The Irish Times this morning has an article about Stephen Nolan, and the extent to which his shows feature Jim Allister and Jamie Bryson. Nolan has ‘hit back’ and says critics are trying to censor “certain voices’ – to wit, JA and JB. An online petition, according to the article, has been signed by 13,000 […]
April, 2022
PAT +JUDE TALK ABOUT PRES. ZELENSKY’S ADDRESS TO THE OIREACHTAS, DUBLIN & THE NORTH, AND DERRY GIRLS
President Zelensky of the Ukraine addressed the Greek parliament as well as the Dail and Seanad in Dublin. The overwhelming response was positive. Some people, however, had reservations. Were they wrong to have them? Brian Feeney has accused the attitude of political parties in the south to northern nationalism as misguided and in need […]
Can Loyalism change its cultural spots? – by Michael Lagan
Driving through Greenisland the other day I came across the beginnings of what is clearly the 11th Night bonfire. A small smattering of wooden pallets strewn around with metal fencing protecting that which is most precious to some it seems. The area covered, at least for now, was no more than around five metres squared […]
Stephen Nolan has been having a tough time recently. Both the DUP and Sinn Féin, for their own reasons, are not participating in his various programmes as they once did, which seriously weakens him. Long-term, you simply can’t go on commenting on political matters in our little stateen and not have access to the two […]
HAS POPE FRANCIS LOST HIS MARBLES? – by Donal Kennedy
I may be wrong but I have never seen a picture of a Pope kissing the flag of a country suffering genocidal attack by Western powers, nor heard of one criticising the actions of any of those powers by name – not the Dutch in Indonesia nor the French in Indo-China nor North Africa, the […]
Unionist Censorship….Really? – by Michael Lagan
Jamie Bryson has been inflicting upon us in the past couple of weeks, his views on perceived Loyalist censorship within the media and indeed press. Mr. Bryson proclaimed a campaign had been launched by Unionist Voice Policy Studies, run by, not surprisingly, Jamie Bryson himself, and is headed by Andrew McCormick of Let’s Talk […]
Ye Olde UVF Ceasefire That Never Was – by Michael Lagan 
.So the UVF have ‘ditched their ceasefire’. What ceasefire would that be? A ceasefire generally alludes to the cessation of all violence and activities, especially in a civil war setting such as the North. However, while many took the UVF at its word in 2007 that it was going to “leave the stage” and […]
THE IRISH TIMES: AN ATROCITY OR A JOKE – by Donal Kennedy
I’m an admirer of many things English, including my spouse and most of her compatriots. Trial by jury, where the accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty, is a debt we all owe England We also owe THE IRISH TIMES TRUST to England. The paper is no admirer of trial by jury. It prefers […]
DO THEY TAKE US FOR FOOLS? AND MIGHT THEY BE RIGHT?
Do they take us for fools? It appears so. Are we fools? Mmm – maybe. If you weren’t aware of the horror happening in the Ukraine before this week, you almost certainly are now. Tales of bodies found, hands and feet bound, shot dead. Tales of rape, pillage, slaughter of civilian families. Civilians fleeing in […]
TV REVIEW: NEWSNIGHT
This review first appeared in the Andersonstown News NEWSNIGHT (BBC TWO) is a civilized, end-of-day half-hour . Its presenters over the years have almost always been intelligent and incisive, without going in for bruising clashes with their guests. They select a topic or sometimes two from the day’s news and look over them in detail. […]