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The Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese
of Dublin has been published, and is getting world wide coverage. An
example, below. A web search will find many more, as the newspaper coverage
comes online.

P.O'S.

Irish Church accused of abuse cover-up

Four archbishops turned a blind eye to child abuse

A damning report into clerical child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese has
criticised the Catholic Church hierarchy for covering up the abuse.
The report investigated how Church and state authorities handled allegations
of child abuse against 46 priests.
It found that the Church placed its own reputation above the protection of
children in its care.
It also said that state authorities facilitated the cover-up by allowing the
Church to operate outside the law.
The "Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese
of Dublin" covered a period from 1975 to 2004.
It has laid bare a culture of concealment where church leaders prioritised
the protection of their own institution above that of vulnerable children in
their care.

Full text at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8381119.stm

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]

We have been following with interest Scotland's year of Homecoming - partly
because the Scots have throughout made mention of an 'Irish model'.

There has been a charming little radio series this week, fronted by a
Scottish reporter of Asian heritage. I listened to today's episode, on
Ancestry, whilst I was emptying the dishwasher - you should be able to pick
up the broadcast on the BBC Radio Listen Again web site. A sometimes brutal
little summary of the issues - with the usual mention of the Irish and Tom
Devine doing his public intellectual thing.

P.O'S.


To celebrate Scotland's year of Homecoming, Aasmah Mir explores five themes
that have been chosen to encapsulate Scots' contribution to the world

A Very Scottish Homecoming

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nxhjd

Ancestry

Scottish immigrants have had an impact all over the world; now, more and
more of their descendents are returning to rediscover their roots -
especially in this special year of Homecoming. Aasmah talks to those
visiting for the celebrations to find out if their image of Scotland is
realistic or one clouded by myth and romance.

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A quick perusal of the Introduction to the Report: complaints against 172 named
priests (130 further complaints since 2004 but that was after their cut-off
date), of whom 102 were within their remit. Of these - if I have their
methodology right - a 'representative sample' of 46 was looked at, about whom
over 320 victims complained (most in the 1990s and 2000s). One priest admitted
to over 100 victims.

The scale of the thing:

What percentage of all priests who served in the Diocese have been named? How
many others abused but weren't named? How many victims don't we know about:
surely the majority? Clearly, thousands of children were involved.

Such an enormous crime, and so little punishment.

I also wondered what the cover image of the Ha'penny bridge at night was
supposed to represent. It doesn't really seem appropriate.

Peter Hart

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Note that the text of this Report is available - as pdf files - on the web
site of the Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Dublin, Republic
of Ireland. See below. When I checked the web site seemed to be not
working well - this may simply reflect the amount of interest.

P.O'S.

Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin

Report by Commission of Investigation into the handling by Church and State
authorities of allegations and suspicions of child abuse against clerics of
the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PB09000504

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Subject: Job,
University of Limerick Glucksman Chair in Contemporary Writing in
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TITLE OF POST: Glucksman Chair in Contemporary Writing in English=20
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
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To provide intellectual leadership through teaching and research and to
contribute significantly to the realisation of the academic strategic =
plans
of the School, Faculty and University.=20
=A0
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DESCRIPTION:
=A0
The University of Limerick is seeking to make an appointment to the
Glucksman Chair in Contemporary Writing in English. The Chair is located
within the School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication, a
large and vibrant unit which is situated within the Faculty of Arts,
Humanities and Social Sciences and plays a vital role in promoting =
quality
research, teaching and learning at the University of Limerick.=20
=A0
Applications are sought from candidates with a specialism in 20th/21st
Century American, British or Irish literature. Preference will be given =
to
applicants who can demonstrate an additional teaching/research =
specialism in
African or Caribbean literatures in English and/or who can draw together
existing School and Faculty teaching and research expertise in areas =
such as
culture, identity, gender or media representation.
=A0
The successful candidate will have:
=A0
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0a doctorate in a relevant area;
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 experience of relevant undergraduate and =
postgraduate teaching in
higher education, particularly supervision at PhD level;
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 an active research record, including =
publications of international
repute, commensurate with the level of the post and in relevant areas
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 evidence of cross-disciplinarity, =
particularly as reflected in
the attraction of national/international funding for collaborative =
research
projects
=A0
The ability to demonstrate experience in at least one of the following =
areas
will be an advantage:
=A0
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 mentoring of less experienced members of =
staff
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 recruitment of postgraduate students =
nationally and
internationally
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 cross-disciplinary collaboration in course =
development
=A0
The appointee will be expected to play a significant role in enriching =
the
teaching and research culture of the School of Languages, Literature,
Culture and Communication and the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social
Sciences, not least through international research publications,
collaborative research activities and the development of major funding =
bids,
both within English and across disciplines. The post is not tied to the
position of Head of School, but the appointee may be called upon to =
assume
administrative responsibilities. The appointee will be expected to =
undertake
such duties as are directed and required by the Head of School.
=A0

Informal enquiries regarding the post may be directed to:
Dr Jean Conacher
Head, School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication
University of Limerick
Telephone: 353-61-234218
Email: jean.conacher[at]ul.ie

http://www.ul.ie/

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The Sweep was one of the themes represented in Sean Keating's mural on labo=
ur (1961) at the Centre William Rappard in Geneva:
http://www.unspecial.org/UNS686/t62.html

