Irish Political Review: Index 2006

January 2006

Northern Ireland: etc., etc., etc.
Editorial

The Dictatorship Of The (petty) Bourgeoisie.
Editorial

1916 And All That.
Conor Lynch

Recognising Britishness?
Pat Muldowney (unpublished letter)

Correction.
Editorial

Finian McGrath TD Condemns McDowell.
Report

The 2006 Budget.
John Martin

Athol Books At The RIA.
David Alvey

"No Taxation Without Representation".
Mark Langhammer (Speech)

Shorts from the Long Fellow
(Chirac's Europe; Blair's Europe; Holy Show Part 1;
Holy Show Part 2; Harney's Hospital Beds; Public Private Partnership;
Mahon Tribunal; Competition Authority; French Postscript)

The Sinn Fein Mayor Of Belfast.
Seán McGouran

Northern Nationalists In The Dáil: Under-Represented, Mis-Represented, Un-Represented.
Part One: De Valera And Partition.
Part Two: Collins And Partition.

Joe Keenan

Executed At Dawn, Ambushed In Kilmichael.
Niall Meehan (Unpublished Letter)

An Algerian Debate. L'Humanité
John Martin (Report)

The Milwaukee Leader.
Robert Burrage (Letter to the Editor)

John A. Murphy On Peter Hart.
Jack Lane & Manus O'Riordan (Unpublished Letters)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

The Worst Has Yet To Come.

February 2006

The 1916 Tug Of War.
Editorial

McDowell Must Go.
Editorial

After The War: What Happens To The Soldiers.
Conor Lynch

The Enigma Machine & The Theorem That Won World War 2.
Pat Muldowney

Will The Real IMC Stand Up?
Editorial

IMC Lies About IRA Decommissioning.
David Morrison

Shorts from the Long Fellow
(Irish Ferries, French Style; Employment Growth; Syria; Frank Connolly; Michael McDowell; Gerhard Schroder; Francois Mitterand)

A Revealing Book.
John Martin

An Cor Tuathail: Lament Of The Champions by Tómas Ó Flannghaile.
(compiled by Niall Cusack)

1916 Versus Whig History.
Nick Folley

Muriel MacSwiney.
Angela Clifford

Long Kesh, The New "National" Stadium: A Practial Proposal?
Mark Langhammer

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

European United Left Fighting For Social Justice.
Noel Murphy

Rabbitte On 1916: Words, Words, Words.
Jack Lane

March 2006

The Dublin Riot.
Editorial

John Waters' Cartoon-Liberalism.
Editorial

Countess Markieviecz And Fianna Éireann.
Conor Lynch

President's Speech On 1916.
Ted O'Sullivan (Unpublished Letter)

Bunkum & Balderdyce.
Editorial

The 1916 Debate: Madam's View Of The Rising.
Jack Lane

Lord Laird And Commemorating 1916.
David Alvey (Letter, Village)

Lord Laird's Moles.
(Report: Archon in Southern Star)

Muriel McSwiney And Desmond Greaves.
Anthony Coughlan (Letter)

Shorts from the Long Fellow
(French Census, Rabbitte & Socialism; Rabbitte & Fine Gael; Rabbitte & The Archbishop; Harney & Health; Reclaiming 1916)

We Point The Finger…

The 'Love Ulster' Riot.
Seán McGouran

Of Pacts & Tracts & Constitutions (Part 3 of Northern Nationalism series).
Joe Keenan

More On Enigma.
Robert Burrage, Madawc Williams, Pat Muldowney (Letters)

1916 Controversy.
Andrew McGrath (Letter, Village)

Commemorating 1916.
David Alvey (Letter, Village)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Could Poland Take Over Ireland.
Editorial

Underpayment Of Foreign Construction Workers.
Manus O'Riordan (Report)

April 2006

Among The Scribes And Pharisees.
Editorial

Som(m)e Commemoration.
Jack Lane

On Facism: Fact And Fiction. The Case Of Muriel MacSwiney And Others.
Manus O'Riordan

