@CahairOKane1@irish_news The Mick O’Connell interview before the 2008 all Ireland final my favourite Paddy Heaney column… doing a fine job following him.
New publication.
Thank you to the Royal Irish Academy for a Decade of Centenaries Bursary to fund the research.
‘Matters best forgotten’: the Ulster Special Constabulary in 1922 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core - https://t.co/xy7VW2qbjO
@SecondCaptains I remember doing a trial shift in the Holiday Inn studio in 2001. A crowd of young fellas lounging around eating pizza was my harsh judgement. That was the beginning & end of my sports journalism career.
I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody…😢
@DrNightdub@theirishstory@IrishHistoryPod @dublindirtywar Will look forward to reading after the football!
It’s unfortunate that whatever democratising function this platform had-in terms of sharing ideas and research-has long since ceased.
Hate and ignorance are now amplified with no place for nuance or intellectual curiosity.
Wee bump for this. New blog post coming this Saturday, about a man who, uniquely, went from the Western Front to the Easter Rising to the Pogrom to the anti-Treaty IRA to the National Army to the Argenta. Oh, and he also ran in an election. "The many armies of Patrick Barnes."
This article is just an astonishing demolition of John Collison’s recent ill-informed piece that had so many Irish politicians salivating.
And that’s without even going into Collison’s risible nonsense about how things like FOI, SIPO, and abolition of dual mandate were bad for getting “sh** done” the way these billionaire tech guys always want it.
That is, getting “sh** done” according to their outlook and without regard to the climate crisis or the rights of the public to access the justice system without having millions of euro in the bank.
https://t.co/32PRwBu8Y2
"Take time to thank the people who've supported you on this journey..." 🥹
We recommend you take three minutes of your day to watch Heimir Hallgrímsson's post-match team-talk in the dressing room. All the feels. 💚
New documentary review by Brian Hanley of the @rte documentary on Irish Northern Aid (Noraid), the IRA and the Troubles @kevinbrannigans@IrishHistoryPod @dublindirtywar https://t.co/smupdXE52J