by chrismmgordon | Dec 15, 2023 | News
“French people are keen to take to the streets and to protest which is something in the French genes,” says French Ambassador to Ireland, Vincent Guérend. Not for the first time – nor the last – France is having a debate about whether or not the mission statement of...
by chrismmgordon | Nov 7, 2023 | News
By Tim Ryan, Treasurer, Irish Section EU enlargement in the Western Balkans, the situation in Kosovo and the war in Ukraine were the focus of the Annual Congress of the 2023 AEJ in the southern Albanian city of Vlora from 25 – 28 October. In addition, the question of...
by chrismmgordon | Oct 14, 2023 | News
Friday, 13th October, 2023 Grand Canal Hotel, Dublin I inherited my father’s seat. I am part of one of these dreadful dynasties Irish politics is noted for; but I can say from my own perspective it was never really like that. It wasn’t inheriting the seat –...
by chrismmgordon | Sep 25, 2023 | News
22nd September 2023 Rory Montgomery Chairman of the Press Council and Director on the Steering Commttee of the Arins Project, shaping the future of Ireland The problems facing the Good Friday Agreement are rooted in political fundamentals. But could changes help put...
by chrismmgordon | Jun 15, 2023 | News
By David Davin Power Wesley Boyd served as Head of News in RTE during the most violent years of the Troubles, and was widely credited with maintaining the reputation of the station for impartiality and even-handedness during a period of intense political turmoil. He...
by chrismmgordon | Jun 9, 2023 | News
I wanted the readers to enter these different worlds — even within the IRA there were these different subcultures, and likewise with the police and the Tories and the people around Thatcher — to see how they all experienced the Troubles. It’s not about shifting...