Edmundo

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From: Noelle Moran [mailto:Noelle.Moran[at]ucd.ie]
Subject: Irish Sweep launch UCD Press Wed 2 Dec Newman House, D2


UCD PRESS
requests the pleasure of your company at a reception
to celebrate the publication
of
THE IRISH SWEEP
A History of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake 1930=9687
By Marie Coleman

in Newman House
86 St Stephen=92s Green, Dublin 2
on Wednesday 2 December 2009 at 6.00 p.m.
where the book will be launched by
DIARMAID FERRITER
Professor of Modern Irish History
at UCD
ALL WELCOME!!


http://www.ucdpress.ie/display.asp?isbn=3D9781906359416&

The Irish Sweep
A History of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake, 1930-87


Author(s):
Marie Coleman (author)
Format:
Paperback, 156 x 234mm, 288pp
Publication date:
01 Dec 2009
ISBN-13:
9781906359416
ISBN-10:
1906359415
Author Biography
Dr Marie Coleman is a lecturer in Irish history in the School of History an=
d Anthropology at the Queen's University of Belfast.

Description
The Irish hospitals sweepstake, initially established to provide money for =
cash-strapped voluntary hospitals in Dublin, provided funding for Irish hos=
pitals for over fifty years. Apart from its role in bringing millions of po=
unds of foreign currency into Ireland to build new hospitals and provide em=
ployment, it also contributed to the development of Irish advertising and b=
roadcasting, horse-racing, the growth of Irish business and commercial spon=
sorship of sport. But that was not the whole story. Marie Coleman also digs=
deep into the murkier side of the Irish Sweep. She successfully reveals sc=
andals, skulduggery and gangsterism, which all played their part in the swe=
epstakes, exposing the blind eyes that were turned to its shortcomings and =
exploring the extent to which these failings ultimately damaged the Irish h=
ealth services by postponing necessary reforms. Using original archive mate=
rial, "The Irish Sweep" successfully draws together these disparate aspects=
of the sweepstake - its social and economic importance in independent Irel=
and, its contribution to the development of Irish health services, and its =
illicit operation outside Ireland - to construct the first detailed and com=
prehensive history of an iconic institution.

Contents
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Apologies for cross posting, please disseminate this information to anyone =
you think maybe interested.
Best wishes,
Maria Power

Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool

International Postgraduate Studentships

The Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool is pleased to=
announce the creation of a number of fees-only studentships for prospectiv=
e PhD students from any country outside the EU. These are worth =A325,200 =
- =A328,200 over 3 years. These can be in any area of Irish Studies, where=
there is existing expertise in the Institute =96 though currently the area=
of Irish Literature is over-subscribed. Candidates wishing to work in the=
following areas will be particularly welcome:

=95 Gaelic ecclesiastical history

=95 The Vikings in Ireland

=95 Irish theatre/drama

=95 W.B.Yeats

=95 Irish women=92s history (particularly 19th =96 early 20th centu=
ry)

=95 Contemporary Northern Irish history/politics

Scholarships may be taken up at any time during 2010 commencing 1st Februar=
y 2010

Applications (to include a C.V., a one page outline of the topic to be re=
searched and names of two academic referees) to be addressed to:

Dr Diane Urquhart

The Institute of Irish Studies

University of Liverpool

1, Abercromby Square

Liverpool

L69 7WY

England

Or email Urquhart[at]liverpool.ac.uk


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Here in Bradford the Multi-Fibre Agreement and its successors are still
staples of local politics, so we tend to know about the work of Neil
Kearney.

I see that the premature death of Neil Kearney has led to expressions of
appreciation and regret throughout the world, especially on trade union and
left web sites

See the ITGLWF web site...

http://www.itglwf.org/DisplayDocument.aspx?idarticle=86&langue=2

This from Bangladesh
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=84844

Extracts from Guardian obituary pasted in below. In the circumstances the
obituarist's remark about 'punishing travel schedules' seems very sad.

P.O'S.


Neil Kearney obituary
Inspirational trade union leader with international influence

Doug Miller
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 26 November 2009 19.02 GMT

Neil Kearney, who has died of a heart attack aged 59, was an inspirational
leader in the international trade union movement. As general secretary of
the Brussels-based International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers'
Federation (ITGLWF), he had just completed a series of union meetings and
visits to supplier factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He had been to the
country more than 50 times since 1988, in particular working with the
Spanish multinational fashion retailer Inditex. Recently they had ensured
that workers and families whose lives were devastated by the collapse of the
Spectrum factory in Savar, north-west of Dhaka, in 2005, in which 64 were
killed and many injured, received adequate compensation and medical
assistance.

His work with Inditex led to the first international framework agreement on
employment standards which focused solely on the protection of workers'
rights in the supply chain of a multinational in the textile and garment
sector...

...Born in Donegal, Ireland, Neil moved to the UK at the age of 17 and took
a job in banking, joining the union on his first day at work. In 1972 he
joined the then National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, where he
served as head of the information and research department for 16 years. He
was active in politics during that period, running for parliament twice in
1974. Four years later, he was successfully elected as a Labour councillor
in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where he became leader of
the opposition. A lifelong socialist, he remained a member of the Labour
party until he resigned over the Iraq war...

