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225.0. "London-Irish " by DUB01::OSULLIVAN_D (We're not stopping before Park Gate Street) Fri Jun 26 1987 13:08

    The following quote is taken from an article in the June 16th issue
    of the Irish Times.  It discusses the setting up of a group who
    hope to increase contacts between the inner cities of Dublin, Belfast
    and London.
    
    "
    The minds of the London-Irish are concentrated on their own
    experiences, indicating a new cultural self-expression.  Recent
    debates on historical revisionism in the Irish Post [Irish emmigrant
    newspaper published in Britain] has a vigour and verve long since
    lost in Ireland.  Attempts by Dublin historians to redirect debate
    along the approved new lines proved far less successful than they
    have done here [Ireland].  The London-Irish know from experience
    that the interests of the South Dublin bourgeoise are not the same
    as their own.
    
    Once again this year the MacSwiney lectures attracted overflow
    audiences; and the ensuing discussions were hard-hitting, wide-ranging,
    and free of sentimental shamrockery. "
    
    The people orgainising this are called the London Strategic Policy
    Unit, which were set up by good ol' Ken Livingstone's GLC.  They
    can be contacted at LSPU, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SWV 2SB.
    
    --Dermot