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Somme: May Trench Raid – death of a great great uncle

Kilsally on May 7, 2016, 12:51 pm | Readers 590

Tonight is the one hundreth anniversary of the death of my great great uncle during a German bombardment of the trenches after a succesful trench raid by the Ulstermen – a talk was recently held in the Masonic Hall (the old Tamlaght / St Lukes Church of Ireland Church Hall), Coagh on Private Robert Sands and other men from Coagh who died in the Great War. In this centenary year of the Battle of the Somme the tragic and brutal slaughter of the Great …

Opinion: Time for UK wide Unionism

Kilsally on May 9, 2014, 9:36 am | Readers 126

Elections are coming and two recent polls have Sinn Fein inline to win 3 European seats in the Republic and 1 in Northern Ireland. I highly doubt the recent debacle & arrest of Gerry Adams over the abduction, torture and murder of Jean McConville will seriously affect Sinn Fein`s electoral prospects. Where then does this leave Unionists? We can count on Sinn Fein press releases talking about being the only party with MEP`s across the whole of Ireland, the only party advancing an …

TUV Conference preview – evolving yet bringing guns back into politics

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on November 12, 2010, 6:00 pm | Readers 36

The TUV went remarkably quiet after the May 2010 Westminster elections. However, this weekend, party members will be converging in the Royal Hotel in Cookstown for their party conference. Outside the party, it wasn’t terribly well advertised. While I received a belated invitation last week, I’m not free to attend. Not sure if anyone from Slugger will be along? Printing out their conference programme used up more red and blue ink that I’d bargained for. There’s still the old-fashioned use …