1916: The Empire Strikes Back.
Nick Folley (Unpublished Letter)

Shorts from the Long Fellow
(Royal To Lead The Republic; The Best Manager In The World; The Worst Manager In The World; Arrogance And Petulance; The Belarus Tiger; The Celtic Tiger)

Garrett FitzGerald's Pack Of Misbegotten Lies.
Joe Keenan

A Shape-Shifting Society.
Seán McGouran

Some Recollections Of The Connolly Association.
Wilson John Haire

Cinema, Consciousness & The Irish War Of Independence.
John Borgonovo

Britain & The Spanish Civil War.
Brendan Clifford (Report)

The 1916 Polemic.
Seán McGouran (Review)

Prisoners Of War In Ireland.
Seán McGouran (Review)

Editorial Commentary.
(Cory; Billy Wright; Irish Times Anti-Semitism; Jericho's Walls; 1916; Dublin Riot; Policing Board; Lord John Alderdyce; Was Milosevic Murdered? Begrudgery; Greens?)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

The Ministry For Immigration.
Editorial

A Newspaper Debate About The Somme.
(Pat Muldowney, Gerald Morgan)

May 2006

The Psychodrama Of Current Politics.
Editorial

Ahern's Path To Glory.
Editorial

1916 And Democracy.
Jack Lane (Letter)

Please Don't Read My Book And Don't Believe What We Say.
Jack Lane

Editorial Commentary.
(Plan B; Denis Donaldson; Troop Reductions; Policing; Mervyn Gibson; Omagh Relatives; DUP Life Peers; Eileen Bell; Eddie Espie; Martin Mansergh)

The Somme Commemorations.
Pat Muldowney

Geopolitics And Race In Britain's Strategy Towards Iraq.
Philip O'Connor

A Labour 1916 Commemoration (Of Sorts).
Brendan Clifford

The Reality Of 1916.
Wilson John Haire (Book Review)

Eoin O'Duffy—A Cautionary Tale.
Manus O'Riordan (Book Review)

Propaganda Then And Now.
Indymedia Report

Irish Backwardness.
Barra Ó Seaghda (Letter)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

EU Decision: One Of The Most Destructive In History Of Conflict In Middle East.
Michael D. Higgins

(Grand Kylops) McDowell's Law, A Suitable Target For Labour.
Seán McGouran

June 2006

Northern Ireland: The Assembly Assembled.
Editorial

Nuclear Power: Iran Is Not Breaking The NPT—But The US And EU Are.
David Morrison

Ruth Dudley Edwards Infatuated With Eccentrics.
Niall Cusack

Encirclement Of Russia.
Report

Michael O'Riordan. Obituary Notice.
Niall Cusack, S. Belfast Labour

The Intelligence War In 1920.
Brian Murphy (osb) - unpublished letter

Editorial Commentary.
(DUP Ends Boycott Of British-Irish Body?; IMC: Denis Donaldson; Army Grooming; SDLP & Parades; €1800;)

Shorts From The Long Fellow.
(Tales From The Tiger; More Tales From The Tiger: The Immigration Debate…Or Lack Of Debate; The 1916 Celebrations; The Celtic Tiger Explained (Away); Independence; The Communist Alternative;)

1—Political Violecnce, dodging tough questions.
Nick Folley

2—Peter Hart At Cork University.
Michael Stack

3—Questions Of History For Peter Hart.
Jack Lane (Leaflet/Letter)

4—Peter Hart's Use Of Sources.
A View From Queen's

The Iraq Psychodrama.
Reader's Letter

The Vanity Of The Bonfires.
Joe Keenan

Putting The Record Straight About John O'Mahony TD.
Joe Keenan

Commemorating The 1916 Rising.
Ed Doyle (Report)

