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Category Archives: Sinn Fein
Why do people like me demonise Sinn Fein?
In a response to the revised version of my last blog published in the Irish Times, which began with a laudatory profile of Julie-Anne Corr Johnston of the Progressive Unionist Party, a reader called Joe Nolan chastised me in the following … Continue reading
Why Enda Kenny should say ‘thank you’ prayers for Kevin McGuigan and other killers
Taoiseach Enda Kenny should be saying ‘thank you’ prayers these days for Kevin McGuigan, Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison and the other IRA killers and lethal Northern leopards who cannot change their spots. Just as he is beginning his election campaign around … Continue reading
Posted in General, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sinn Fein
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A constructive Sinn Fein proposal to begin healing and reconciliation?
I have been reading Uncomfortable Conversations, an interesting little book on reconciliation published by Sinn Fein earlier this month. It contains one rather good idea, but is also notable for what it leaves out. The booklet is largely based on a … Continue reading
Posted in General, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein
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Why Sinn Fein preferred a No vote in the Scottish referendum
One of the most thought-provoking (and to an Irish audience, most relevant) articles on the Scottish independence referendum appeared on an inside page of the Irish Times two days before the vote (i). It was an interview by Northern editor … Continue reading
Will Irish unity be back on the agenda after Sinn Fein’s triumph?
Perhaps it marks the beginning of some kind of democratic revolution. The overwhelming victory of Sinn Fein, hard left and independent candidates in the Republic’s local and European elections “could mark the end of party politics as we know it”, … Continue reading
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