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‘A little tricky’ Mr Girdham said the question on Boland was “a little tricky” but that the expected appearance of Heaney would have “sent the country home happy” and the Durcan question was “a doddle [with students asked about] tone and mood expressing emotions”. Candidates who answered poetry also had to take on the unseen poem. “Louise Greig’s How to Construct an Albatross had an arresting title and was an interesting one,” said Mr Girdham. “I think that this may have disconcerted quite a few candidates; it’s certainly testin...

» Ciarán Quinn "For the NIO to try and co-opt Heaney is a disservice. I see also some unionist commentators have taken exception to the criticism of the NIO approach, bizarrely claiming that it is akin to saying that Heaney only belongs to nationalists. A ludicrous accusation and position." - Ciarán Quinn This week's controversy over the use of an image of Seamus Heaney to celebrate partition has been another example of NIO arrogance.   First a confession. For years I didn’t get Seamus Heaney’s poetry or politics.  My first introduction to his poetry was in secondary school when w...