Anthony McIntyre's Blog, page 674

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Thirty

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousCovid-19 Ireland: Professor Luke O'Neill gives update on new Omicron sub-variantVaradkar says law on right to seek remote working can ‘change the

The Munich Air Disaster ✑ Sixty-Four Years On

Caoimhin O’Muraile ⚽ This Sunday, 6th February 2022, marks the sixty-fourth anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster at which twenty-three people, including eight of Manchester United’s football team (the immortal Busby Babes) lost their lives.The tragedy occurred at four minutes past three at the Munich-Riem Airport (West) Germany as the flight, returning from Belgrade where United had progressed

A Morning Thought @ 1330

In Quillversation ✑ Covid Restrictions

Paddy Mooney ✒ discusses the Covid protests with Anthony McIntyre.AM: There was a march in Dublin at the weekend organised by the Campaign For Truth And Proper Health Care. One estimate put it at around 700. I passed it and felt it was closer to 1000. You helped put it together so I’m wondering why you thought it a worthwhile exercise. PM: Ironically, as the restrictions were eased on Saturday

Weaver Street, Tuam And Bessborough As ‘Non-Sites Of Memory

John O'Neill ✒ In 1992, Mary Kerr was driving along the M2 motorway in Belfast at the point immediately to the east of the former location of an area known as Weaver Street, off the York Road. As the name suggests, Weaver Street had been a residential area largely occupied by mill workers and their families. Kerr later recounted to the Sunday Life newspaper how a fair-haired girl, aged around 11,

A Winter's Night, 1979

Dixie Elliot ✒ This is a true story.I remember a bitterly cold winter's night back in early 1979 when I shared a cell with Seanna Walsh in H6.  Our cell window had a view of the exercise yard and we caught sight of a few flakes of snow which began to drift down from the black skies. As we watched they quickly became a flurry swirling in the wind. We moved closer to the window with our blankets

A Morning Thought @ 1329

Kazakhstan Must Not Be Allowed To Become Another Ukraine

Fra Hughes ✒ What I am trying to convey here is the conclusion that America, the EU, and NATO care nothing for democracy and freedom.First Published InAl Mayadeen English.In 2014, the world was informed by western media that a people’s uprising against an unpopular government was taking place on Maidan Square in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, as supporters of Ukraine's integration with the

The Irish And The Craic

Brendan Curran ✒ with a poem from his expansive body of work.  The Irish And The CraicAn Irish word in a sentence, or put in a refrain, its letters crammed together, can put a conversation aflameAlone it sounds so empty, it doesn’t always mean the same, it’s constant use in English can drive the listener insaneBut once you get the meaning, and how to put it in a phrase, you will use it as a

Poisoned Chalice

Peter Anderson ⚽ Who would want the Everton job? Frank Lampard apparently.But after "Agent Benitez's" tenure there, surely it is a poisoned chalice? The owner, Farhad Moshiri, has overseen a calamitous period at the club, going through a host of managers including, Big Sam Allardyce, Benitez, Roberto Martinez, Marco Silva and Ronnie Koeman. He has spent £600 million on players and even sacking