Irish Political Review: Index 2005

January 2005

The Great Game.
Editorial

A Cautious Budget.
John Martin

The RIC.
(Letter to Irish Examiner from Nick Folley)

What Was (Is) It About Cork?
Jack Lane

A Czechered History.
Tim O'Sullivan (Review)

An Cor Tuathail: O Poets And Academicians Of Sliabh Luachra.
(Compiled by Pat Muldowney)

Revisionist Chit-Chat.
(Report: P. Maume with reply from Desmond Fennell)

Ameranglia v. Amerope.
Jack Lane (Letter)

Remembrance Day.
Robert Burrage (Letter)

Major McDowell's Offer Of Assistance To Britain.
Previously Unpublished Letter

The Irish Times Group.
John Martin

Has The DUP Accepted The Belfast Agreement?
David Morrison

Reply To A Reader.
Editor

2NT And The Neo-Con/Revisionist Agenda.
Patrick O'Beirne (Letter)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Cowen's First Budget; The Life And Times Of Charlie McCreevy

February 2005

I Believe…
Editorial

Ten Years Of WTO: Peter And His Problems.
Jack Lane

Holocausts: Two Letters.
Pat Muldowney (Report)

The Clonbanin Column (Liberty Hall; Work, Work, Work; National Flour)

An Cor Tuathail: Lament Of The Mangaire Sugach.
(Compiled by Pat Muldowney)

Threat Of Water Privatisation In Northern Ireland.
Cllr. Mark Langhammer

The Black Diaries And The Giles Report (2002): Dissenting From The Media Consensus.
Tim O'Sullivan

How Did The Giles Report Investigate Casement's Writing?
James J. Horan

Seán Russell, Frank Ryan, Bose, And Berlin.
Seán McGouran

Letters In The Press: Published, Unpublished And Un-Abridged.
(Report of letters by Dr. Brian Murphy; Manus O'Riordan; Nick Folley)

Letter Writing To The Irish Times.
John Martin

The Molly Keane Centenary Conference.
Julianne Herlihy

Reviews.
Brendan Clifford

Short Cuts (Aer Lingus; Haughey Legacy; Battle Groups; Irish Times: Kennedy v. Patterson)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

I'm All Right, Jack! (review: Frank Dunlop, Irish Politics)
Editorial

Peace Protest…
John Ryan

March 2005

The SDLP Election Campaign.
Editorial

Baulking At The Bolkestein Directive.
Editorial

"Bastards" And The Irish Times.
(Unpublished letter from Dr. Brian Murphy)

The Peace Process.
(Letter of Michael O'Connor, Irish Times)

Reviews (Part Two).
Brendan Clifford

Conservative Communism.
John Martin

Letters To Editor:
Desmond Fennell: Ameranglia v. Amerope?;
Wilson John Haire: Holocausts (with comment from J. Lane).

Short Cuts.
(The Economist; Public Private Finance; Sunday Times Almost Remembers Bloody Sunday; Abbey Theatre; Ray Burke)

Ireland's Intelligentsia BITE The Air.
Seán McGouran

Ladislav Novomesky: Poetry And The 20th Century.
John Minahane

Subhas Chandra Bose.
(Report)

A Free Mind In A Free State. (Review of a pamphlet on the Catholic Bulletin)
Seán McGouran

The Gentle Black And Tan.
Poem

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Power For Its Own Sake? (address by Jack O'Connor, President of SIPTU)
Editorial

America's Neo-Mod-Con Class (Book Review)
John Ryan

April 2005

Republicans One And All!
Editorial

Ireland And The Pope.
Editorial

Is Bolkenstein Dead?
John Martin

In The Mire.
Nick Folley

Radio Five Interview With McCartney Sisters.
David Morrison

The Future Of Europe.
Editorial

Shorts:
Englishman's Diary; Paul Nizan; Hands Off Ukraine; Syria & Lebanon;
Bolkestein & McCreevy; Easons And The Irish Times

Iraq: Divide And Rule!
Editorial

Professor Hart Prattles On.
Jack Lane

Down In Paddy's Political Slum.
Joe Keenan

By-Election Results.
(Report)

Ulster Unionism's Masterpiece—Northern Ireland.
Pat Walsh

Propaganda During The War Of Independence.
Brian Murphy (Report)

Loyalties (review of Danny Morrison's play, The Wrong Man).
Seán McGouran

A Nation And A Bit.
Desmond Fennell (Letter)

One And A Bit Nations: A Comment.
Brendan Clifford

The French EU Referendum.
John Martin

The Clonbanin Column (Confiscation; Rising & Larkin; Browne: End of Paisley).

