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two pennies for your thoughts on the Irish election
Simon McGarr has been publishing short, 1-3 minute long, podcasts each day during the Irish election campaign, summing up his thoughts on the issues and debates (of which he’s not that impressed). For anyone like me with an all too sparse working knowledge of what’s going on, it’s a good listen. And it has been [...] more »
House of Comments Podcast: (Mostly) on Northern Ireland…
Recorded on Tuesday night, some of it may already be out of date. It was recorded with Mark of Mark Reckons and Stuart of Sharpe’s Opinion… It starts with a slightly breathless account from me as to how the Robinson affair ‘flipped’ the fortunes of Sinn Fein and the DUP… talks about the complications for [...] more »
CityBeat Slugger Politics slot…
I’ll be doing my regular monthly Slugger Politics slot on Citybeat (catch it online) at about 6.3045 this evening. Roughly we’ve agreed to chat about: Sport: Rugby (God save the Queen and Lambegs at Croke Park); and the big dispute in soccer (over who can play for whom) comes to an uncomfortable resolution for IFA. [...] more »
Celebrating Charles Darwin
On the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and in the year of the 150th Anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, a New York Times op-ed offers a timely thought, “The cultural opposition to evolution was then, as now, scientifically irrelevant.” [added emphasis]. The BBC is covering the anniversary [...] more »
What’s to be done with the Irish economy?
Last week’s podcast has comfortably passed the 200 download mark. That’s thanks mostly to a little bit of buzz around the Irish blogosphere. For which, thanks to John, the Irish Left Review, Stephen, and Gerard did their bit to spread the word… If you enjoyed the last chat tune in again tomorrow at 11.30… And [...] more »
“It’s like defusing a bomb when you are not sure whether to cut the red wire…”
We had our first Slugger Live podcasting session in a while this morning. We were lucky enough to have a fine panel of southern economists with us to pick over the wreckage of the Anglo Irish Bank, and upon which there was remarkable unanimity about what should be done with it: ie, let it collect [...] more »
“Calm Down Dear, it’s only a recession…”
Tomorrow Slugger will be hosting a live podcast on the Republic’s economy; particularly in light of the announcement of nationalisation of the Anglo Irish Bank tonight. Joining us will be Gerard O’Neill of Turbulence Ahead; Stephen Kinsella of his own eponymous blog; and Michael Taft of Notes on the Front who will hopefully help us [...] more »
“more a part of the problem..”
I previously noted the Observer’s extracts from Henry McDonald’s new book Gunsmoke and Mirrors – How Sinn Féin dressed up defeat as victory and on the Guardian website today he’s been discussing it – direct link to mp3 file here. more »
IFA: no egos and no prawn sandwiches…
Nice innovation from the IFA, in the shape of a podcast interview with Caroline Menary the new marketing bod behind a vigorous billboard campaign to get people to come to Irish League matches for the first time… Good start, look forward to hearing more… more »
“Frank Gehry, good luck to him!”
With sport dealt with.. time for a civilising interlude. The New Yorker’s new poetry editor Paul Muldoon proves a crisp and lively, entertaining and illuminating interviewee in this New Yorker podcast – direct link to mp3 file here. The self-declared member of the school against schools talks about the state of poetry, reading, writing and [...] more »
“it would be a very interesting and exciting scientific bonanza..”
Near Earth Objects, such as the Geminids’ 3200 Phaethon, don’t just pose a potential risk to Earth. One NEO, 2007 WD5, was only identified on 20 November this year and, having been eliminated as a potential threat to Earth, is now heading towards Mars – ETA 30 January 2008. Interactive 3D orbit diagram here [Java [...] more »
Robinson and McGuinness and our lessons for others
Here’s a short snippet of an interview Radio Ulster carried of Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness in Washington last week. Martin seems keener on the ‘official’ message of how they are all now on the same side. But nevertheless, the permafrost seems to have all but disappeared. It’s not yet not the end of history [...] more »
On Slugger Radio tonight…
Tonight we wrap up on the elections of last week. I’m joined at the top of the programme by Sammy Morse and Chris Donnelly, who spent most the campaign walking the mean streets of Lagan Valley to bring home Paul Butler for Sinn Fein. Then with house prices falling, and the stock market beginning to [...] more »
Stratagem Policy Panel: Economy
Fascinating conversation with John Simpson and Jamie Delargy kicking around some of the most pressing issues facing any new devolved administration. Simpson makes the point that what we are voting for is less a government, than a political opposition to the real seat of power, 11 Downing Street. We go on to talk about some [...] more »
On Slugger Radio tonight…
This evening we begin the programme slightly earlier than usual at 7.30. We kick off with an interview with Mitchel McLaughlin on his way to a public meeting in Crumlin tonight. Then we hope to hear from Ciaran Mussen, the guitar playing Green with the big money backing (at Eastwoods that is), before turning the [...] more »
On Radio Slugger last night…
In case you missed it, you can pick up the download from BlogTalkRadio (mind it will just start playing when you hit the link). Adrian Eastwood reported a surge in money moving in the election yesterday (their Slugger ad began running then, which suggests there is more value in that space that we anticipated), with [...] more »
On Slugger Radio tonight…
Tonight we start a little later than scheduled, at 9pm. We are lucky enough to have Sammy Morse and Gordon Lucy to go through the constituency battles that catch their, bring us up to date on the local detail and give us their views on where the battlegrounds for both Unionism and Nationalism lie… We [...] more »
On Slugger Radio tomorrow night…
A reminder that you can listen to the last three BlogTalk radio shows, complete with interviews with David Ford, Alex Attwood and Reg Empey. Tomorrow night’s programme (starts at 8.30 GMT) will focus on the psephological detail, and we hope to have a number of experts on to give their view (including a short slot [...] more »
Kerry on BlogTalkRadio
Slugger Radio is next on Wednesday night. But on BlogTalk Radio tonight: Senator Kerry will be joined by Senior Political Director James Boyce and Nate Wilcox, co-hosts of the show Heading Left. The live and archived show can be found here. Senator Kerry will be discussing his views on the President’s handling of the Iraq [...] more »
Slugger Radio 2: working up to an election to what?
We have Alex Attwood on Slugger Radio tomorrow night at 8.30. It is the second in an developing series of interactive radio. David Vance will be joining one or two other guests to look at the issues arising from the St Andrew’s ‘deal’ from a unionist perspective. And Pete and I will will be chewing [...] more »
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The peace process not such a good model after all
Which reminds me…. Platform for Change’s driving force Robin Wilson has produced a corrective to the notion that the lessons of the NI conflict are easily exportable. Like myself, Robin is associated with the Constitution Unit. He introduced his new book in a CU blog which I here reproduce. The water crisis in Northern Ireland [...] read our review »
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Propaganda of Peace: Media and culture during the peace process
Extract from Greg McLaughlin and Stephen Baker: The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Bristol: Intellect Books. 2010. Political opponents Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness were confirmed as First Minister and Deputy First Minister of a new executive in May 2007, closing yet another chapter in [...] read our review »
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Lessons in Cute Hoorism: “Graft was accepted, for you were taking from the British…”
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] read our review »
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