So – what do you make of this Boston tapes thing, eh? You know the project: journalist Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre got together and arranged interviews with a number of former republican and loyalist combatants in our Troubles.
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On the trail of the Rosetta Stone in NY
Chris Cahill, Director of the American Irish Historical Society – which boasts palatial headquarters on New York’s most exclusive stretch of real estate, Park Avenue – reckons that the person who cracks the way to link the Scots-Irish diaspora and the Irish American diaspora will have found the Rosetta Stone.
Happy visions of a much loved son
Mary Enright and her husband Terry are cheerful people. When I visit them, Mary chats about the weather, Terry has a little laugh at how different my head looks when I take my cap off.
Scots independence ‘detrimental’
In Northern Ireland both Unionists and Nationalists are watching Scotland with great interest. The rise of the SNP and their desire for independence has the potential to embroil all four quarters of the United Kingdom in a constitutional conundrum.
Strength in depth the key
Linfield spoiled Glenn Ferguson’s first match in charge of Ballymena United by beating the Sky Blues 2-1 at the Showgrounds on Saturday afternoon.
Brigid: A life lived for her community
When you’re young, everyone over 30 appears ancient, but it’s a fact that Brigid Hannon, who passed