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

The Royal Irish Garda
Editorial

May 2005

Ballot Wars (The Northern Ireland Election).
Editorial

The Gaa And Rule 42.
Editorial

Democratic Mandates & The 1916 Rising.
Pat Muldowney (Report)

Election Results.
Report of Northern Ireland results, Westminster Election, 5.5.05

False History?
Editorial

The Two Nations Theory.
Ivor Kenna (Reader's Letter)

French Referendum.
John Martin

What To Hope From The Pope?
Jack Lane

Politics In Northern Ireland, A Review Of The Year.
Mark Langhammer (speech)

Ireland's Intelligentsia BITE (more) Air.
Seán McGouran (Part 2 of Barbican review)

Shorts:
The Orange Order & The Reform Movement; Syria & Lebanon; France's Patron Saint (1905-1980); The Spirit Of The Good Friday Agreement; Irish Times & Debate; &Mandela; Bolkestein In France; Prince Rainier Dies; Greatest Frenchman

Art & Poetry: Two Reviews.
Reports of Luke Dodd's Conquering England review and Bernard O'Donoghue on Yeats, The Love Poet by Michael Stack

Kennedy At Chappaquiddick.
Reader's Letter

Ulster's Hope, or The New Gerrymander.
Seán McGouran

Review of Das Kapital, Part Twelve:—Conclusion.
John Martin

"Frank Ryan, a great Irishman who always put Ireland first"
(letter by Manus O'Riordan, report)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Work—a couple of thoughts
Editorial

Cultural Vandalism In Cork: Terence McSwiney's Preface

They will even pay for Unification!

Poetry

June 2005

A Constitutional Spare Wheel?
Editorial

Vive La France!
Editorial on French Referendum

Shorts.
(Europe's Swansong? More on the EU Referendum; A Disappointed Constitution? A Disappointed Leader: A Glorious Past; A Glorious Future? An Inglorious Past; An Eye On Beirut)

Marie George Buffet Statement.
Report on French Referendum

A European Balance Of Power ?
Editorial

Mission To Moscow.
Jack Lane

One And A Bit Nations: A Response.
Desmond Fennell (letter)

Playing Handball Against A Haystack?
Niall Meehan

Das Kapital Series.
Reader's Letters

Ireland's Intelligentsia BITE (even more) Air.
Seán McGouran (Part 3 of Barbican review)

Shorts:
The Orange Order & The Reform Movement; Syria & Lebanon; France's Patron Saint (1905-1980); The Spirit Of The Good Friday Agreement; Irish Times & Debate; &Mandela; Bolkestein In France; Prince Rainier Dies; Greatest Frenchman

Reviews (Part Three).
Brendan Clifford

The IRA And Bank Robberies.
Jack Lane (unpublished letter)

Laurent Fabius Interview.
Report

In Brief.
(Bowen; Indian Dáil; Prisoners; Northern Representation; Culture)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

May Day Holiday
Noel Murphy

Irish Labour Party Conference: Northern Forum Motion On Migrant Labour

Mark Langhammer Statement & Profile

July 2005

Limboland Democracy.
Editorial

The European Union.
Editorial

How To Share Our Military History?
Nick Folley (Irish Examiner)

A Final Letter To Valery.
Jack Lane

The Power And The Story.
John Martin

Peter Hart—The Issue Of Sources.
Brian Murphy OSB

Uncommon Purposes.
Pat Muldowney (from Sunday Independent, 14.06.05)

De Valera's Heir: Michael McDowell.
Joe Keenan

Tackling Bonded Labour.
Mark Langhammer (Report)

Shorts.
(Kilmichael Deep Throats; Another Scandal: Irish 'Neutrality; FF: The Redmondite Party? Social Regression;; Workers Must Wait; Back To Reality)

A Nation And A Half Once Again.
Brendan Clifford

Does It Stack Up?
Michael Stack

Population Trends In Ireland, 1821-2036.
Jack Lane (from Village, 24.06.05)

Still Fighting The French Revolution.
Seán McGouran

Reply To Ivor Kenna And Robert Burrage.
John Martin

Free Trade And Famine.
Pat Muldowney (Book Review)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Labour Conference

August 2005

A Time For Peace.
Editorial

The Right Wing Health Agenda.
John Martin

Paddy And Mr. Redmond
Liam Mhic I Shearcaigh (Poem)