...As the industry underwent major restructuring after the removal of
quantitative limits on clothing imports in 2004, he was a prime mover in the
establishment of the MFA Forum (set up as the international Multi-Fiber
Agreement came to an end). It aims to improve the sustainability of national
garment industries such as those in Morocco and Lesotho, which risk losing
jobs as production switched to cheaper locations. He was instrumental in
persuading Nike to disclose publicly its supply chain in 2005, and a number
of other companies soon followed suit.

Neil seemed to thrive on his punishing travel schedules. During his last day
in Bangladesh, he was working on the final detail of a second international
framework agreement, meeting with the management and workers of an Inditex
supplier and, as usual, supporting his affiliates in their campaign for a
living wage.

In Bangladesh, three days of mourning were declared in the textile and
garment sector last week. Neil is survived by his wife, Jutta, and his
daughters, Nicola and Caroline.

. Neil Joseph Kearney, international trade union leader, born 15 March 1950;
died 19 November 2009

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/26/neil-kearney-obituary

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Subject: Brando, Depp, the missing millions and Divine Rapture,
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Brando, Depp, the missing millions and Divine Rapture, the lost movie

The first sign things were going wrong on the set of Divine Rapture was when
Marlon Brando shaved his head. But that was the least of the film's troubles

Pavel Barter
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 26 November 2009 22.15 GMT

If all the roads in Ireland were to converge at a final destination, you
would probably find yourself in Ballycotton, Co Cork. A tiny village on a
rocky headland, it is as removed and cosy as its name suggests. Its harbour
is stocked with a colourful fishing fleet and traditional music seeps from
the pubs on Main Street. Despite an annual running marathon that passes
through the town, it is slow-paced, sleepy, and cocooned from the outside
world. But although 200-ft cliffs keep the Atlantic at bay and an offshore
lighthouse looks out for danger, nothing could protect Ballycotton from
nature's cruellest force: Hollywood.

Back in 1995, Johnny Depp, Debra Winger, and Marlon Brando rolled into town
to make a film called Divine Rapture. Ballycotton looked set to become an
Irish landmark in the manner of Cong in County Mayo, which hosted John
Wayne's The Quiet Man, or Dingle in Kerry, where David Lean filmed Ryan's
Daughter. But there are no mementos or tourist memorabilia in Ballycotton
because Divine Rapture was never completed: the production packed up and
left with only two weeks of film in the can.

Fourteen years later, Divine Rapture is still the elephant in the room...

Full Text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/nov/26/brando-depp-divine-rapture

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Our attention has been drawn to the following item...

Scottish history and culture will be lost if not promoted among diaspora

Published Date: 28 November 2009
By DAVID LEE

A SENIOR academic has argued that Scotland lacks an understanding of its =
own
history and culture =96 and believes that centres of Scottish studies =
should
be created across the world to address the problem.

Professor Cairns Craig said such institutions could strengthen the link
between expatriate Scots and their ancestral homeland =96 and benefit =
the
economy by bringing in more tourists.

The Professor of Irish and Scottish History at the University of =
Aberdeen
spoke out at a discussion on the Scottish diaspora and how to strengthen
links between expatriate communities and Scotland.=20

He said Ireland was way ahead of Scotland in terms of promoting its =
history
and culture globally.=20

"Part of the problem is our own lack of understanding of our culture." =
he
said. "Our academic institutions have very little space for examining
Scottish culture.

"We have very few ways of linking with these communities, so we need to
found centres of Scottish studies around the world. The government could
fund chairs of Scottish Studies at universities to give links into =
Scottish
communities abroad."=20

Prof Craig said there were a handful of Centres for Scottish studies,
including two in Canada, but they were "small and under-funded and do =
not
make a big impact =96 compare them with the size and scale of centres of =
Irish
studies and we are just not in the same league".

He argued that one problem was that Scotland was represented =
internationally
by the British Council which gave "token acknowledgement to things
Scottish".

Prof Craig said because the connection was weak, no-one was informing
Scottish communities abroad of the development of modern Scottish =
culture
and all that was left was an image of the past, which was played out in
rituals like Burns suppers.

He also called for cultural ambassadors for Scotland to be appointed =
around
the world to "involve communities in a dialogue about modern Scottish
culture."

The professor was speaking at an event at the Scottish Parliament =
organised
by Cultural Connect Scotland, which seeks to form "creative and cultural
links between Scotland and its global community".

Justice minister Kenny MacAskill, who has written two books on =
expatriate
Scots with former First Minister Henry McLeish, agreed the answer to
engaging with the diaspora was to be found at home.

He said: "Attitudes are changing but it is about faith, belief and
self-confidence at home =96 and not being disparaging about expat =
communties."

It is estimated that there at least 30 million people worldwide =96 and =
maybe
as many as 100 million =96 who claim Scottish ancestry. But there has =
been
criticism that the opportunity presented by the Year of Homecoming has =
not
been taken.=20

Visitor numbers were not as high as had been hoped, while the showpiece
event of the year =96 The Gathering, which included a clan march down =
the
Royal Mile and a clan village in Holyrood Park =96 is mired in =
controversy
after making a =A3600,000 loss.

Graeme Murdoch, of Cultural Connect Scotland, said: "The traditional =
image
of Scotland and modern Scotland do not need to be separate. T hey can =
work
to mutual benefit."

Culture minister Mike Russell, whose brief covers links with the =
diaspora,
said: "The ambition that Professor Cairns shows is very encouraging. He =
is
absolutely right that we should build constructive links with the =
diaspora,
and that is something that we are taking forward. I look forward to =
working
with him to achieve these aims."

