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The National Handlers (16 May 1985)

The National Handlers (16 May 1985)

Contents

A group of professional public relations and marketing people meet once a week to discuss public reaction to the Government's and the Taoiseach's actions. Olivia O'Leary analyses the people who pull Garret FitzGerald's strings - the National Handers.

A Very Special Court by Derek Dunne - When it was set up in 1974, the Special Criminal Court was said to be a temporary measure. Since then its existence has significantly changed our criminal law. The court now seems to be here to stay.

Waiting For Godot, by Mark Brennock - In 1969 the Labour Party began to talk about a National Development Corporation to co-ordinate and expand the activities of the public sector. After three coalition governments - and much public debate, claims and denials hthey are still talking about it.

Under Starters Orders - Paddy Agnew looks at the form book for the forthcoming Epsom Derby

Seeing Is Believing, by Fintan O'Toole - In the town of Asdee, Co Kerry, many local children have recently seen the statues in the local church move in different ways. Some say that it is a sign.

Kelly's Grand Tour - Patrick Roue looks at Sean Kelly's attempt to ride the tours of Italy, Spain and France this year - an attempt that sensible cycling enthuusiasts describe as madness.

Magill Diary, As Time Goes By Motoring, Business Forum, Dunphy's Diary, Wigmore ;A rt, Rock, Theatre, Cinema, Books, Television

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Diary 16 May 1985
Reform School Closes

THE DEPARTMENT OF Education seems determined to follow the Department of Justice in repeating the mistakes made in the treatment of young offenders in the sixties and seventies....

A very Special Criminal Court
Derek Dunne examines the performance of the Special Criminal Court

Thirteen years ago this month the then Fianna Fail government issued a proclamation that "the orrdinary courts were inadequate to secure the effective administration of justice and the preservation of the public peace and order."...

Seeing is Believing
Fintan O'Toole went to Asdee, Co Kerry where many local children have seen the statues moving in the local church....
Seeing is Believing
Fintan O'Toole went to Asdee, Co Kerry where many local children have seen the statues moving in the local church....
Waiting For Godot
In 1969 the Labour Party talked about a National Development Corporation to co-ordinate and expand the activities of the public sector. Three coalition governments have talked about it. They are still talking about it....
As Time Goes By - 16 May 1985
Often called "the most exclusive club of the Western establishment", the Bilderberg Group is a mixed collection of some of the world's most powerful financiers, industrialists, statesmen and intellectuals, who get together each year for a private conference on world affairs. The meetings provide an inforrmal, off-the-record opportunity for innternational leaders to mingle, and are notorious for the cloak of secrecy they are held under.
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Business Forum - 16 May 1985
ICL, Europe's leading computer supplier, has given a major boost to the European computer industry with the announcement recently of the Series 39 range of mainframe computers which have been developed in Manchester under the code names DM/1 and ESTRIEL.
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Reviews - 16 May 1985
A review of the fortnight in Art, Music, Television, Cinema, Books ...
Dunphy's Diary - Up Switzerland
What happened in the dressing room in those fateful minutes after Ireland had snatched a draw against Norway last month can at last be revealed. You will recall that manager Eoin Hand resigned before being talked out of it by his players - or so it was alleged in the popular press afterwards. I had expected a long wait before the truth was revealed (in Frank Stapleton's auto biography "Managers I have Saved"). ...
Under Starter's Orders
Paddy Agnew previews the Epsom Derby...
Sean Kelly's grand tour
Currently the World No.1 cyclist, Sean Kelly, is riding the three biggest races in the world. The Tours of Spain, Italy and France. No rider has attempted this for ten years. Eddy Merckx was the last. Sensible cycling enthusiasts describe the attempt as madness. Patrick Roue explores Kelly's mentality and motives....
Wigmore - 16 May 1985 - Bruce Springsteen, PJ Mara, Cathal O Fiach, Bruce Arnold
PLEASANT TO note that the recently-declared support of odd-soxed sex-symbol Henry Mountcharles for an O'Malley-led mould-breaking SDP-type party has not prevented the Lord of Slane making generous, ecumenical gestures to ra-ra members of CJH's inner circle.
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