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POTD – It’s as close or as far away as you want it to be
St Matthews Chapel Newtownards Rd 3rd July 2011 more »
POTD – Dansko Gida
Dansko Gida from Vorsland in the Kaash republic, engages with a local yoof in an attempt to get him to ‘Kiss the duck’ which an old Kaash tradition. Part of the Festival of Fools ‘Sunday Treats’ at Cotton Court every Sunday through the summer at 2pm and 4pm more »
POTD – Back to porridge
Tattered flags at Simon Bolivar Park near the commercial port in Port-au-Prince. How time flies. 3 weeks in Haiti and i’m back to a shedload of editing. I took the old advertising adage “You’re better looking at it than for it” to a bit of an extreme. I’m looking forward to going through all I [...] more »
POTD – BNP spray can out in South Belfast last night
Moochin’s away. But the spray can hasn’t been absent from the gable walls on Belfast’s Donegal Road. Last night a whole string of graffiti appeared on countless walls in support of the BNP and its East Belfast candidate Ann Cooper. more »
POTD – A simple enough message on Hemp St.
All part of our all inclusive shared future i guess more »
POTD – The Republic of Conscience
Another poster from www.upstart.ie I really hope that the arts organisations here can do something like this for the forthcoming local elections in May. I spotted a few of these during last years General Election and one adorns my kitchen wall EDIT TO ADD...... From the Republic of Conscience by Seamus Heaney more »
POTD – New Lawn
Rolls of turf prior to being laid in the grounds of City Hall. The X-mas continental market (food and drink as culture) leaves the grass dead hence the replacement. more »
POTD – The Baritone Busker
Quare set of lungs on this fella who was blasting out operatic songs without the aid of an amp. The busker who is normally here uses as amp to murder classic songs such as Cash’s ‘I walk the line’. I’d take this fella every time. I’ve seen him in the past sing smile inducing cover [...] more »
POTD – The Bank’s on Fire (Captions welcome)
Kind of ironic that at roughly the same time the head of Barclays Bob Diamond was appearing in front of a treasury committee at the House of Commons today , I happened upon this scene at one of his branches in High Street. Seems to me that this photo is ripe for a caption or two, [...] more »
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What Ireland did right (and what it needs to do)…
It is difficult to believe now that one country recently sent 19 delegations to Ireland to study how well our economy was managed. The revelation that our model of economic management featured positively in political and economic discussion in countries including Estonia, Greece and Scotland may also come as a surprise. As we survey the [...] read our review »
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Ian O’Riordan’s Miles to Run: An invitation to madness?
Ireland is in the middle of a boom – a running boom. Chances are, even if you have never run a step yourself (apart from some painful P.E. classes many moons ago), someone you know has taken up running over the last little while. Road races in Northern Ireland and in the Republic have seen [...] read our review »
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Debating the Churches’ Role in the Peace in Northern Ireland
This morning’s Sunday Sequence featured a substantial debate (about 35 minutes into the recorded programme) on a new book,Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford University Press 2011), written by sociologists John Brewer, Gareth Higgins and Francis Teeney. The debate was framed in an opening vignette by presenter William Crawley in uncompromising terms, [...] read our review »
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