SOURCE

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Scottish-history-and-culture-will.58663=
92.
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Subject: CFP, Aedei Conference, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 28 April-1 May
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IX INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION FOR IRISH STUDIES

=93=91Brandan Rising!=92 Irish Identities Inside & Outside the Island=94

University of La Laguna, 28 April-1 May 2010

The Spanish Association for Irish Studies (AEDEI) is pleased to announce =
the
organization of its IX International Conference, which will be convened =
by
the English Department at the University of La Laguna.

Call for papers:
There is a legend in the Canaries which can be traced back to the early
moments of the conquest: that of the isle of San Borond=F3n (or St =
Brandan),
which appears and disappears in the sea, changing from location and =
form.
Situated by 17th century sailors and cartographers in between the =
islands of
La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, it is filled with splendorous =
gardens,
birds and trees, to the point that it could be seen as a correlate of
paradise on earth. It is also connected to the pseudo-historical Celtic
figure of Abbot Brendan of Clonfert, named =93the traveller=94, who =
lived in the
6th century. In one of his journeys he came across a piece of land that
proved to be instead a gigantic whale which moved slowly and peacefully
through the Atlantic Ocean (as it appears in Navigatio Sancti Brandani, =
a
medieval text dated 10th/11th century). This fascinating syncretism =
shows us
how a specific culture or tradition is influenced and transformed by =
others
and how identities are the result of general/personal experiences that
transcend the national milieu. All this cultural hybridization surpasses
frontiers, borders and limits and enriches the countries involved. =
Bearing
the classic representation of Mother Ireland as a unitary identity in =
mind,
we welcome papers that peep into the ways in which Ireland (and the =
Irish
symbols) are represented, melted, used or abused, hybridized or =
bastardized,
integrated or detached; as well as those which explore the =93Other=94 =
Irelands
that may arise out of the distance, be it spatial and/or ideological, =
caused
by a forced or by a voluntary exile (as James Joyce would put it). =
Aspects
such as the following will also be of primary interest:

- Cultural contamination: Shadows of Ireland in the folklore and
traditions of other countries.
- Cultural Appropriation: the Re-Writing, fake or authentic, of =
the
Irish essence.
- =93Othering=94 Ireland: The role of dissidence and alternative =
voices in
the Irish canon.
- =91Ireland in mind=92: Narrating the country from the distance;
=93Imaginary homelands, Irelands of the mind=94 (as Salman Rushdie =
stated, in
reference to India).

We invite papers for a twenty-minute delivery, in English or Spanish, =
which
might approach the main theme of the conference from an array of =
theoretical
frameworks and fields of knowledge: linguistic, literary, historical,
sociological, gendered, cultural, musical or visual.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
- Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin)
- Laura Izarra (University of Sao Paulo)

Confirmed keynote writers:
- Jamie O=92Neill
- (to be confirmed)

Scientific Committee:
- Ruth Barton (Trinity College Dublin)
- Rui Carvalho Homem (U Oporto)
- Rosa Gonz=E1lez Casademont (U Barcelona)
- Jos=E9 Francisco Fern=E1ndez (U Almer=EDa)
- Luz Mar Gonz=E1lez Arias (U Oviedo)
- Patricia Lynch (U Limerick)
- Marisol Morales Ladr=F3n (U Alcal=E1)
- Munira H. Mutran (U Sao Paulo)
- In=E9s Praga Terente (U Burgos)
- Eibhear Walshe (U College Cork)

Organising Committee:
- A=EDda D=EDaz Bild
- Marta Gonz=E1lez Acosta
- M=AA Luz Gonz=E1lez Rodr=EDguez
- Manuel Augusto Hern=E1ndez Hern=E1ndez
- Leonor Ruiz-Ay=FAcar Bello

Organiser:
- Juan Ignacio Oliva (jioliva[at]ull.es)

Submission of proposals:
Abstracts of around 250 words should be e-mailed to Juan Ignacio Oliva =
by
Friday 12 March, 2010. For reasons of homogeneity, please add a brief cv
(5-10 lines) together with your Institution, and e-mail address. Please, =
do
not send it as an attached document but rather include it in the body of =
the
mail. And do not hesitate to contact the organisation for whatever query =
you
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Subject: Article,
Living at the End of the Irish Century: Globalization and
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This article, from a Canadian journal, begins the examination of post Celtic
Tiger Ireland through the examination of a specific literary text. A useful
outline of the discourse around the Celtic Tiger - anyone for Faust?

P.O'S.

Living at the End of the Irish Century: Globalization and Identity in Declan
Hughes's Shiver
Journal Modern Drama
Publisher University of Toronto Press
ISSN 0026-7694 (Print) 1712-5286 (Online)
Issue Volume 52, Number 3 /2009
Category Articles
DOI 10.3138/md.52.3.300
Pages 300-324
Online Date Friday, September 25, 2009

Authors

Jason Buchanan

Abstract

The Celtic Tiger - Ireland's economic boom of the 1990s - has often been
read as either exemplifying or demonizing the economic and cultural effects
of globalization. This essay uses an interdisciplinary approach to analyse
the history of the Celtic Tiger and to show how Declan Hughes's play Shiver
was one of the first post-Tiger Irish works to assess critically the effects
of globalization on Irish culture. Hughes's drama stages Ireland's reaction
to the Celtic Tiger as one of paralysis, a harsh critique that destabilizes
narratives of newness - with their promises of being transformed into
something different - by showing how fulfilment is perpetually deferred in
the logic of global capitalism. Trying to authenticate the "new" Ireland is
a double bind that dislocates both history and the present. Hughes's play
helps to triangulate what globalization can tell us about contemporary
Ireland and what Ireland can tell us about contemporary globalization.

