Mention of the Rising makes unionists stick their fingers in their ears and shout, `La, la, la, la'

YOU have to give BBC NI credit for covering the centenary celebrations of the Easter Rising. They put on a special programme, and broadcast the national anthem and the tricolour and the speeches, all unthinkable 20 years ago. Then there would have been a 'package' carefully cut so as not to offend unionists. Even that was progress from the time when BBC NI miraculously began its broadcast of rugby matches just as Amhrán na bhFiann ended so neither unionist eyes nor ears could be defiled by the sound of the anthem or sight of the flag. Progress it may be but the BBC is stil[...]