Robert McNamara
Ulster University to host conference on historic 1918 general election in Belfast
THE centenary of the most important general election in 20th century Ireland is being marked on Saturday by a conference at Ulster University, Belfast.
Book reviews: Haughey given too much credit for peace process role
'A Failed Political Entity’: Charles Haughey and the Northern Ireland Question, 1945-1992 by Stephen Kelly, published by Merrion Press Reviewed by Robert McNamara WHEN Charles Haughey was found to have been involved in the arms crisis in April 1970, the reaction of observers was surprise as the then minister of finance had barely mentioned Northern Ireland over the previous decade.
Book Reviews: The Catholic Predicament in ‘Northern Ireland’ flawed and frustrating
Catastrophe and Resurgence: The Catholic Predicament in ‘Northern Ireland’ Volumes I and II, by Pat Walsh, published by Belfast Historical and Educational Society IN THE mid-1970s, Michael Farrell, the People’s Democracy activist, wrote The Orange State, a well argued, if occasionally heavy-handed, history of Northern Ireland from a nationalist Marxist perspective.