Open sunday – politics free zone…
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In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday.
On one of the last days of summer, swallows coast the currents. Where a kite might fly…
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Swallows skim the path, gone in a flash. Soon they’ll leave – towing the dreams of summer south, far from St Saviour’s Parish Church, set here above Greyabbey’s Gothic cloisters of ruined stone. Rooks caw-call the hours to roost. Light …
Storytime with Houdi – Herr Flick…
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Yes Houdi. Cuppa! Cuppa! Wanna cuppa? Gearóid always spoke in whispers and started his conversations with yes and finished with honestly or I swear on the bible. Every conversation. Yes, George Best is dead. Yes, your stock result is bad, …
Donald Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed ‘Lake America’…
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The great orange one is at it again. Donald Trump stepped up his war of words with Ottawa on Thursday, ordering his government to change the name of Lake Ontario, which sits between Canada and the US, to “Lake America”. …
Gas prices to rise nearly 20% from October…
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Gas prices for around 200,000 domestic and small business SSE Airtricity customers in Belfast and the west of Northern Ireland will increase by an average of £174 per year starting October 1. The 19.2% rise is largely driven by a …
UVF Transition Stalls Over Post-Ceasefire Immunity Request
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Richard Sullivan has written a piece in the Belfast Telegraph explaining that the UVF’s negotiation with Independent Expert Fleur Ravensbergen has stalled as the group seeks an amnesty for members who committed crimes, including murder, after the Loyalist ceasefire. As per …
Your invitation to the launch of my new book The Birthday Boys…
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Why write? For a privileged few, journalists, columnists and the like, the answer is to pay the bills. For an even more fortunate élite of best-selling authors, writing can provide a very pleasant lifestyle. It is a dream of many …
Summer’s over. Now It’s Time to Make Homelessness Prevention a Government Priority
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Kate McCauley is the Chief Executive, Housing Rights As the Northern Ireland Assembly returns from summer recess, Ministers and MLAs have an opportunity to make a fundamental shift in how we respond to homelessness. The change is simple in principle …
‘It’s all here to be told’: Ulster’s role in the American declaration of independence
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The Linen Hall library in Belfast hosted a panel discussion as part of its USA-NI 250 exhibition programme, marking the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. The event, “The American Declaration of Independence: American and Ulster Contexts, Links and Legacies,” was …
Drumcree? Again?
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When the Drumcree dispute erupted over parades down the Garvaghy Road, most observers already believed that N. Ireland was on the road towards peace. John Hume and Gerry Adams had been involved in the Hume-Adams talks, which had been …