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West Tyrone may keep its’ independents #ae11
West Tyrone’s independent MLA Dr Kieran Deeny may have decided to step down from the Assembly, but I can reveal that there will be at least one independent candidate standing in the constituency. Speaking to Omagh District Councillor McGowan on Wednesday afternoon for a story that ran in today’s Ulster Herald, he confirmed that he [...] more »
Churnalism revisited
I believe I’ll live to regret this, but to return to a topic touched on at the last picamp in Belfast. The Guardian reports on the new venture by the Media Standards Trust. Churnalism.com bills itself as a press release detector, allowing the user to paste an online sourced news story into a text box for cross [...] more »
RTE cuts live coverage of bailout
Last night, during one of the most significant press conferences in the history of the Irish State, while Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan officially announced the detail of the bailout, predictably enough the Irish twitter stream erupted like nothing I’ve seen before. The near homogeneous fury was of course channelled in the direction of Brian Cowen et [...] more »
Parsley quits… again.
North Down Conservative Ian Parsley has announced his second resignation from a political party inside 14 months. Using his blog this evening to deliver this lengthy resignation letter, Parsley states: I notified the North Down Conservative Association of my intention to resign as a member Saturday week ago, effective from midnight the following Thursday. I have [...] more »
Declaration of independents?
In a conversation with independent West Tyrone MLA Kieran Deeny this week, he revealed that he has been approached by a number of people from various constituencies considering running for next year’s Assembly elections under the independent banner. First approached six months ago, he confirmed that he has already held talks with a number of [...] more »
Guido casts a cold eye on Anglo
Political blogger extraordinaire, Guido Fawkes has set the cat among the Dáil pigeons this evening with fascinating results. Guido has obtained and published a list of foreign Anglo-Irish bondholders as of the close of business tonight. The blogger states: Every child in Ireland is being bequeathed a huge debt at birth to protect the interests of [...] more »
Date and venue set for round 2
Greater Ardoyne Resident’s Collective (GARC) spokesman Mairtin Og Meehan has confirmed the group’s intention to stage a protest at the Apprentice Boy’s parade past Ardoyne on August 14, reports the newsletter. ABOD Ligoniel Walker Club have sought permission for a parade with one band and up to 90 participants, with August 4 the date set [...] more »
Turkey set to escalate Gaza fallout
A number of news websites have picked up on Lebanese newspaper al-Mustaqbal’s claim that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to travel to Gaza himself to break Israel’s blockade the Palestinian territory. Ynet news translates the story which states; “As part of the open conflict between Turkey and Israel following the massacre against the [...] more »
Irish inquiry calls for expulsion of Israeli officer
The Irish Times reports that Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, Dr Zion Evrony postponed a planned appearance at an Oireachtas committee today to answer questions about the aid flotilla controversy, citing “unforeseen circumstances”. However it also reports today that a leaked report from an inter-agency group including the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Justice, [...] more »
Sale of First Trust “underlines permanence of the border”
Unionist peer, Baron Laird of Artigarvan used the House of Lord’s debate of the Queen’s speech to address AIB’s sale of First Trust bank, its northern subsidiary last Thursday. The life peer told the House of Lords that the sale was a lesson to unionists that not only underlined the permanence of the border, but [...] more »
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Hearing the Other Voice from the Grave: Why Should we Listen to David Ervine’s Stories?
Ed Moloney’s Voices from the Grave: Two Men’s War in Ireland has received considerable attention in the press and in the public realm since its publication earlier this year. Although the book relates the experiences of the Provisional IRA’s Brendan Hughes and the PUP/UVF’s David Ervine, much of the discussion has focused on Hughes’ stories [...] read our review » -
Help me with the West Wing: Essential viewing or Party Political Broadcast?
Having somehow managed to avoid watching a single episode of the widely praised West Wing TV series I was delighted to discover the entire Box set in my Christmas stocking – and with enough spare time over the holidays to give it a good lash. But with 10 episodes of the first series under my [...] read our review »
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review »
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Comment on Parsley quits… again.
on 20 November 2010 at 9:56 pm
You find it it cynical to speculate that in the search for what he calls “effective mainstream, non-sectarian and responsible politics”, Parsley may re-consider re-joining the cross-community party of which his spouse is a member?
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Comment on Parsley quits… again.
on 20 November 2010 at 9:22 pm
And to announce your resignation during X-factor…
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Comment on Who’s coming to Slugger’s big day tomorrow?
on 19 November 2010 at 2:01 pm
It’s a bit of a stretch, but no heated seats Oracle.
http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads/a4dualling.html
Drumlins, drop me a line on rma2784@gmail.com. By Christ if I pull this off right, I could be taxied up and down.
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Comment on Who’s coming to Slugger’s big day tomorrow?
on 19 November 2010 at 10:12 am
What time are you heading up for Drumlins? What direction are you coming from?
Was intending to drive up myself, looking forward to trying out the new A4.
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Comment on Declaration of independents?
on 18 November 2010 at 6:24 pm
Kieran would make no beans about the fact that he’s a ‘part-time’ MLA. That certainly opens him up to attack and scrutiny, but I’m still pretty sure he’s attending the health committee at least.
But then absenteeism has never put off the majority of voters in the west before.
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Comment on PSNI’s media message/massage/pummelling
on 26 August 2010 at 8:04 pm
At least the Irish News made some effort to actually interview someone from OnH, unlike some of the Sunday rag ‘journalists’ who simply trawl republican forums and then quote “well-placed republican sources”.
From talking to some of journalists I know who’ve had face to face contact with dissidents, the interactions have been pythonesque to say the least. The well isn’t exactly deep.
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Comment on “The issue of Carson is academic…”
on 24 July 2010 at 2:28 pm
“Carson having a GAA Trophy called after him…..”
Once again, this trophy has nothing to do with the GAA.
The same way a penalty competition organised in the Stormont green by an MLA would have nothing to do with the IFA.
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Comment on Date and venue set for round 2
on 24 July 2010 at 10:24 am
Mairtin, surely if GARC are dedicated to peaceful protest as you say, they might want to rethink a poster that asserts: “No parade, no violence”
If you are intent on another protest and are intent that it remain peaceful, surely you will take responsibility for stewarding the crowds of children who congregate afterwards to riot and steal/burn out resident’s cars.
If GARC are representative of Ardoyne’s residents, this shouldn’t be a problem.
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Comment on Photograph of the Day – Jeff Lindsay
on 23 July 2010 at 2:57 pm
The so called ‘True IRA’, as it’s known in the show have been apparently supplying most of California with Russian AK47s for years…
Indulge in SOA now and again, but some of THE worst Oirish accents ever to grace the screen.
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Comment on “The issue of Carson is academic…”
on 23 July 2010 at 2:26 pm
I thought Stormont was the seat of power for Northern Ireland, not just East Belfast. I also thought the days of “Protestant Parliament for a protestant people” were gone?
Sure haven’t they had everything from cricket to the Eagles in the grounds?
The Sinn Fein PR machine is on the hill most days of the week, don’t see the difference in it moving outside and holding a hurl.
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