Keywords

Hughes, Celtic Tiger, globalization, Ireland, drama, newness, identity

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Subject: Book Notice,
Sean Keating in Context: Responses to Culture and Politics in
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There have been an extraordinary number of books published in the past =
few
months in the fields of 'Irish Studies'. Many look good and =
interesting,
but we must be selective - and focus on things that fit within our =
diaspora
studies remit...

But since Edmundo mentions Sean Keating...

Eimear O'Connor's developing project continues, with the exhibition, the
booklet of the exhibition, and now a collection of Sean Keating's =
writings
and broadcasts - see below. The full length study of Keating, based on =
the
thesis, is promised for next year...

P.O'S.

Sean Keating in Context: Responses to Culture and Politics in Post-Civil =
War
Ireland
=91The book examines Keating's thoughts on culture, politics, economics =
and
several other issues in the context of his both his artistic output and =
the
social conditions of the time. In doing so, the narrative serves to =
better
describe the extent of Keating's contribution to Irish art and to public
life.=92

Eimear O'Connor
Irish artist Se=E1n Keating (1889-1977) was a controversial and =
provocative
figure in the quest for national identity in the early years of the
twentieth century. He was a member and former President of the Royal
Hibernian Academy of Art, and his professional life spanned seventy =
years
during, which time he was renowned at home and abroad for his ability to
paint forceful images that were at once emblematic of his own cultural =
and
political nationalism and analogous to that of the nation at large. =
Keating
was a keen cultural commentator with a wry view of contemporary
developments, evidenced in his work as an artist. When afforded the
opportunity, Keating published and broadcast his challenging thoughts on =
a
series of subjects including bad art criticism, snobbery in art, the
consequences of governmental lack of support for the arts, and the =
negative
aspects of consumerism and greed.

Although Keating's paintings survive, his stimulating contribution to =
the
discourse on the development of Irish culture through articles and
broadcasts has been, to date, forgotten. Se=E1n Keating in Context: =
Responses
to Culture and Politics in Post-Civil War Ireland offers, for the first
time, a comprehensive compilation and contextual analysis of Keating's
articles and broadcasts between 1924 and 1972...

SOURCE

http://www.carysfortpress.com/products/50.htm


see also
S=EDghle Bhreathnach-Lynch
Crossing the Rubicon: Sean Keating's An Allegory
New Hibernia Review - Volume 12, Number 2, Samhradh/Summer 2008, pp. =
120-126



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Behalf
Of Murray, Edmundo
Sent: 27 November 2009 08:38
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Book Launch, The Irish Sweep: A History of the Irish
Hospitals Sweepstake 1930-87, UCD Press Wed 2 Dec Dublin

The Sweep was one of the themes represented in Sean Keating's mural on
labour (1961) at the Centre William Rappard in Geneva:
http://www.unspecial.org/UNS686/t62.html


Edmundo

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1.
Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger by =
Fintan O'Toole

Terry Eagleton on the corruption and bungling that have led to Ireland's =
economic woes
=20
The Guardian, Saturday 28 November

240pp, Faber,=20

...By 2007, the country was =E2=82=AC10bn in the red and a banking =
system massively complicit in fraud and tax evasion was just about to =
enter meltdown. In September last year it finally imploded, awash with =
billions in bad loans to property sharks. In its rise and fall, as =
Fintan O'Toole remarks in this superb polemic, "Ireland made Icarus look =
boringly stable." It had moved from being the poster child of =
free-market globalisation to one of the great economic basket cases of =
modern history.

All this has been accompanied by a culture of corruption so shameless =
and spectacular that it makes Dublin look like Kabul. The former prime =
minister Charles Haughey stole =E2=82=AC250,000 from a fund set up to =
pay for a liver transplant for one of his closest friends. Last year, =
the chairman of Anglo Irish Bank resigned when it emerged that he had =
=E2=82=AC84m in loans from his own bank, a sum concealed by an annual =
(apparently legal) cooking of the books. As O'Toole points out, bribery, =
tax evasion and false evidence under oath have not simply gone =
unpunished; the very idea of penalising the culprits is viewed by the =
governing elite as unsporting or even unpatriotic.

This is partly because Ireland, having in O'Toole's words "imported" its =
modernity from elsewhere, is in some ways a country with a first-world =
economy and a third-world political system. Local, cronyist and =
clientelist politics still thrive. The state is widely seen as "a =
private network of mutual obligations" rather than an impersonal =
body....

Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/28/ireland-fintan-otoole-book-re=
view


The Brothers grim
Once, the Christian Brothers wielded extraordinary power =E2=80=93 not =
only over the lives of the hundreds, if not thousands, of children they =
abused, but over Ireland itself. Today there are only 250 people left in =
the Irish order, with an average age of 74 =E2=80=93 but its legacy =
still looms large
=20
Patrick Barkham

Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/28/christian-brothers-ireland-ch=
ild-abuse


The Collected Stories by William Trevor
Joseph O'Connor salutes the achievement of a master storyteller

Joseph O'onnor
The Guardian, Saturday 28 November 2009

This handsome, slip-cased, double-volume set of short stories contains =
more than 1,000 pages of William Trevor's prose, superseding his =
Collected Stories published in 1992. Admirers of his persuasive and =
scrupulously understated writing will have read many of these stories =
before, but the power of this unforgettably impressive gathering is in =
the breadth and consistency of his achievement...

