Month: February 2009

I was discussing this story with the news editor of the Irish Post this week. As ever when journalist and editor discuss a piece the question from the editor is always “what is the peg?” I didn’t have to think too much about that one. I immediately said: “Groundhog day at Celtic Park!” That was my initial feeling. It felt like the first few days of September last year when I had reported on the singing, by Rangers fans, of the now infamous “Famine song” at Celtic Park. Most of you will know that following on from that soccer match …

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Interview on “The Right Hook” with Ivan Yates on 22nd January 2009 after the sentencing in the “Roscommon Incest case”.

AMERICA’S INEVITABLE DECLINE.   I had thought it better to hold back on this piece until the euphoria of the United States having a bi-racial president had subsided. Like the revelry through the night every 1st of January. After a few weeks the New Year looks remarkably like the old one. Of course Obama is as different is style from Bush 43 as is possible to get. The problems he has to deal with are the same ones that caused “Dubya” to stare into the headlights. Obama’s soaring rhetoric will not change a few unpleasant facts. The USA is bankrupt. …

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I suppose when an institution has been in some kind of existence since the days of the Roman emperors then they know a thing or two about re-positioning themselves to stay at the top table. A leading Vatican official declared recently that Darwin’s theory of evolution was compatible with Christian faith, and could even be traced to St Augustine and St Thomas Aquinas. “In fact, what we mean by evolution is the world as created by God,” said Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture. The Vatican also dealt the final blow to speculation that Pope Benedict …

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Hello all. Due to me being in transit to a sunnier clime over the next week or so you may find that your postings may not appear right away. When I do get to a working terminal I will log on and approve comments. I am encouraged that,in recent weeks, there has  been an observeable tendency to robustly play the ball rather than the man. Regards Phil Mac Giolla Bhain   PS: last month saw the site register over 170,000 hits. This is the best month since the site was created in 2006.