…And A Time For War.
Editorial

Mansergh versus Casement.
Seán McGouran

Peter Hart Digs A Deeper.
Jack Lane

The Sindo, The Shinner, And Filthy Lucre.
Seán McGouran

Shorts From The Long Fellow.
(Blood Price; Ireland Celebrates Defeat Of Allies!; Was 1916 A Crime?!!!; Sartre Was Right!; Right On Bono!; U2 Corporate Rights; More Corporate Values)

The Irish Catholic And Benedict XV (Part One).
Pat Walsh

Does It Stack Up? Pomp And Circumstance.
Michael Stack

Food And The Market.
John Martin

Does It Stack Up?
Michael Stack

CAP And Our Future.
Dominique Bussereau (Report)

Still Fighting The French Revolution.
Seán McGouran

Markievicz Revised?
Seán McGouran

The British State-Nation.
Desmond Fennell (Letter)

Voting For Rebellion!
Nick Folley (Letter)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Work Skills
Mark Langhammer

September 2005

Past And Present.
Editorial

The Celtic Ant.
Jack Lane

Na Creatuiri Bochta Gallda.
Liam Mhic I Shearcaigh (Poem)

China's Currency Still Red?
Seán McGouran

Louisiana Floods.
Randy Newman (Report)

Shorts From The Long Fellow.
(Crime Ireland; The "Doc"; The Looney Right; More Looney Tunes)

Greaves And Connolly.
Brendan Clifford

Connolly Column.
Manus O'Riordan (Report)

Italy And The Great War—The Irish Catholic And Benedict XV (Part Two).
Pat Walsh

Justice For Captain Kelly—Open Letter To Michael McDowell From Fionnbarra O'Dochartaigh.
Report

Allied Bombing Of France Towards The End Of World War II.
F. O'Raghallaigh (unpublished letter)

A Know-nothing review (O Caothaoir & The Catholic Bulletin).
Brendan Clifford

Green (not Red) Sticky Bile About Haughey.
Seán McGouran

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

The End Of The Co-Op?

October 2005

A Visionary Republican?
Editorial

A Revelation In The Dail.
Jack Lane

Atom Bombs On Japan.
Ted O'Sullivan (unpublished letter)

Shorts From The Long Fellow (Sindo Supports Vantalism Again; Land Of The Brave? Who Guards The Guards? More EU Arrogance; Media Comment Inflated Egos.)

Keeping It Real
John Martin

A Question For Mr Mansergh.
Jack Lane (Report)

Casement Melodramatics?
Seán McGouran

Irish Press Royal Honour: Food For Thought.
(Report)

Haughey's Legacy.
John Martin

The Politics Of Criminality.
Seán McGouran

UCD Symposium On De Valera.
'UP DEV'

Das Kapital—A Belated Comment.
Jim Dixon (Letter)

Na Creatuiri Bochta Gallda.
Liam Mhic I Shearcaigh (Poem In Translation)

Sprechen Sie Dáil?
Joe Keenan

Storm In A Rubber Stamp.
Joe Keenan

See no, Hear no, Speak no evil.
Joe Keenan

Redmond And The Pope's Peace Efforts Of 1915.
Pat Walsh (Part 3 of series)

Spies And Lies.
Conor Lynch, Joe Keenan

Gender And Identity.
Seán McGouran

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Choppy Waters Ahead! (Irish Ferries and Redundancies).

The End Of The Co-Op?

November 2005

Politics Of Exclusion.
Editorial

Shadow Of One Gunman Or Another.
Joe Keenan

Arrest Of Members Of First Dail On Armistice Day.
Brian Murphy (report)

Shorts From The Long Fellow (Free Enterprise In Iraq; Health Debate; Labour Will Wait; More On Due Process; O B E; The White Nigger . . . Again; A Real Editor.)

Bertie's Easter Parade.
David Alvey

Who Was De Valera Neutral Against?
Edward Spalton

The Propaganda That Never Sleeps.
Brendan Clifford

The IRA Connections.
Conor Lynch

Sean Garland And Questions For Mickey McDowell.
Seán Swan

Ahern's Modest Proposal.
Joe Keenan

Barry's Column.
(Tom Barry; Father Reid)

Japan And Pearl Harbour.
Robert Burrage(Letter)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

No Irish Need Apply?

Trade Unions Against Partnership.

Dublin Trade Union Demonstration

Go To Secure Sales Area

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