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Could I write something, the Village editor asked, “about the difficulty of getting The Frontman considered in Irish (and other?) media?” And already I can hear the dry laughter of other writers, who can only dream of such “difficulty”. I was interviewed about my critical book on Bono twice in one day on TV3; I […]
New Improved Pat Frontline’s bloodsport is the ideal formula for steady Kenny; and he for it “It is important to acknowledge that Kenny is a master of eliciting the core information “ “We’ve been rescuing the banks for a year. But are they grateful?” Dee dee dee. Opening credits. The set looks like the Krypton […]
The need for austerity in economies with debt overhangs like Ireland’s has not been disproved by the recent study – Constantin Gurdgiev (interloper)
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The profile of Catherine Day in the April-May edition should have acknowledged the work of ENDS in establishing that she was blocking some environmental measures. The interview with Bunker Roy should have acknowledged that Sam McManus and Marcelo Biglia travelled to India with support from the Simon Cumbers Media Fund. The leader of North Korea […]
Resigned Lord Laird’s symbiotic relationsip with the Sindo over the years promoted some regressive causes THE political demise of Ulster Unionist, Lord Laird, who has lost the party whip after being stung by the Daily Telegraph/ BBC Panorama in the latest ‘cash foraccess’ scandal, may not be as shocking to those who have observed, and […]
35THe crisis in Ireland is just the latest, though the worst, of a series of boom and bust cycles since independence that have marked the history of the frst Irish republic, such as it is. The crisis is an outcome of global neoliberalism, but also of the dysfunctional nature of our jaded political system. economic […]