Some Belfast Meetings.
Conor Lynch

Bertie's 1916 Proclamation.
Pat Muldowney

Film Reviews.
Brendan Clifford

Connolly And MacSwiney Recalled.
Manus O'Riordan

Ireland Inside And Out (Part Two).
Wilson John Haire

The Israel Lobby.
Norman Finklestein (report)

Europe And Palestinians.
Proinsias De Rossa MEP (Report)

O'Connell's Legacy & 1916.
Jack Lane (Letter)

Redmond Prepares For Civil War.
Pat Muldowney (Letter)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Pay Talks.
Editorial

Strange Support For Peter Hart!
Seán McGouran

July 2006

Haughey: The Hyenas Howl.
Editorial

Flab Murphy.
Vox Pop

Irish Commemoration Of The Somme.
Conor Lynch (report of letter)

Truth About The Countess.
Claire McGrath Guerin (report of letter)

Rabbitte, Haughey And Arms For The North.
Conor Lynch (report of letter)

'T ough Love' And Joint Stewardship Of N. Ireland.
Mark Langhammer

Editorial Commentary.
(Empey & Paramilitarism; Devolution Ctte: 'Assembly'; Libya & Omagh; Monteith; Hain Parades Win; Leak; McGuinness; UTV; LP Name; Faul)

Bilderberg.
T O'S

Shorts From The Long Fellow.
(The Iraq Shambles; Serbia & Montenegro: American Express; French Politics; Ireland's Mitterand?; Has The Irish Times Changed?)

What If A Patriot Priest Has Been Traduced (Fr. Flanagan)?
Manus O'Riordan

Kazakhstan.
David Alvey

In Remembrance Of Two Fools.
Manus O'Riordan

Sean Kearney (Obituary).
Conor Lynch

Dismemberment Of An Oxford Professor.
Seán McGouran (Book Review)

Reflections On Tom Barry's Guerrilla Days.
Wilson John Haire

Barry's Column.
Song

Imagine If We Were Still In The UK.
Report Of Letter

A Vanished Arcadia—Paraguay (Use Value, part 4).
Pat Muldowney

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

J.K. Galbraith.
Editorial

C. J. Haughey
Editorial

Captain Kelly Petition.
Editorial

Towards 2016
Editorial

August 2006

Home And Colonial.
Editorial

Keeping Loyalists On Board.
Mark Langhammer

To Be Or IRB.
Manus O'Riordan

Protestants During The War Of Independence.
Brian Murphy osb (unpublished letter)

Lebanon Is Made To Pay.
Charles Harb (Report)

Provo Sommetry.
Joe Keenan

Redmond On Armed Struggle.
Pat Muldowney (report of letter)

Envoi Corrections.
Errata for recent Athol Books publication: Taking Leave of Roy Foster

Shorts From The Long Fellow.
(Lebanon; Newstalk 106: RTE's World Cup Coverage)

The Kenny Report: McDowell To Resign

Secretive Fenians.
Seán McGouran

Rosneft—A Significant Russian Coup.
David Alvey

Justice For Captain Kelly.
Justin Kelly

On The Take? How Haughey Refused Money From Britain.
Report

The Casement 'Black Diaries' (Part One).
Tim O'Sullivan

The Difficulties Of The Left Movement In A Sectarian Society (Part One).
Wilson John Haire

Hold Your Nose Minister, The Paparazzi Are On Your Side.
David Alvey

Ethnic Cleansing.
Nick Folley (Unpublished Letter)

Peter Hart Tries Again—And Gives Up?
Jack Lane

Killings In County Cork In 1920s.
John Borgonovo (Report of letter)

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Social Partnership: 10 Year Plan.
Editorial

September 2006

Protestant Alienation.
Editorial

Rogue Democracies.
Editorial

A Stormont That Works. Is It Possible?
The Langhammer Proposals

In Defence Of Patrick Pearse.
Brian Murphy osb (report)

Quarter Loaf Of Palestine.
David Morrison (report)

