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Political biographies getting hotter off the presses
Unsurprisingly my home is littered with hundreds of biographies from the Medici’s to Mary Tudor; from Lincoln to Lloyd George and from Daniel O’ Connell to WB Yeats. Occasionally personalities such as Eric Cantona, Terry …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 06 Sep 2010
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Despite media attacks, Irish remain faithful at Knock
Driving up from Cong in Mayo I decided to detour into Knock. It’s been twenty five years since my last visit. Indeed Knock was responsible for one of my first impromptu marketing initiatives, when along …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 30 Aug 2010
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Ritchie needs to tilt SDLP right for political space
Recent commentary concerning the direction of the SDLP and the positioning of that party by its Leader, Margaret Ritchie has been negative. It is biased against the SDLP but by and large, party members should …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 16 Aug 2010
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Dissident violence is Sinn Féins sword of Damocles
The dissident republicans who planted the enormous bomb in Derry last week have no moral compass; let alone a political direction. Though are far from mindless; they are like a parasitical germ that feeds on …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 09 Aug 2010
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Ireland needs to think about the big ideas
Last weekend I followed such luminaries as Nobel Laureate, John Hume, former Presbyterian Moderator, Rev. John Dunlop, the author, Tim Pat Coogan, banker, Sir George Quigley and politician and Fianna Fail matriarch, Mary O’Rourke as …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 02 Aug 2010
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Media & NAMA need to seperate the sheep from the goats
If there was a prize for effective communication, the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) would win the booby prize. Having decided not to go the route of a toxic bank or indeed a good bank/bad …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 26 Jul 2010
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Condemnation is wasted on Neanderthals
The riots of the past week share one common denominator-dissident republicans and their back to the future strategy. Condemnation is wasted on these Neanderthals. These politically myopic morons manipulate naive, foolish and alienated young people …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 19 Jul 2010
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True heroes can be found close to home
A few weeks ago, Newry Chamber recognised the legendary retailer Louis Boyd with a life-time achievement award along with two founding directors of the Credit Union, Arthur Morgan and Peter Connolly; who between them clocked …
By Tom Kelly
Wed 14 Jul 2010
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It’s time Derry’s walls spoke confidently to the World
The leaked media reports about the much anticipated Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday are unhelpful and unwarranted or as Martin McGuinness has said only serve to ‘heap anguish upon anguish’ for the families of victims. …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 14 Jun 2010
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Having decommissioned for War – NI has armed peace
It’s an odd world when Coronation Street is postponed because it may upset people who were digesting the impact of the recent Cumbrian killings. This type of nonsense only increases the blur between reality and …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 07 Jun 2010
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UK’s political Texas hold’em is no ‘snap’ with Stormont
After this week, politics is better than poker! After three years as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown in the final moments of his premiership gave us a glimpse of the family man. People liked it but …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 17 May 2010
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‘Girl Power’ packed a punch in Election
Well this was always going to be an election that changed much or nothing. The verdict on the British election is that the public wanted change but not necessarily the Tories. The sponsors of ‘project’ …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 10 May 2010
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Ritchie should be afforded space to be heard
The British General Election was blown wide open by the competent performance of Nick ‘leg-over’ Clegg. The suave, articulate ‘mini me’ version of Tony Blair impressed the British public when compared to the tired, lack …
By Tom Kelly
Tue 04 May 2010
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Whatever one thinks about elections
Whatever one thinks about elections; this one is going to be different. The seeds for a different election were sown quite a while back. The public’s tolerance for ‘on the make’ politicians finally broke when …
By Tom Kelly
Mon 12 Apr 2010
