August, 2015

  I bumped into an old school classmate from a time stretching back to before  the last Ice-Age….such were the changes we had been through since those far away times. We were standing , chatting in the doorway of a bank that had once been  a great hotel and a fondly -remembered pub in our […]

  Picture by Robert Brauer Below is the text of Sinn Féin’s Declan Kearney, when he met with Chief Constable George Hamilton at Derry’s Gasyard Féile. It’s part of the ‘Uncomfortable Conversations’ series.  I’ve read through it and find it hard to disagree with any of it. I’d be interested in your views on it… […]

Picture by Richard Brauer   Below is the text of Declan Kearney’s talk at the Gasyard Féile in Derry recently, where he appeared with Chief Constable George Hamilton. I’ve read it and I find it hard to disagree with any of the points made. I’d be interested in your thinking on it…   ALL WARS […]

Below is the text of Sinn Féin’s Declan Kearney at the Gasyard Féile in Derry, where he recently appeared with Chief Constable George Hamilton as part of the ‘Uncomfortable Conversations’ series. I find it very hard to disagree with any of it. I’d be interested in your views… ALL WARS cause devastating loss and suffering. […]

There are people who believe that money has a poisonous impact on human affairs. I don’t. I think that money is what makes the mare go and that you ignore it or downplay it at your peril. Take Scotland. This morning, the news tells me George Osborne has announced over £500 million in contracts for […]

Well, let nobody say that the Irish media don’t put on their kicking boots when they think they see republicans on the ground. I’ve just checked that valuable site www.nuzhound.com, and to run your eye down it is to educate yourself in an array of  well-polished boots: ‘Give Me a Crash Course In…the 2015 Irish Republican […]

I M Weary:  Are you as fed up as I am with this whole does-the-IRA exist thing? D Dóite:  No. I M Weary : You’re not tempted to climb the walls and slide down them using your fingernails? D Dóite: Oh, certainly I am. The reason I said ‘No’ in response to your question is […]

There is a lot of talk about “Trust” at the moment. Unionist politicians have this particular bit between their teeth. They  profess the need to “trust” Nationalist politicians  such as those in Sinn Fein before they will sit in government with them again. You might ask when did they ever “trust” Sinn Fein politicians or […]

On the Brink. By Randall Stephen Hall©   Like alcoholics and drug addicts They’ve fallen off the wagon once more. It’s an easy place to be. Where you know the score. Back to their default setting. They are on the brink again you see.   Two men are dead, shot by other men. Who sent […]

Picture by belfastgonzo OK, I’ve had it. I rarely do two blogs on one day but I’ll make an exception here. Read what follows and answer me this: (i) Is Mike Nesbitt incapable of reading? (ii) Does he believe the IMC is lying? (iii) Is he not embarrassed to be talking about not trusting when […]