Comments on The Pensive Quill: Short Straw

Re: Brendan Hughes' memoirs, according to Liam...

2010-01-30T04:05:31.607Z

Re: Brendan Hughes' memoirs, according to Liam Clarke last summer: Hughes is one of a number of IRA and loyalist veterans who deposited taped memoirs with an archive in Boston College on condition that nothing would be revealed in their lifetimes.

Faber plans to publish a book by [Ed] Moloney around the second anniversary of Hughes’ death on February 16. The publisher won't discuss the contents as yet, but says the working title is Voices from Beyond the Grave.

Like Squire Danaher in the Quiet Man Adams always ...

2010-01-29T22:19:53.659Z

Like Squire Danaher in the Quiet Man Adams always liked to have his Feeney's about him ready to do his bidding and putting names in the book.

The problem is that the Feeneys themselves now fear their names going into Gerry's bad books and if Gerry wants them out there doing his bidding then it is better to be out there doing their sycophantic bit rather than being in the book.

Dum-tee-dum-tee...Diddle-iddle-um-tee....

Anonymous, you somehow managed to slip through! T...

2010-01-29T21:04:11.825Z

Anonymous, you somehow managed to slip through!

The first time Breen faced McDonald was on radio in The South - maybe Today FM.

The next was on BBC Radio Ulster - Evening Extra

Which are the other two occasions that McDonald ha...

2010-01-29T20:49:10.680Z

Which are the other two occasions that McDonald has faced Suzanne Breen?

Anybody knows when Brendan Hughes' memoirs are being released?

Good post. Keep keeping us informed.

2010-01-29T10:06:36.503Z

Good post. Keep keeping us informed.

is it true the provies were seizin copies of the s...

2010-01-28T23:21:10.182Z

is it true the provies were seizin copies of the sun trib??? jesus thats sad.....pathetic

Marty, as relentless as ever

2010-01-28T21:47:44.465Z

Marty, as relentless as ever

Kellmor, heard him on Nolan. Felt as you did - he ...

2010-01-28T21:46:36.486Z

Kellmor, heard him on Nolan. Felt as you did - he was not too strong. Also noticed him hinting Nolan might have something in his personal life - he mentioned it twice. Intimidation. Nolan was uncharacteristically restrained.

John no great surprise now. Have been seeing it for years.

Interested, Hmmm.

Sorry AM but I have to completely disagree with yo...

2010-01-28T21:29:51.636Z

Sorry AM but I have to completely disagree with you on a very important part of this script, actually I am very surprised that someone with your intellect didn’t spot it at the time of writing this piece. To say “Mary Lou Mc Donald is an intelligent woman “ if this is true and it’s a big if there is no way in hell she would be allowed to join Sinn Fein never mind becoming Vice president ,Sinn Fein operate thus , if you are more intelligent than the leader then we don’t want you about the place. Need I say more?

The awfulness of these episodes in terms of violen...

2010-01-28T00:31:09.470Z

The awfulness of these episodes in terms of violence against the most vulnerable by those who are supposed to protect them is so egregious that the wholesale resignation of the SF leadership is the only semi-honorable (the use of honorable seems out of place but you know what I mean) course. How much longer can this charade go on? It would be far better for SF to have to endure some internal chaos as it tries to rebuild a leadership and its credibility than it persists with the myth that like some of the banks in the US it is now “too big to fail” – no bailouts for Gerry and co. As an outsider I can’t imagine how you AM and others who were part of the movement during the struggle must feel at watching the organization degenerate like this. Please SF leaders – resign now.

Gerry Adams didnt do much better the other day on ...

2010-01-27T23:33:29.867Z

Gerry Adams didnt do much better the other day on the Nolan show. Even allowing for the fact that Nolan uncharacteristically gave him an easy ride he still came across as arrogant and obtusive.Instead of Adams hiding behind the likes of McDonald or Gerry Kelly as his defenders why dos'nt he face Suzanne Breen himself where no doubt he could well and truly nail this 'slur' campaign?

she is not called Mary LOSER for nothing Anthony,...

2010-01-27T22:49:53.306Z

she is not called Mary LOSER for nothing Anthony, the problem wih s/f is they are in a hole and their leader,s solution, "keep digging comrades" the republican family was pulled apart many years ago by dickheads with a big ego and touts and pervs and apart from a few carpetbaggers such as the Loser all that remains is those that were acceptable to Dennis and his masters.I hope I,m right and s/f go the same way as the sticks i,e, a slow and embarassing demise,one thing for sure ,true republicianism will be better of when those wasters leave the stage,