...The prose is clear as water, but with so many eddying undercurrents =
of meaning that second and third readings yield startling new insights, =
and this is the greatest pleasure of this immensely enjoyable =
collection. What is extraordinary, looking back now at five decades of =
his work, is not just the restricted range of his linguistic palette =
=E2=80=93 there is scarcely a metaphor anywhere in the book =E2=80=93 =
but the truthfulness and scope he achieves with it.

The simplicity and authority of the writing is haunting and finally =
moving. Joyce is always present as an influence, not the linguistic =
pyrotechnician of Ulysses, but the modest and punctilious voice of =
Dubliners. (One story, "Two More Gallants", engages directly with =
Joyce's collection.)...


Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/28/collected-stories-william-tre=
vor-review

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Subject: Seminar, Lance Pettitt,
Irish Autobiography/Cinema History: Brian Desmond Hurst,
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Irish Autobiography/Cinema History: Brian Desmond Hurst


Irish Studies Seminar Series
School of English Studies, Senate House G.35 South Block
University of London

Friday 4th December 6-7pm

Autobiography, Cultural History, Film Analysis:
The Case of Brian Desmond Hurst

This paper examines how autobiography may be used as a resource through
which the work of cinema and cultural history might combine. It reflects on
two years of editorial research that have led to completing a critical
edition of Brian Desmond Hurst's memoir Travelling the Road: Memories of a
Life in Cinema. The paper analyses Dangerous Moonlight (Hurst 1941) and it
would be worth while viewing:

Speaker: Dr Lance Pettitt (Leeds Metropolitan University)


Irish Studies Seminar Series, School of English Studies, Senate House
University of London,
4th December 2009 G.35 South Block

Who Owns the Memory of Brian Desmond Hurst?

This paper examines how autobiography may be used as a resource through
which the work of cinema and cultural history might combine. It reflects on
two years of editorial research that have led to completing a critical
edition of Brian Desmond Hurst's memoir Travelling the Road: Memories of a
Life in Cinema.

The paper itself takes Dangerous Moonlight (1941) and chapter 7 of Hurst's
memoir to explain the conception and format for a scholarly edition of a
memoir, key points in the logistics/legal aspects and the theoretical
problems that emerged in editing. This takes us into the problematic nature
of Hurst's memoir artefact - looking specifically at its genesis/status and
its relationship to Robbins' hybrid memoir The Empress of Ireland (2004) in
which Hurst is the central figure. I expose Robbins' methods but refrain
from dismissing the book entirely. I also want to show the limitation of
some editorial methods, noting the persistently troublesome traces of Hurst
biography that are awkwardly lodged in British/Irish cinema history.

My paper draws on insights from Steedman and other theorists of life-writing
but puts these in dialogue with Richard Dyer's conception of authorship in
film as outlined in his essay 'Believing in Fairies'. The paper probes what
is at stake in trying to assess Hurst's reputation and the perils of
implicating myself through my own activities as an editor in this
enterprise. What's at stake for whom here? To wrap up the presentation - we
come back to Dangerous Moonlight to analyse a sequence from the end of the
film. Having acknowledged Mary Evans' idea of the impossibility of
a/biography and yet also argued for retaining the concept of film authorship
- I suggest that this combination coupled with editorial exegesis can
illuminate Hurst's film texts, extend our scope of interpretation. Not just
to re-evaluate the director's oeuvre now but the rethink our interpretation
of the possibilities that were available within the culture in which he
lived.

The seminar will be more engaging if you have read the material attached to
this abstract so that you know about Brian Desmond Hurst. It would also be
beneficial to have read Carol Steedman's essay 'History and Autobiography'
(1992) and Richard Dyer's 'Believing in Fairies' (2000 [1991]. As well as
referencing this written material, we'll be considering the significance of
two music tracks that feature in Hurst's Dangerous Moonlight (1941) and
analysing sequences from the film. Preview the first clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4cu1vtIVxo see the next in the seminar.

Lance Pettitt L.Pettitt[at]leedsmet.ac.uk

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I pasted into a new email Lance Pettitt's notes about his forthcoming
seminar on Brian Desmond Hurst - in London on December 4.

See earlier email.

I have been a peripheral advisor and cheerleader on this project of Lance's,
and there have certainly been interesting discussions about Brian Desmond
Hurst, and figures like him - and it has also been interesting to watch
Lance's sometimes fraught journey with this project.

By coincidence several of Hurst's movies have been on daytime television
during the past months - so that I have often been obliged to settle down on
the sofa in the afternoon, with a cup of tea, a biscuit and the remote
control. The better to advise Lance Pettitt, of course.

There is a list of Hurst's works on IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221423/

The most famous is most probably the Alastair Sim Scrooge/A Christmas Carol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_(1951_film)

Sim is a lovely actor. You might be able to catch this movie on daytime
television over the holiday season. Log it as RESEARCH.

P.O'S.


