Dr Joseph Bradley

AS DERRYMAN Mickey Mullen reminded readers of The Irish Voice in these pages recently, and as Paul Brady’s song recalls, it can frequently be ‘nothing but the same old story’ when the Irish diaspora shows its face in Britain.

ELITE sport—especially on display at large-scale televised events—can provide a site for social, political and ideological messaging, including in the form of promotion, support, dissent or opposition.