'The feeling about Gerry Kelly when he presumes to lecture the police about the rights of journalists is that he somehow just doesn’t get how paradoxical that is...'

✍🏻 Malachi O'Doherty

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For anyone interested in interrogating the nature of how we understand the Troubles from various disciplinary perspectives (and is in Belfast 23 May) come to the launch of ‘Routledge Handbook of NI Conflict and Peace’. No expectation to purchase the book! eventbrite.co.uk/e/disciplinary…

When Israelis find out I'm from Ireland, they ask: 'Why do you hate us?' haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…

Nadhim Zahawi’s SLAPP has now resulted in disciplinary action for his lawyer.

A thread on why it happened, and what it means - for the lawyer, for SLAPPS, and for Zahawi himself.

Convicted terrorist on the policing board is an additional layer to this.
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The Covid enquiry has hit our shower of political amateurs like a tsunami. The Nolan Show, BBC

Commendable candour from 🇵🇸🍉CarálNíChuilín (Sí/í)Is Deontóir Mé ✊

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.Malachi O'Doherty on the increasing demand for ‘dumbphones’: 'It’s not really dumb to try and avoid digital distractions... but can we trust ourselves not to meander through cyberspace?' belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Congratulations! Thinking of winning in 2007! Such a special experience and a few weeks later I was in Leuven for the Flight of the Earls Conference and met a man at dinner from Strokestown and it was Jim Callery who had paid for my prize! One of those lovely coincidences! 🙏

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And there are 4 The John Hewitt Society bursaries for writers from the CC&G Council area available! Here are the Bursaries holders from last year with the Mayor! Please see link below for applications. Deadline 9th May! #JHISS24

And this folks is how bad things have got. An academic book by Charles Townsend is treated as proof of radicalism. Heaven help us if they look at the MA you can take Queen's University Belfast 🎓 🤷🏽🤦🏽🤯😱🤣

Very well said Brandon Hamber.

Says former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert:

'Ireland drops six places in Press Freedom index because of politicians using ‘judicial intimidation’'
Ahem, a MeToo moment. Gerry Kelly had to drop his case against me and pay my costs. And although SF employee Liam Lappin's defamation claim against Sunday Life and Suzanne…

A review in ⁦The Economist⁩ notes that Judith Butler’s preferred pronoun is ‘they’ but manages not to use it.

A week today my book comes out in paperback! The beautiful cover has a poignant backstory

My News Letter column. 'Malachi feared losing his house. I knew I could be bankrupted. We must have looked like easy meat.' 'Ludicrous libel case against me may be over now but a change in the law is needed' ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk/2024/04/ludicr…

.Malachi O'Doherty: Why the IRA should beg forgiveness of ‘boy soldiers’ it sent to die

'Anger at state, not ideology, drew many young people into conflict' belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…