TUV conference – seeking to capitalise on growth in the polls with an instruction to members to “go back to your constituencies as evangelists for Ulster”
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Around 150 TUV members gathered in the Royal Hotel, Cookstown for their annual conference under a banner of “Bringing Strength to Unionism”. They’re easily the most vocal audience of the (many) local party gatherings I’ve attended in recent years. Every …
Storytime with Houdie – The work visit to the topless bar…
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You know you’ve gotta help me out, yeah Brandon Flowers from The Killers was with me as I drove home from the Odyssey Arena Belfast. This was a sample lyric of All These Things That I’ve Done a track from …
The Art of Sampling…
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Kevin Carlin is originally from Derry, lived in America for 30 years and moved back to Ireland in 2017 for the weather. Sampling in musical terms is the extraction of portions of sound from recorded media and their reuse as …
What would happen to Northern Irish Tayto if there was a United Ireland?
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Elle magazine UK would not be a likely place to stumble upon our geopolitical situation, but there we have it. Their April 2026 cover girl, Nicola Coughlan, was set a challenge of picking Tayto crisps from Walkers crisps in a …
Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics starts this week…
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The Imagine Festival starts this week, and you really should check out the massive selection of events they have this year. Sluggers is part of the festival, but I’m pleased to say our event is sold out! Fear not, there …
Gerry Adams Civil Case Collapses
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Slugger had decided not to cover the civil case against Gerry Adams until a verdict was reached, where a post would be written summarising the trial in its entirety as well as the verdict and inviting comment both on the …
Thoughts on the John Taylor interview…
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Originally from Belfast, A.J. McManus is currently a teacher in the United States. I have just read Alex Kane’s interview with John Taylor in The Irish News and the ensuing posts on Slugger by Arnold Carlton and Mick Fealty. The …
Stormont must not be let off the hook for abandoning Northern Ireland homes to oil markets as well as its failure to have a fit for purpose energy strategy…
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No dedicated heat pump grants. No smart meters. Excessive profits extracted by the owners our electricity network and sent south. While the rest of these islands modernise their energy systems, Northern Ireland’s devolved government has spent four years producing plans …
Problems in the Manosphere…
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Over the St Patrick’s weekend my grown-up kids talked me into watching Louis Theroux’s report on “Inside the Manosphere” – available on Netflix. It was unpleasant and uncomfortable viewing, not because of any failing on the part of Theroux, but …
Irish politicians breathe a sigh of relief after St Patrick’s Day in Washington…
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I can’t think of a more stressful situation for Taoiseach Micheál Martin than having to meet with Trump. It’s like juggling with live grenades. The sheer unpredictability of his mood, along with not knowing what questions will be lobbed at …