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Rebels without applause: unionism and 1916

Posted on 30 October 2015 by Tom Collins

Stonebreakers’ yard in Kilmainham Gaol where the Easter Rising leaders were executed It’s been some time since I read the “Proclamation of the Irish Republic to the People of Ireland”. When I was a boarder at St Colman’s College…

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How a new queen courted the British press

Posted on 27 October 2015 by Tom Collins

The Queen: good at playing it long Self-confident and assured, the Queen has negotiated the difficulties of her reign with apparent ease. Stoicism and a grim determination to keep calm and carry on are the foundations of her success.…

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Outraged Dragon says Boux to doing business in Belfast

Posted on 23 October 2015 by Tom Collins

Theo Paphitis: ‘Horrendous” experience doing business in Northern Ireland I must admit that until this week I had never heard of Boux Avenue. I have now. Online it’s offering two-for-one PJs in a bag. How many shopping days are…

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The Hubris Syndrome and how to avoid it

Posted on 18 October 2015 by Tom Collins

Hail Caesar: Men willingly believe what they wish to be true I have just finished reading the final novel in Robert Harris’s Cicero trilogy. Dictator takes us through the decline and fall of the Roman Republic. It was destroyed…

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Isolationist May leads the return of ‘the nasty party’

Posted on 9 October 2015 by Tom Collins

Theresa May: getting tough on immigration There’s a little bit of a racist in each of us. It is a trait that must be confronted, but it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Fear of the unknown is programmed into…

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