pursue a similar line?

Thu, 25 Oct, 2007