Iran And Genocide.
David Morrison (report)

Editorial Commentary.
(May 1976; Bruce Arnold; Iran; Northern Bank Raid; Loyalists; The SDLP; Official IRA; Fool's Gold; Haughey; Break Up Of Yugoslavia; No Irish Died!; Smoking)

Remembering The Arms Trial.
Harry Boland's Speech At Glasnevin

Thoughts Occasioned By Harry Boland's Oration.
Conor Lynch

Processing Peace In Portcullis House.
Seán McGouran

Bush's 'in' Joke.
Sartre's Ghost (Reader's Letter)

Shorts From The Long Fellow.
(The Decline & Fall; The Neo Con Vision; Plan B; Plan C; The Monarchist Project; Kevin Myers; Kevin Myers Again)

Loach Understands Our History.
Nick Folley (Report)

Some Issues Of Class And Office (To Be Or IRB, part two).
Manus O'Riordan

The Casement 'Black Diaries' (Part Two).
Tim O'Sullivan

Casement: Another View.
Jeff Dudgeon (Reader's Letter)

Casement Foundation Calls For "Fake Diarie" Destruction.
Jack Moylett (Report)

The Difficulties Of The Left Movement In A Sectarian Society (Part Two).
Wilson John Haire (Reader's Letter)

Send Them Home.
Pat Walsh

International Affairs—The View From India.
David Alvey

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

The Fate Of The Volunteer.
Editorial

October 2006

Stone Age Democracy.
Editorial

The Latest Irish Times Coup d'Etat.
Editorial

Obituary: Cllr Michael Ferguson.
Mark Langhammer

The Removal Of A Taoiseach.
Manus O'Riordan (unpublished letter)

Editorial Commentary.
(IT Editor Kennedy & Unseating A Taoiseach; Michael McDowell Wobbles; Assembly Shenanigans; Stormont Revival?; PSNI Attack Ombudsman; Official IRA; Not Reeling In 1969 Crisis; EU Liberal Dogmatism; Northern Bank Raid; Daily Ireland)

The Greaves Summer School On 1916.
David Alvey

Casement's Way.
Tim O'Sullivan (reply to Jeff Dudgeon Letter)

Shorts From The Long Fellow.
("Right" On Bono; Palestinian Unity; Chinese Revisionism; FitzGerald Interviews)

The Mansergh Correspondence.
(Martin Mansergh vs Brendan Clifford, report)

Florrie O'Donoghue On MacCurtain, O'Hegary, And "Dual Control".
Manus O'Riordan (To Be Or IRB, part 3)

The Casement 'Black Diaries', An Overlong Controversy In Outline (Part 3).
Tim O'Sullivan

Notes On Corruption.
John Martin

British Newspapers On Ireland (Part One).
Seán McGouran

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Towards 2016.
Editorial

November 2006

'Without Prejudice'…Dr. Paisley & St. Andrews.
Editorial

The Fourth Estate or The Dung Beetle.
Jack Lane

UCC Medical School And The 'Gentle Black And Tans'.
Manus O'Riordan

US Military Spending Half The World's Total.
Report

Agreement At St. Andrews.
Mark Langhammer

Shorts From The Long Fellow.
(Charlie Bird; George Galloway; North Korea; The American Dream; Failed Coup d'État; Official IRA; Bye Bye Geraldine)

A Carrolling Professor (Roy Foster & The Loach Film).
Brendan Clifford

Roger Casement Symposium:—Some Highlights.
Tim O'Sullivan

Pope Benedict And German Gold.
Pat Walsh

Is The Irish Times A British Paper?
John Martin (Unpublished Letter)

British Newspapers On Ireland (Part Two).
Seán McGouran

Irish Oil & Gas—Time For A State Company.
David Alvey

French Politics.
John Martin

Labour Comment
Edited by Pat Maloney

Recalibrating & Deconstructing Dan Breen.
Editorial

 


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