Sinn Féin’s “politics of concealment” means that what we know now is certainly not “the story…”
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In the weirdest consensus of post Belfast Agreement Northern Ireland Sinn Féin has agreed to a TUV proposal to cancel former Lord Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile. Just days ago he was using X to attack journalists for following the McMonagle …
Demanding Dominance: The Archetypes of Leadership in the USA
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For a long time I have tried to understand politics in terms of marketing, policy and administrative competence. It’s about selling ideas, developing coherent policies, appealing to different demographics, and showing an ability to master the complex dynamics of managing …
A brief history of political Loyalism…
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TE Lawrence is a Slugger regular from Belfast It was a post from Maise from this parish who declared that she remembered being at The Kings Hall for the GFA Referendum Vote Count which I responded to by saying I …
The destructive power of fame…
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I confess to not knowing many One Direction songs, but it is always sad to hear of someone dying an untimely death. From the Guardian: Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died aged 31 after …
Be Nice to People on Your Way Up. You’ll Meet Them On Your Way Down…
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The latest fall from grace of some of our local politicians is a case study of the old maxim: Be Nice to People on Your Way Up. You’ll Meet Them On Your Way Down. It turns out that if you …
Weight-loss drugs may help with opioid and alcohol abuse…
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Weight loss jabs are being touted as the modern-day panacea for all our ills. The latest claim is that they could help with drug and alcohol addiction. From the FT: Ozempic and similar products cut opioid and alcohol abuse by …
Controversial Army General, Sir Mike Jackson dies aged 80…
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From the BBC: The death of General Sir Mike Jackson will not be mourned by the families of those killed on Bloody Sunday, the chair of the Bloody Sunday Trust has said. Gen Jackson, who went on to become head …
Annus Horribilis for Hookers and the Ireland squad to take on New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji, and Australia takes shape.
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Hookers have become something of an endangered species in Ireland with all four of Leinster’s hookers, Dan Sheehan, Rónan Kelleher, John McKee, and Lee Barron currently injured and Ulster’s Rob Herring, Tom Stewart yet to male their debut this season. …
There’s no magic carpet out of Sinn Féin’s multiplying issues, other than to make some hard choices…
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So Sinn Féin’s troubles continue, this time they are merely deepening in the south. Over the weekend the party lost its second TD in a week to resignation. It wasn’t over the McMonagle case but the result of internal machinations. …
Northern Ireland’s Older Peoples Parliament took place in Stormont last Saturday….
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David Jamison is writing about those items that catch his attention now looking through an older person’s eyes. He lives in Belfast and since retiring recently he is trying to make sense of a fast-changing world and trying his best …