North Belfast saw another exodus of loyalist paramilitaries to Scotland in what looks to have been a failed attempt by a former UDA leader in that area. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
Cash raised from speeding fines isn’t going back to the Police, apparently. This may interest some of our regular readers.. Before anyone else comments, I’d like to say two things.. 1 – Isn’t it funny how Northern Ireland often has the same news as the rest of the UK, but 10-15 years later. This is the kind of thing that had local politicians in GB worked up at the start of the 90s. 2 – Is it a good sign …
Interesting review of Kiberd and Longley’s collection of essays, Multi-culturalism: the View from the Two Irelands raises a number of questions about current (and changing) notions of Irishness North and South, though it’s Kiberd’s work that seems to have gripped the reviewer more than Longley’s. This on the McCarthy Keane standoff at last year’s World Cup preparations in Saipan: “What might have remained a ‘mere’ sports story became a raging cultural debate because Keane impugned Mick McCarthy�s Irishness! As it …
There will only be light blogging on Slugger today. I am locked into a research project on Irish attitudes towards the UK. However if you have any suggestions for source material, I’d be glad to have them. Just send them to my email address on the side. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, …
The main event today is the big meeting at Downing Street, with Blair and Ahern consulting with both the UUP and Sinn Fein delegations. BBC Radio 4 news was openly speculating this that current thinking within the two governments favours the elections now, negotiate later scenario. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the …
NI citizens will be able to use the web to report terrorist activities to the Independent Monitoring Commission, apparently. The info gathered will be fed into the six monthly assessments submitted to the British and Irish govts. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
There are some rather scurillous comments about the border areas in this report into how counterfeit goods are swamping the UK. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
Alex. Kane’s column this week focusses on the apparent re-unification of the Unionists, and whether this ‘farce’ will end in the party being destroyed by Alex. Kane It was hard not to feel sorry for Mr. Jones, whose tale of woe was recorded in the national press earlier this week. He had tried to dry his bed clothes with a hair-dryer, after stepping out of the shower and getting them wet. Instead, his mattress caught fire, and, having failed to …
Johnny Adair’s not happy about the book that brands him a bungling gunman.. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
In The Blanket, Eamonn McCann examines the assertion that “the IRA have a licence to murder their own people but nobody else” (as claimed by dissident Republican Brendan Shannon in a September interview), and decides that the belief that the IRA should “take the RIRA out” is fairly widespread. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events …
Speculation abounds over Peter Cory’s reports into state collusion. It seems there will be a number of public inquiries across the UK & Ireland, which, as Henry McDonald points out, will draw attention to allegations of collusion south of the border that haven’t had the publicity afforded to the Pat Finucane case. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest …
High praise in a southern broadsheet for the only Ulsterman on the pitch against Romania, David Humphreys! Whatever next.. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
After an extraordinary gap, President Bush has finally selected a new Ambassador to Dublin to replace the outgoing Richard Egan. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
ESPN Soccernet takes a look at our footballing history, in advance of NI’s final Euro 2004 qualifier. They don’t see many positives, and this won’t help. Update: 1,242 minutes of nothing. Oh well, at least we’re all suffering. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
NI will be the first part of the UK with 100% broadband availability, a minister declared on Tuesday. I’m sure that’ll be a relief to those not in Belfast, although those in Derry might not need government help. Incidentally, I think London may already have as close to 100% availability as you can get – nice headline though.. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider …
Someone has blown up a speed camera in north Belfast! I know they’re not popular, and people have attacked the cameras before, but this is quite remarkable. I guess it’s a local solution to a national problem.. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
Five years later, Trimble hasn’t changed a bit. So says Brian Feeney in his weekly Irish News column, attacking the UUP leader for “pretending to support the agreement” when, Feeney says, his actions undermine its operation. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
The huge cranes that dominate Belfast’s skyline are to stay, preserving the dry dock at Queen’s Island and scheduling the cranes under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects Order. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
The Royal National Institute for the Blind are today launching a project to help those suffering from hearing loss due to bomb explosions, shootings or punishment beatings. The project is being launched at Stormont and is funded by the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation (pdf) Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
An attack on Catholic schoolboys this morning outside their school on Crumlin Road is being treated as sectarian. The incident follows more disturbances last night as cars and houses were attacked in the same area. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
