The last I’ll mention Denis Faul is a quick blog round up. Beano has some interesting comments from a Unionist perspective on Denis Faul. Also Magic Stats. Saoirse32has the Bel Tel obit from David McKittrick. Other blog pieces from James O’Fee, El Blogador, Free Stater, short pieces from David Vance, Jim Tucker, Donal Kennedy, Martin Kelly, Marcella.
Ireland is in the middle of a boom – a running boom. Chances are, even if you have never run a step yourself (apart from some painful P.E. classes many moons ago), someone you know has taken up running over the last little while. Road races in Northern Ireland and in the Republic have seen [...] read our review »
A silly media row about racism just had to figure in the riots’ post mortem. Was the Tudor history expert David Starkey racist on Newsnight when he said: The whites have become black. A particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic, gangster culture has become the fashion. And black and white, boy and girl, operate in [...] read our review »
The death of human rights activist Fr Dennis Faul didn’t feature on the BALROG blog.
Still, he remains very popular now that he is dead. Should have taken better care of himself, like the Good Book says.
As I mentioned in my own post, I hadn’t really heard of the guy before, but it’s hard to argue with the general consensus that his kind are in all too short supply here. I can’t say much more beyond that I think I would have liked to meet him.