August, 2009

There’s a major spread in today’s ‘Sunday Tribune’ – and in quite a few other newspapers – recalling the death of Lord Mountbatten at the hands of the IRA on 27 August, 1979. Mountbatten was holidaying in Mullaghmore, Co Donegal, when the IRA blew up the boat containing him and a number of other people. […]

There’s a major spread in today’s ‘Sunday Tribune’ – and in quite a few other newspapers – recalling the death of Lord Mountbatten at the hands of the IRA on 27 August, 1979. Mountbatten was holidaying in Mullaghmore, Co Donegal, when the IRA blew up the boat containing him and a number of other people. […]

When I’m feeling in need of a laugh (and some people who’ve read my blog recently tell me I’m in serious need) I turn my thoughts to the response of some unionists when you murmur the word ‘Irish-America’. Whoooooo. They don’t like that compound word one lil bit. Or the reality behind it. The most […]

When I’m feeling in need of a laugh (and some people who’ve read my blog recently tell me I’m in serious need) I turn my thoughts to the response of some unionists when you murmur the word ‘Irish-America’. Whoooooo. They don’t like that compound word one lil bit. Or the reality behind it. The most […]

I’ve just read an article in the Guardian by Andy Beckett – ‘Has the Left Blown its Big Chance of Success (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/17/left-politics-capitalism-recession). He notes the fact that not just in Britain but in countries throughout Europe, with capitalism wobbling at or on its knees, the voters don’t appear to be listening to any alternative message […]

I’ve just read an article in the Guardian by Andy Beckett – ‘Has the Left Blown its Big Chance of Success (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/17/left-politics-capitalism-recession). He notes the fact that not just in Britain but in countries throughout Europe, with capitalism wobbling at or on its knees, the voters don’t appear to be listening to any alternative message […]

We visited the Flat Lake Festival in Co Monaghan on Saturday, and while the event has a lot of positives, there were two negatives that irritated. When we went to get our tickets, we asked for the five-euro reduction as advertised on the website for the festival. “Yes I know it says that on the […]

We visited the Flat Lake Festival in Co Monaghan on Saturday, and while the event has a lot of positives, there were two negatives that irritated. When we went to get our tickets, we asked for the five-euro reduction as advertised on the website for the festival. “Yes I know it says that on the […]

Language is the cement that holds our thoughts together, which is why I get twitchy when I hear it being misused, especially for political purposes. When Peter Robinson talks about ‘across the Province’ when he means ‘across Northern Ireland’ or when Sammy Wilson talks about the Mainland when he means the other island, it’s obvious […]

Language is the cement that holds our thoughts together, which is why I get twitchy when I hear it being misused, especially for political purposes. When Peter Robinson talks about ‘across the Province’ when he means ‘across Northern Ireland’ or when Sammy Wilson talks about the Mainland when he means the other island, it’s obvious […]