Jan 13, 2009 | Features
I have a feature in G2, today’s magazine section of The Guardian, on the dirty war and the background to the Appeal Court overturning the convictions of my co-accused and I. Here is also a link to the feature –...
Jan 11, 2009 | Features
I was on RTE radio last night, discussing the ‘just war’ theory in relation to the Israeli assault on Gaza. In particular, one panellist clashed with the rest of us – Tom Carew of the Ireland/Israel Friendship League. His apologia for Israeli violence and the...
Jan 9, 2009 | Features
Gerard Hodgins, Danny Caldwell and I were in Belfast High Court this morning, almost nineteen years to the day when we and our co-accused were charged, to hear whether the Appeal Court would give its reasons why our convictions in relation to the alleged kidnapping...
Jan 4, 2009 | Latest
Read Big Bad Love by Larry Brown, a collection of short stories sent to me by Deborah Kehoe from Oxford, Mississippi, who knew the author. Brown died four years ago at the age of 53 from an apparent heart attack. His characters are unhappy folk who love beer, brawling...
Jan 2, 2009 | Features
[An edited recording of this discussion will be broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster’s Arts Extra on Thursday, 8th January, at 6.30pm. Available here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ggq6f/Arts_Extra_08_01_2009/ ] A panel discussion exploring some of the...
