Podcast Episodes

Write On! | Palestinians deserve our support | Springhill/Westrock Massacre – 50 years ago:

Write On!

Last Thursday was World Book Day. This year is the 25th anniversary of the event. This reminded me of the volume of publications produced by…

4 years, 2 months ago

Russia get out of Ukraine | Vote is a four letter word – Use it! | Pensions and Irish Unity

Russia get out of Ukraine

The big story of the moment is the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Like many of you I have been watching the round the clock ne…

4 years, 3 months ago

The Game is Up | Maura McCrory | Black Mountain

The Game is Up

The singular message emerging from the conflicting voices within political unionism at this time is their opposition to the election of…

4 years, 3 months ago

Standing up to Bullies | A beautiful woman with a beautiful soul

Standing up to Bullies. 

Some politicians rarely, if ever see the irony in the words they use. Take Boris Johnson. He is currently using the dispute b…

4 years, 3 months ago

Ormeau Road collusion | Women leading the way | Growing Older

Ormeau Road collusion exposed

Collusion between British intelligence, the RUC, UDR, British Army and Loyalist paramilitary organisations is a fact of …

4 years, 3 months ago

Reflections on Bloody Sunday | Julian Assange should be freed | Julian Assange should be freed

Reflections on Bloody Sunday. 

Somehow human beings, including this columnist,  put more stead in twenty year anniversaries than in nineteen year ones…

4 years, 4 months ago

Save Moore Street | Remembering Clyde Bellecourt

Save Moore Street - Buy a raffle ticket for an original 1914 Mauser rifle

Last Saturday hundreds of people took part in a Save Moore Street rally in D…

4 years, 4 months ago

Condolences are not enough | Can Dogs Think Pt 2

Condolences are not enough

I want to extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ashling Murphy. The spontaneous public outpouring of g…

4 years, 4 months ago

Sectarianism must be ended | CAN DOGS THINK

Sectarianism must be ended:

Sectarianism is a legacy of our colonial past. We have the opportunity to confine it to the dustbin of history.

CAN DOGS TH…

4 years, 4 months ago

Strange how the right notes can end up in the wrong places | Archbishop Tutu

OUR old pal Tom Hartley is a fine singer. He and I have been known to duet together. Back in the day in C Wing in Belfast Prison on the Crumlin Road,…

4 years, 5 months ago