Eamon McCann
Why McCain’s pro-life stance may mean the Pill is murder
Listening to CNN’s live coverage of John McCain and Barack Obama from the Saddleback Civil Forum early on Sunday morning, I fell to wondering how many abortions the average woman reader of the Telegraph has had.
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Eamonn McCann: What if Mormons are right and Catholics and Protestants wrong?
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Why are the Catholic bishops so concerned about Mormons baptising dead
parishioners? The Mormons didn’t invent baptism of the dead. The practice
has a significant history within mainstream Christianity. The decision to
order its abandonment was taken only after heated debate, and was a
close-run thing.
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How Olympics have made life worse, not better, for Chinese
Thursday, 14 August 2008
‘The greatest show the world had ever seen ... Confucius himself might have been pleased’ — The Independent.
Eamonn McCann: Why Miliband versus Brown is more about ambition than policy
Thursday, 7 August 2008
Some people say Ralph Miliband would be turning in his grave at the behaviour of his son, David. But I don’t know. Ralph, one of the most venerable figures in British Labour history, had a wry sense of humour, too.
How Sinn Fein looked on while MI5 took over surveillance here
Thursday, 31 July 2008
The story in Monday’s Guardian headed ‘MI5 targets dissidents as Irish terror threat grows’ was based on information supplied by MI5. Even so, it might be true. Let’s see.
Eamonn McCann: See Ash and Cat Malojian at Glasgowbury and find out how other half live
Thursday, 24 July 2008
There was a fellow on the radio the other day saying that the Dublin Government’s subsidy of the Apprentice Boys’ Siege celebrations showed that, “there is growing respect between the two cultural traditions on the island.”
Eamonn McCann: Why Northern Ireland women need their own Abortion Act
Thursday, 17 July 2008
The abortion debate rages on, but do we need to clarify the law here?
Why the only way to fight wage cuts is if we all stand together
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Don't moan — organise! That will be the message from Nipsa, Unison and Unite next week when council workers strike against a pay deal which would drive down their wages.
Eamonn McCann: How the West gives democracy a really good kick in the ballots
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Mahmoud Abbas is no mug and no Mugabe either. The two men have shared a particular and unusual political experience: each was trounced in an election but refused to accept the result. Clinging onto power, each set about demonising, abusing and attacking the party and candidates who had won majority support.
Eamon McCann: How low paid workers have to bear the brunt of inflation
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Any more inflation and the balloon will go up, Gordon Brown and Chancellor Alistair Darling tell us. So public sector workers will just have to take a hit.
Eamonn McCann: Moving closer, Bianca kissed me and said I was right about Bush
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Brushing her lips lightly across my cheek, Bianca Jagger breathed " You're so right. We have to keep on." I recall the incident for two reasons. One, there's no point having Bianca Jagger caress your cheeks with her lips if you don't tell people about it afterwards.
Eamonn McCann: Why our politicians really need to give families a break over respite funding
Thursday, 5 June 2008
The betrayal of Bamford continues apace. Professor David Bamford of the University of Ulster was appointed in October 2002 by then Health Minister Bairbre de Bruin to review provision for mental illness and learning disability.
Eamonn McCann: How her daughter's death made Pauline female prisoners' friend
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Pauline Campbell (60) was found dead a fortnight ago by the grave of her only child, Sarah.
Why we could see clearly if Ruane was gone
Friday, 25 April 2008
I met Catriona Ruane on the street yesterday and asked her whether she agreed that water is wet. "Don't interrupt me," she replied. " I want to be clear about that." Truth to tell, I didn't meet Ms Ruane at all yesterday. But I did hear her in the morning, interviewed by Jenny Witt on Radio Foyle's imaginatively-titled Morning Programme, after which, my head deeved, I fell to fantasising.
Why we must let the train take the strain
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Why can't we travel from Kerry to Korea without getting our feet wet? Because we don't have an adequate rail network. In fact, we don't even have traffic lights or an automatic barrier at McConaghy's Crossing. We'll get back to that. But first, to the land of Kim Jong Il.
Darling, we just can't afford water charges
Thursday, 10 April 2008
If it hadn't been for the non-payment campaign, we'd have been hit with the full force of water charges last week. The introduction of charges had originally been set for April 2006. We were to pay one third in the first year, two thirds from April 2007 - and the full whack from this month.
Will IRA ever admit truth over hunger strike?
Thursday, 27 March 2008
New light has been shed on reported republican reaction to a British offer which might have ended the 1981 hunger strike after four deaths. Ten men were to die before the strike ended.
How U2 finally found what they were looking for ... to pay less tax
Thursday, 21 February 2008
The Beatles followed the Maharishi to India to escape the material world. U2 followed him to Holland to avoid paying taxes. Thus has idealism soured. The dismaying thought occurred as I ducked to avoid the neck of Adam Clayton's bass poking me in the eye. From which you might gather that the three dimensional shtick of the imminent U2 movie is only awesome. U2 3D is released tomorrow.
Time to light up dark corners?
Thursday, 7 February 2008
It's hard to look away from the spectacle of two bishops head-butting one another, metaphorically speaking, but we should.
Oh dear, water way to go ...
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Privatisation of water has been ruled out, declared the Independent Water Review Panel on Monday. On Tuesday, the Telegraph's Jobfinder featured an interview with Jim Conlon revealing that water privatisation is proceeding smoothly.
How Hillary saved us when no one else could ... honest
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Ask not what you can do for the peace process, but what the peace process can do for you. Thus the approach of US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.
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Poll: Tasers and the police
Do you support the use of Tasers by the PSNI?
Do you support the use of Tasers by the PSNI?
| Yes, it is better than using firearms |
 57% |
| Yes, but only in exceptional circumstances |
 23% |
| No, I'm genuinely concerned about the safety of Tasers |
9% |
| No, the police should not have these weapons |
11% |
Columnist Comments
• Lindy McDowell: Ulster-Scots Hillbillies may shape US politics
This week a television report about how the voters in the Appalachia region of the US could be crucial in swinging the US presidential election threw out some interesting facts. One of them dental.
• David Healy: Liverpool set to raise their Standard
I know Liverpool fans were disappointed with their side’s performance against Standard Liege in the Champions League in midweek.
• Victoria Brown: My husband has been kidnapped and sent to prison in Mexico
Recent readers of my husband Cooper's column will undoubtedly know that he was having some problems with the immigration authorities here in the United Kingdom.
• Eamonn McCann: What if Mormons are right and Catholics and Protestants wrong?
Why are the Catholic bishops so concerned about Mormons baptising dead parishioners? The Mormons didn’t invent baptism of the dead. The practice has a significant history within mainstream Christianity. The decision to order its abandonment was taken only after heated debate, and was a close-run thing.
• Frances Burscough: I ran as far as I could but Bolt still caught up with me in end
There was only one place on earth to be last week as the athlete Usain Bolt bolted his way to triumph at the Olympic Games. And it wasn’t Beijing.|On the other side of the world, the entire island of Jamaica was cheering and toasting and singing and dancing ... and I was there, slap, bang in the middle of it all joining in the celebrations even though 24 hours earlier I’d never even heard of the fella.
• Gail Walker: Why Jade Goody isn’t that bad
Want to know how wretched one’s life can be? It’s confirmed you have cancer but everyone immediately by-passes concern and goes straight to suspecting the dark art of PR.
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