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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: 30 November 2009 13:59
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Seminar, Lance Pettitt, Irish Autobiography/Cinema History:
Brian Desmond Hurst, London December 4

Irish Autobiography/Cinema History: Brian Desmond Hurst


Irish Studies Seminar Series
School of English Studies, Senate House G.35 South Block
University of London

Friday 4th December 6-7pm

Autobiography, Cultural History, Film Analysis:
The Case of Brian Desmond Hurst

This paper examines how autobiography may be used as a resource through
which the work of cinema and cultural history might combine. It reflects on
two years of editorial research that have led to completing a critical
edition of Brian Desmond Hurst's memoir Travelling the Road: Memories of a
Life in Cinema. The paper analyses Dangerous Moonlight (Hurst 1941) and it
would be worth while viewing:

Speaker: Dr Lance Pettitt (Leeds Metropolitan University)

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Subject: Further on Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]

This is a delicate matter and I will try to move forward delicately.

I should explain that I am part of the generation of social workers that
discovered sexual abuse and sexual predators - or maybe, having
discovered them, decided that sexual abuse was a reason for intervention
into the life of a child. So, it has been strange for me, watching all this
play out in the Irish context, and so specifically within the context of
Irish cultures.

I have now been able to download the Report by Commission of Investigation
into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, without too much difficulty.

See web address in earlier message, below...

I see that it is now being referred to as The Murphy Report, and much
discussion puts it alongside The Ryan Report.

The publication of The Murphy Report has been noted throughout the world,
but seems to have quickly disappeared from headlines. We are now into the
stage of secondary comment, by interested parties - and the nature of the
comment seems to be decided by starting points. Thus, the rot set in with
Vatican II/Vatican II did not go far enough. I am not sure that there is
any point in the Irish Diaspora list repeating this kind of comment and
discussion - but if we must, we must... I can't say that I have seen any
comment that added much profundity - but perhaps I expect too much at this
early stage.

There are, of course, diaspora dimensions. These child protection scandals
are generally seen as issues within English-speaking Catholicism. We have
had earlier Ir-D list comment on the inappropriateness of turning this into
issues within Irish-influenced English-speaking Catholicism.

Nevertheless...

My own view is that a part of Irish Diaspora Studies is an understanding of
the ways in which Ireland and the Irish become visible in the world.
Because they shape, in turn, the dialogues and discourses that members of
the Irish Diaspora have to negotiate. One way forward is to understand the
research, its strengths and its limitations. Where there are knots of
research we need to know that research material. Obvious examples are
political violence, alcohol use, mental health issues.

It looks to me as if issues around child protection are going to become
another one of those knots. I have prepared a series of brief notes on my
understanding of the state of research. If I share this information with
the Irish Diaspora List perhaps it can be added to or discussed as need be.

P.O'S.



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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: 26 November 2009 23:04
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic
Archdiocese of Dublin

Note that the text of this Report is available - as pdf files - on the web
site of the Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Dublin, Republic
of Ireland. See below. When I checked the web site seemed to be not
working well - this may simply reflect the amount of interest.

P.O'S.

Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin

Report by Commission of Investigation into the handling by Church and State
authorities of allegations and suspicions of child abuse against clerics of
the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PB09000504

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Dear members,
An interesting article in today's Irish Times,
Grainne O'Keeffe-Vigneron


Numbers of Irish in UK set to rise with proposed census change

MARK HENNESSY London Editor

Tue, Dec 01, 2009

ALTERATIONS TO next year=E2=80=99s United Kingdom census rules could allow =
several million people of Irish decent to declare themselves as Irish =E2=
=80=93 even if they were not born in Ireland, or carry Irish passports.

The changes, which followed tough negotiations between the Federation of Ir=
ish Societies and others and the UK Office of National Statistics, could st=
rengthen the lobbying power of Irish community organisations. This could be=
particularly so in battles to win local authority funding for health and w=
elfare services.

In the 2001 census, 670,000 living in the UK declared themselves as Irish-b=
orn. But the numbers of second-generation, and subsequent generations who c=
onsider themselves Irish were not counted.

A question was asked that would have allowed many more to declare themselve=
s of Irish ethnicity. But this information was subsequently included in the=
=E2=80=9Cwhite British=E2=80=9D category, following Welsh objections when =
a similar option was not afforded them.

The government order for the census questions was put before a House of Com=
mons committee yesterday by minister for the third sector Angela Smith and =
it will go for final approval to a House of Lords committee tomorrow.

The Federation of Irish Societies intends to make Irish communities aware o=
f the fact that they can list themselves as of Irish ethnicity before the c=
ensus. The census will be held in March.

=E2=80=9CThis will make the world of difference,=E2=80=9D said Jennie McSha=
nnon, chief executive of the federation, =E2=80=9Cbecause spending on servi=
ces is decided locally by councils and this is the only source of data=E2=
=80=9D. Irish parents living in the UK are often confused about whether to =
list their children as Irish or not. =E2=80=9CSometimes they say, =E2=80=98=
my children were born here=E2=80=99. But ethnicity doesn=E2=80=99t change, =
nationality can,=E2=80=9D said Ms McShannon.

The questions to be put to UK residents will include one =E2=80=93 which fo=
llowed representations from the European Commission =E2=80=93 that will ask=
which passport they hold: UK, Irish or other.

