Jude Collins

New book on Martin McGuinness launching this week

Chris Donnelly on March 20, 2018, 7:45 am | Readers 3099

Martin McGuinness’ untimely death has loomed large over the suspension of our political institutions and the collapse of trust that has defined the period since. His elevation as a statesman in the post-Good Friday Agreement era surprised many and it is no exaggeration to say that he will be remembered in time as the pre-eminent figure in the early devolution period who more than anyone else kept the institutions afloat and worked power-sharing between the most unlikely partners of …

A Little Perspective on the Spat at Stormont

Patricia MacBride on September 3, 2015, 10:29 pm | Readers 2009

On a day when the front page of most of the newspapers on these islands carried a heart-wrenching photograph of a little boy drowned on a Turkish beach, we really need to catch ourselves on and make sure our politicians do likewise. Like Jude Collins, I heard PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton on the news setting out that the IRA does not exist as a paramilitary organisation and that its members are pursuing their goals through exclusively peaceful means. You …

raising an old issue like employment

John Ó Néill on February 10, 2012, 10:34 am | Readers 63

At the moment, as Pete flagged a couple of days ago, Bill Clinton is doing some heavy lifting in the US for job creation on behalf of the Republic of Ireland’s government. Over at the Belfast media group, Jude Collins provides an interesting contrast, highlighting the uneven results of Invest NI’s work: During 2010/2011, Invest NI managed to secure NOT A SINGLE JOB in West Belfast. Yet year after year, south and east Belfast attract shed loads more money via Invest …

…the British Government has planned the sell-out of Ulster

John Ó Néill on January 5, 2012, 1:47 pm | Readers 318

So Ian Paisley was right after all! In his The Revivalist editorial of January 1982, he reflected on 1981 saying: 1982 is the year when the British Government has planned the sell-out of Ulster. It is essential that Ulster prepares itself for the great battle which lies ahead. Without Divine intervention all is lost. Admittedly, he had began 1981 by stating: Having made a dirty deal with the I.R.A. terrorists the Government has proceeded to enter into an underhand mini-Munich …

“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun”

Pete Baker on January 11, 2011, 5:17 pm | Readers 66

Former Irish News columnist Jude Collins popped up on Talkback today to add his voice to the various media commentators complaining about the dangerous rhetoric of the US right-wing in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona. But in his eagerness to attribute blame Jude Collins has become somewhat confused about the facts. Of the two, the death of Gabrielle Giffords is the easier to explain. It may be, as US right-wing commentators claim, that the …