This chapter revisits Logue's journey. Despite his prominence as a historical figure and the length of his career, the memory of Michael Logue has suffered to a surprising degree in the historiography of the period. When not ignored by historians, he has often been dismissed as a known quantity, a one-dimensional character lacking nuance and depth. On the issue of British royalty, Logue remained respectful of the monarchy but no more or less enamoured with it than other constitutional nationalists of the Home Rule period. Indeed, as a nationalist, the whole issue of English royalty and their relationship to Ireland remained difficult for Logue. Logue was consistent in his attitude towards the monarchy, even resisting pressure from the Holy See to attend Queen Victoria's jubilee celebrations in 1897. Logue's style of ecclesiastical management has also proved problematic for historians; Logue did not assume the primacy with a clearly defined political vision for the hierarchy that he could precede to foist upon his colleagues.

This chapter explores narrative as a formation emerging out of the contemporary interchange between information technology, culture, and society. If narrative is socially symbolic then the materials of which it is made, the conditions within which it is read, as well as the forms in which it is written or practised, and the tales that it gathers up within itself, matter. They are a part of what gets symbolized, and how. To explore changing narrative formations developing in relation to new media might thus offer insights into the cultural significance of contemporary processes of automation transforming the temporal and spatial dimensions of everyday life.

The establishment of an independent Irish state was severely complicated by the fact that there was not an Irish nationalism seeking an Irish nation-state as such but rather a range of nationalisms competing for political space and influence in Ireland. The three core versions of nationalism — unionist nationalism, constitutional nationalism, and republican nationalism — fostered different conceptions of the meaning and implications of Ireland's identity, borders, and governance and consequently occupied conflicting positions regarding the ideal notion of Irish nation-statehood. In relation to their opposing views on Britain's role in Ireland, these competing nationalisms also fostered different opinions regarding the relevance of developments in the international context for Ireland. Developments in international affairs, particularly in Europe, had the effect of altering the focus and appeal of each of these versions of nationalism in Ireland. As a result, the need to find a middle ground between constitutional and republican nationalisms shaped the development of official nationalism in the independent Irish Free State after 1922.

This chapter takes a look at Basque participation in EU decision bodies, including the European Commission advisory committees and the Committee of the Regions (CoR). It studies the responses of the EU and the state to the demands in EU decisionmaking and analyses the domestic debates and arrangements that allow Basque and other autonomous communities' involvement in EU bodies.