People will be also asked to describe their =E2=80=9Cnational identity=E2=
=80=9D as English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, British, or other. On e=
thnicity, they will be able to list themselves as one of the categories men=
tioned, or as Irish, or gypsy/Irish Traveller.

=E2=80=9CThe versions we have now are as good as we are likely to get, and =
substantial improvements on what was originally proposed, although we have =
questioned the inclusion of =E2=80=98Northern Irish=E2=80=99 and the conjoi=
ning of =E2=80=98gypsy=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98Irish Traveller=E2=80=99, =E2=
=80=9D the federation said.

Welcoming the inclusion of Irish as a separate ethnicity, Martin Collins of=
the Agreed Ireland Forum said it was =E2=80=9Ca breath-taking achievement=
=E2=80=9D that reflected the success of the Federation and the Irish commun=
ity pulling together.

=E2=80=9CFor the first time the Irish will be counted whatever their religi=
on, whatever passport they hold and whatever their place of birth,=E2=80=9D=
Mr Collins told The Irish Times .

Former Labour MP Kevin McNamara recalled the 1980s controversy that surroun=
ded =E2=80=9Cethnic minority=E2=80=9D status when many people of Irish back=
ground =E2=80=9Cfeared the consequences of being identified as Irish=E2=80=
=9D.

Manchester-based Labour MP Jim Dobbin said the census question would be a g=
reat boost for Irish community organisations. =E2=80=9CBeing properly count=
ed in the census means that the needs of the most vulnerable members of our=
community can get addressed by the authorities, wherever they are.=E2=80=
=9D

The Office of National Statistics said it had faced =E2=80=9Csignificant de=
mand=E2=80=9D for a question about national identity during consultations i=
n 2005 and 2007 from local and regional authorities which base their activi=
ties on census information.

People of Irish ancestry, but of mixed ethnicity, will also have the opport=
unity to declare themselves as being of =E2=80=9Cmixed/multiple ethnic back=
ground=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 an issue on which the federation has also campaig=
ned since 2001.

=E2=80=9CIn the census campaign leading up to the taking of the census, age=
ncies and the organised Irish community really need to make it clear to as =
wide a public as possible that this opportunity exists,=E2=80=9D it noted.

=C2=A9 2009 The Irish Times

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From: Joan Allen
To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'"
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:11:54 +0000
Subject: RE: [IR-D] Further on Report by Commission of Investigation into
Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin

Dear Paddy
I wonder if there is any mileage in proposing a conference on 'Children of =
the Irish Diaspora'? This would be a vehicle for looking at children's whol=
e experience of migration/exile/memory and while it might address some of t=
he issues raised in your message there is much more to say and understand a=
bout this hidden aspect of Diaspora.

Best wishes
Joan

Dr Joan Allen
Head of History
Armstrong Building
University of Newcastle
NE1 7RU
Tel 0191 222 6701

Vice Chair, Society for the Study of Labour History/Editor, Labour History =
Review
=20

>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List=20
>[mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Patrick O'Sullivan
>Sent: 30 November 2009 22:58
>To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: [IR-D] Further on Report by Commission of=20
>Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
>
>From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]
>
>This is a delicate matter and I will try to move forward delicately.=20
>
>I should explain that I am part of the generation of social=20
>workers that discovered sexual abuse and sexual predators - or=20
>maybe, having discovered them, decided that sexual abuse was a=20
>reason for intervention into the life of a child. So, it has=20
>been strange for me, watching all this play out in the Irish=20
>context, and so specifically within the context of Irish cultures.
>
>I have now been able to download the Report by Commission of=20
>Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, without too=20
>much difficulty.
>
>See web address in earlier message...

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Subject: Book Launch, McGowan, Taking the boat: the Irish in Leeds,
1931-81 - Ballina, Friday December 4
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We now have a scholarly book about the Irish in Leeds.

McGowan, Brendan. Taking the boat: the Irish in Leeds, 1931-81. Killala,
Co. Mayo: Brendan McGowan, 2009.

I won't go into all the background details. But basically Brendan McGowan
took the view that if he did not publish the book himself we would never
have a book about the Irish in Leeds. And he is most probably right...

Now, Brendan has succeeded. A very solid and handsome book, based on his
workmanlike and solid MA thesis.

Some members of the Ir-D list will know that I wrote the Foreword for
Brendan's book - I circulated my text for comment. With the resulting
oddity that my Foreword has been cited before it was published.

Brendan McGowan is holding a Book Launch this coming Friday, Friday 4
December at 8pm in Ballina library, County Mayo.

All are welcome.

The Mayo-Leeds links are very strong. There will be a contingent there from
Leeds.

If any Ir-D member is within reasonable distance of Ballina do go to the
Library there on Friday, and make yourselves known.

We will be holding a book launch in Yorkshire some time in the New Year.

I will leave all my praise of Brendan McGowan's extraordinary doggedness
until then.

BUYING THE BOOK
The book has appeared on Amazon, but only I think because Amazon collects
assigned ISBN numbers. The last I heard Brendan McGowan was negotiating
with Amazon.

The book is selling at 15 pounds/euros paperback, 20 pounds/euros hardback.

The book can be bought through Ebay. Go to www.ebay.ie
and insert the book title.

Or Brendan Mcgowan can be contacted at this special email address,
takingtheboat[at]hotmail.com.

Once Brendan has got the Mayo launch out of the way he will be able to
concentrate more on distribution and media.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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