Tag Archives: Joseph Curtin

When our leaders won’t lead, can Citizens’ Assembly step up?

Posted on October 16, 2017 by John Gibbons

Below, an article I ran in a well-known magazine earlier this month in the light of what we learned from the first weekend of the Citizens’ Assembly. I wasn’t able to attend the session in Malahide, but spent much of … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen: As MAD as it seems?

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Joseph Curtin

“We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked” – these were the words of Secretary of State Dean Rusk at the height of the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962. It may be abhorrent to some, … Continue reading →

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