The necessity of remembering
“Remembering is a noble and necessary act” says Nobel Laureate Elie Weisel: those are words we have taken to heart in this community; words that we practice every day. Brian Rowan’s piece on...
View ArticleWhen a Chinese man, an Italian, an Indian man and a Paddy meet at a funeral –...
A dear colleague recently passed away to liver cancer. He died much too young. On Thursday past I attended his funeral. In our business we work globally and I was designated to host all...
View ArticleFailure of Haass talks – a far cry from ‘the hand of history’– by Dr Jonny Byrne
As charades go, the current attempts by our political leaders to continue with the Haass process, is up there with the best of them! The weekly leaders meetings seem to go relatively unnoticed by...
View ArticleThe art of being British and Irish at the same time – by Brian John Spencer
Saint Patrick’s Day is all about celebrating Ireland and celebrating being Irish. Yet in New York, the March 17 parade is “exclusively and explicitly Catholic”. For the organisers, being Irish is...
View ArticleFinishing the job applies to the Governments as much as to local parties – by...
We have come a long way in the last two decades. And yet, the memory of the horrendous history of the 70s and 80s still hinders the hope we have for a brighter future for our children and their...
View Article“Being British is about a tradition of shared ideas and values. Not...
You know you’ve entered the realm of the absurd when you get a telling-off from Jamie Bryson on electoral politics. Yet more absurd being tagged “monotonous” by a man who has spent the last year...
View ArticleThe jigsaw piece that makes much more of the picture – Brian Rowan on the...
Just days ago, my journalist colleague Liam Clarke produced a jigsaw piece that gives us more of the OTR picture – a much clearer view. It takes us back to March 2002 and to comments made by then...
View ArticleWalking away has failed before and will fail again – by Terry Wright
Unionist leaders have articulated a rationale for their action in walking out of talks in response to the Parade Commission’s latest determination on the application from the Orange Order to walk...
View ArticleJamie Bryson, more narcissist, less unionist
Jamie Bryson adores the Union but advocates everything against which the modern Union stands. The man from Donaghadee can call for Union Flags on every lampost, call for a return to “biblical based...
View Article‘Not knowing your place’– by Brian John Spencer
In 1921 the founding father of Northern Ireland Edward Carson implored unionist legislators to govern the nascent state with justice and equality for the Catholic minority. Unionists opposed a Dublin...
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