Tuesday, November 26, 2002

Once a Volunteer Danny Morrison Paul and I were second years, aged around twelve, and our class was queuing up on the top landing waiting to go into Latin. [dannymorrison.com: Once a Volunteer] Comments: Google It! 7:50:36 AM

Policing for republicans? Patricia Campbell Two years ago I was quoted in Fourthwrite as saying: "Who'd ever believe we'd live to see ex-IRA men being encouraged to join a reformed RUC, a force that will use lead and plastic bullets, Diplock courts and special powers to curb republicanism" [Fourthwrite: Policing for republicans?] Comments: Google It! 7:44:51 AM

Today, to stand up and say that you believe in what Tone, Pearse and Connolly died for is to risk imprisonment Des Long Address at grave of Fr Griffin in Barna, Co Galway November 17, 2002 The gathering here today is highly significant - at a time when the forces of the Crown and those who now support British rule in Ireland are manoeuvring to recruit police from the Nationalist community in the occupied Six Counties, it is fitting that we recall the record of those same Crown forces in the subjectation of the Irish people who desired national self determination. [Saoirse: Today, to stand up and say that you believe in what Tone, Pearse and Connolly died for is to risk imprisonment] Comments: Google It! 7:42:09 AM

A Wilderness of Mirrors Seaghán Ó Murchú When the Byzantine historian Procopius' court chronicle "A Secret History" appeared, its scandalous and even salacious portrayals of Justinian and Theodora shocked and titillated the public. Similarly, although nothing matches the depiction given to the former circus dancer turned empress taking on five lovers at once, Ed Moloney's Secret History reveals heretofore only rumoured accounts of court life around the republican palace. A contradiction in terms: a purportedly socialist entity masking the new boss same as the old boss. In both renderings, a powerful and popular leader receives damaging testimony from a highly placed observer who has gained access to witnesses to court machinations. Whether or not the emperor deigns to listen to his unsettled subjects remains to be seen. [The Blanket: A Wilderness of Mirrors] Comments: Google It! 7:38:56 AM

Labour pulls Costello from Colombia trip Bring Them Home Campaign spokesperson Caitríona Ruane says she is "surprised and disappointed" at the decision by the Parliamentary Labour Party not to allow their justice spokesperson, Joe Costello, to travel to Colombia as part of a cross-party delegation to observe the trial of the three Irishmen detained in Bogota. [AP/RN: Labour pulls Costello from Colombia trip] Comments: Google It! 7:36:35 AM

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