Have the Irish people a streak of snobbery? If we modelled ourselves on our imperial masters we should have: a quick look through David Cameron’s Cabinet (or that of Ed Milliband) would soon show you that the leaders of British society come from a wealthy elite who find it difficult to imagine, let alone experience […]
November, 2014
THE NON-TALKS CONTINUE by Harry McAvinchey
Speaking at a Co-Operation Ireland dinner in Belfast last night, the Secretary of State said the parties involved in” the Talks” were “engaging seriously and constructively in an effort to make genuine progress”. Go on then , read that again. Go on . That in a nutshell is politics in Norneverland.The emperor is again romping […]
Bert and Ernie revisited
I wasn’t going to blog on this topic as Harry McAvinchey has already done a fine article on the topic. But having watched the hoo-ha on BBC’s The View last night, I feel the need to try to get some clarity on it, for myself if no one else. On the face of it, Caitriona […]
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE, ANYWAY? by Harry McAvinchey
“…Meanwhile, back in early summer as the Tardis slips through a temporal wormhole and lands in Norneverland I’m out here in the garden raking hard at some broadleaf clover that is beginning to win its war of attrition with it co-joined neighbours, my grass. At around this time every year it’s the same old […]
Help – many of our schools stink!
The schools’ inspectorate are upset: it seems that secondary schools here are not cutting the mustard. Far from having a world-class education system ( a bone-brained boast based on ‘A’ Level results), secondary schools here are letting a lot of pupils down. According to the inspectorate, 21,000 children attend schools that need to be improved. […]
RE-FIGHTING OLD WARS FOREVER by Harry McAvinchey
Yes , it’s a curious one. Everyone “knows” that Gerry Adams was the leader of the IRA but nobody has seen his membership card.I dare say that “truth” holds sway right across the Nationalist and the Unionist communities in Norneverland. It’s like the Oscar Pistorious trial .Most people believe that the Bladerunner murdered his […]
A dialogue on the Cahill case
A: I’m finding this alleged rape of Mairia Cahill case more baffling by the day. B: Join the club. A: I’m told An Taoiseach is going to have a debate about the whole case “and wider issues” in the Dail next week. Why’s that? B: Because he feels moved by Mairia Cahill’s case. A: I […]
FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE IN NORNEVERLAND by Harry McAvinchey
Gregory Campbell , one of our local DUP ministers,put his foot in his mouth again. He stood up as a minister and insulted his partners in government by trying to clumsily poke fun at the Irish speakers in Northern Ireland.”Curry my yoghurt”.,he railed at the assembled company in the awful awkward Norneverland attempt at […]
Ireland of the welcomes. Just don’t expect justice.
If I were an immigrant gang-master I’d love the British justice system…No, that’s a bit general. If I were a Romanian gang master called Gheorge Ionas, I’d be singing the praises of the British justice system from the rooftops. Gheorge, you see, was fined £500 recently. That’s nothing to sing about? It is if you’ve […]
WASPS , BUTTERFLIES AND NOLAN, IN WINTER by Harry McAvinchey
There’s an oddness about it…. First off I saw a wasp landing on a leaf in the garden. That’s not so strange except that we are now a few days into November and the wasps are usually long -gone by the end of September . Nobody told the bees either because here they are pulling […]