Mick Fealty

Profile: Full name: Area of interest: Politics, esp. Northern Ireland / Eire; New media Journals/Organisation: The Guardian | The Daily Telegraph Email: mick.fealty@telegraph.co.uk Personal website: http://www.sluggerotoole.com Website: Blog: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/mickfealty | http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/mick_fealty Representation: http://sluggerotoole.com/about/contact Networks: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mickfealty | http://twitter.com/#!/Mickfealty

Biography: About: Founding editor of the acclaimed Northern Ireland-based Slugger O'Toole blog. Education: Career: Current position/role: freelance writer on politics and new media also writes/written for: The Irish Times, The Financial Times, The Observer, Prospect Magazine, the Sunday Independent and Belfast Telegraph Other roles/Main role: Consultant on online engagement and works with a range of public, voluntary and private sector organisations, see http://www.sluggerconsults.com Other activities: Visiting research fellow at the Institute of Governance at Queen's University Belfast between December 2004 and August 2008 Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

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The Guardian: Column name: Remit/Info: Section: Role: Freelance Commentator/blogger Pen-name: Email: Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/mickfealty Commissioning editor: Day published: Regularity: infrequent Column format: Average length:

Articles: 2011 The Queen in Ireland: Our mutal catharsis - Elizabeth's visit to Dublin is not a joyful occasion but it is an authentically historic rapprochement - 18th May

Articles: 2010 Bloody Sunday inquiry: laying the ghosts to rest - It is crucial not only that the state uphold the highest levels of public trust, but that it is seen to uphold them - 16th June (Bloody Sunday: summary) How the three-horse race is playing outside England - The emergence of Clegg has upset the balance at Westminster, but what does it mean for Scotland and Northern Ireland? - 21st April Ian Paisley: a churchman above all - His firebrand politics mellowed at the end of a long career. But religion was always his prime motivation - 4th March Power-sharing deal is a relief to Northern Ireland - The longest set of talks in the peace process haven’t been easy, but at least it's taken place in the confines of Stormont Hill - 6th February Deadlock in Northern Ireland - Three years of inaction and pointless wrangling from Sinn Féin and the DUP have left Northern Ireland mired in uncertainty - 29th January Time for unionists to unite - With Peter Robinson's temporary abdication as first minister, Sinn Féin is turning up the heat on a weakened DUP - 14th January Who really wins and loses in Irisgate? - Peter Robinson’s clever footwork has stopped a catastrophe overwhelming his party – for now - 12th January (writing in The Times) The Robinsons are Northern Ireland's first home-grown political scandal - Lack of transparency and accountability, and the moral conduct of those given charge of the public interest, are at the heart of this ‘Robinson affair’ - 8th January

Articles: 2009 What Clinton didn't say at Stormont - Hillary Clinton carefully focused on hopes for Northern Ireland's future. Yet Sinn Féin and the DUP are deadlocked in the present - 13th October One-all in the Lisbon league - The Irish people overwhelmingly voted yes because this time they knew what they were voting for - 5th October Don't set up a successor, Durkan - The rise of an articulate, combative new SDLP boss in Northern Ireland requires an open field, which the old boss can't arrange - 23rd September Policing politics in Northern Ireland - As the parties scrap over responsibility for devolved justice, they've forgotten one thing: public confidence must be earned - 24th August It's time for Gerry Adams to go - Resigning as president of Sinn Féin is the best way for Gerry Adams to encourage the renewal the party so badly needs - 24th July Restricting press freedoms in Northern Ireland - Some Stormont executives appear to be resorting to the very measures once used against them during the Troubles - 20th June Dragged back to the Troubles - The killing of British soldiers at an army barracks in Northern Ireland shows how low the state's security measures have fallen - 9th March 2009 The folly of partial truth recovery - Despite the outrage over Eames Bradley's compensation for the Troubles' victims, that is not the most hurtful part of the report - 1st February 2009 The will to peace - If Northern Ireland has any lesson for Gaza, it is that finally both sides have to choose a political rather than a military solution - 5th January 2009

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