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A former republican prisoner has recalled how he and poet Seamus Heaney reconciled with a handshake and a hug - after he previously requested he should write more about those imprisoned during the Troubles. The reflection by Danny Morrison - previously the communications director for Sinn Fein - comes in response to Irish writer Susan McKay criticising his interpretation of Heaney's 1984 collection of poems entitled Station Island - a series of works exploring the poet's relationship with the Troubles. The debate is in the wake of the row over Seamus Heaney's image being included in the UK Go...

Seamus Heaney celebrated hope and not old divisions Choice of poet as face of centenary of North has proved controversial Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 01:24 Susan McKay Seamus Heaney: He hated what the division within the North did to people: “open minds, as open as a trap”. Photograph: Pat Langan   No good was ever going to come of this. One of Seamus Heaney’s most intense preoccupations as a poet and essayist was the anguishing complexity of identity in this divided island....

Greene County deputy hit by fleeing vehicle, authorities say Harrison Keegan, Springfield News-Leader Authorities say a Greene County Sheriff's Office deputy, who was standing on the side of the road waiting to throw out spike strips, was hit by a fleeing vehicle Friday morning just south of Bolivar. According to the sheriff's office, the deputy was taken to the hospital with "very serious" injuries. The fleeing suspect was arrested at the scene of the crash, and authorities say it appears he struck the deputy intentionally. A news release from the sheriff's office says the i...

A Greene County Sheriff’s Office deputy was seriously hurt when hit by a suspect vehicle during a pursuit through Greene and Polk counties Friday, Dec. 11. In a statement on social media Friday night, GCSO identified the injured deputy as Lt. Steven Westbrook, who has worked with the department for 24 years.  Westbrook, 55, remains in serious but stable condition, the statement said.  According to a news release from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, deputies had responded to a residence in the 1200 block of Rt. WW in Springfield for a domestic disturbance. As deputies remai...