The IRA's Twenty Year War, by Vincent Browne
IN THE wake of the London bombings, as in the wake of every atrocity associated with the war in the North over the past dozen years, the politicians and the media have centred their reaction around the question, "Why?" How, they ask, can people do such things? As if such events were totally divorced from the balance and condition of the forces waging the war.
Economic crisis and political holidays
The economic disintegration continues - and the politicians have decided that this is an appropriate time to go on holiday for three months. Vincent Browne examines the likely prospects, or lack of them, for the economy, given the measures which follow inevitably from the politicians' strategies - or lack of them.
Gene Kerrigan has been taking a look at Charlie Haughey's progress towards the destiny which he, and the mythology of his party, have set for him.
Hurling: The Holy Ground Once More
FOLLOWING on from the Cork hurling team's blitz of Waterford, Kevin Cashman tries, on Page 48, to keep his county pride in check while assessing the likely prospects of the opposition and the ability of Cork to hold fast.
Paddy Agnew finally puts the World Cup back in its box for another four years with a review of the thuggery, managerial cowardice and incompetent refereeing which has brought the international tournament to a new low.
DEREK SPEIRS took his cameras to Slane and dodged bopping crowds and Mick Jagger's waterworks to bring back the excellent set of photos.
Tourists tighten the purse strings by Stuart Rockefeller
Rituals of The Tribe by Gene Kerrigan
As Time Goes By by Gene Kerrigan
Cashman's Diary by Kevin Cashman
Network edited by Kerry Dougherty
Ray Flynn: No Longer No.2 by Paddy Agnew
Players of the Western World by Paddy Agnew
Music by Jack Molony
Wigmore by Vincent Browne
