The Catholic church in Northern Ireland defends the expensive need for a separate education system on the grounds that Catholics are believers who need faith schools in which their catholic ethos is affirmed. Think again. It is painful to say it and it is not what I wanted, but the case against academic selection in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Politics, Religion on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hunger
Posted in Politics, Northern Ireland, Religion, tagged Politics, terrorism on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vox Pop I was at the premier of the Steve McQueen film Hunger last night in Belfast and recorded this vox pop with people coming out. I think their fresh responses to the film give a sense of the power of it and the readiness of audiences to believe in its integrity. Many questions have [...]
Old enemies making up?
Posted in Politics, Northern Ireland, Religion, Uncategorized, tagged Politics, religon, sectarianism on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Catholic Church and the Orange Order They haven’t exactly settled their differences but they are trying to be friends. When Cardinal Brady thanked the Orangement for their efforts at conciliation, the Orangemen – some of them – were positively chuffed.
Back from Ottawa, where they were talking about fear
Posted in Religion, tagged Politics, Religion on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the recent Ottawa book festival, the theme of many of the writers was fear. This is the report I did on it for BBC Radio Ulster.
We know our Martin better than most.
Posted in Politics, Northern Ireland, tagged IRA, Ireland, Politics, Terror on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On the one hand we know what McGuinness did; on the other, we know little or nothing of the detail. Nor might we want to, just yet, when disclosure might create such political damage.
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This is the blog of my journalism and recordings, with some extracts from my books too. I tend to sound off on Northern Ireland Politics and Culture. Some of the work here will be recent journalism, articles that have appeared in the Belfast Telegraph or elsewhere, but there is a lot of material going back a couple of years now, so please hang around and browse. Malachi
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