You know those days. The ones where the flavour of life has been sucked away, when dark clouds loom, when you wonder what the point was in getting out of bed in the first place. I’m pleased to report that those are rare occurrences with me. But when they do happen, I like to read […]
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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie… and Gerry Adams
In 2010, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sued the News of the World. That now-defunct newspaper printed allegations that the pair were planning to split up and had visited divorce lawyers. Pitt and Jolie won the case and were awarded undisclosed damages. This may seem a little ironic, given that Brad and Angelina announced the other […]
High drama in high places
Sometimes – in fact almost always- disastrous political events make edge-of-seat TV viewing. I remember Watergate and the slow political death of Nixon. I was living in Canada at the time and night after night, the American network channels came on with yet another jaw-dropping development as the tide of deceit and brutality grew higher and […]
The Rumour Mill: could Simon Heffer be going to the Sindo?
I wonder if the Indo has thought of recruiting Simon Heffer. If they do, he’ll surely slip smoothly into place alongside its present coven of columnists. Here’s Simon in the Daily Telegraph yesterday: “One would have needed the proverbial heart of stone not to have laughedwhen Gerry Adams was denied entry to Barack Obama’s St Patrick’s […]
How to discredit someone who criticises (that’s you, Gerry Adams)
As the world and its big sister know by now, Gerry Adams was refused entry to the White House over St Patrick’s Day. He waited for over an hour to see if whatever impediment was blocking him could be removed, then left when it wasn’t. He later said he considered his being barred unacceptable and that […]
Did you hear what Gerry Adams said about Thomas Murphy?
For those simple-minded enough to believe that Sinn Féin gets the same amount of critical comment in the media as other political parties, a look at the editorial in yesterday’s Irish Examiner should disabuse them of the notion. The editorial is headed ‘Sinn Féin integrity brought into critical focus – Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy convicted’. The […]
P Rogue’s cunning plan
Picture by May Williams P Rogue: I have an idea. A Renegade: Oh good, P ! I love it when you have ideas. P Rogue: Remember that interview where you ticked off the interviewer and said you’d be staying at your post to avoid the possibility of a rogue Shinner or a renegade SDLPer damaging Northern Ireland? […]
A pair of slappers
I’ve come across two stories about guns over the past twenty-four hours. Of course in one sense the finger-pointing about the IRA and its existence/non-existence has at its heart the possibility that guns are out there and can be used to deadly effect. But these two stories are slightly different from that. Thanks to the […]
Simon Harris gets fired up about Gerry Adams
Do you know who Simon Harris is? I am ashamed to admit that I really wasn’t clear on who this important man is- somewhere in my head he was mixed up with Simon Coveney. But all is now clear. Simon Harris is a Minister of State for the Department of Finance – in other words, he’s […]
Leadership, referenda and when is it time to stop?
Picture by itla4u People – including Enda Kenny – were talking yesterday about how ‘Ireland’ (that’d be the twenty-six counties) has proved itself a bold, splendid, equal…I can’t remember the exact words but I got the general drift for sure…’Ireland’ had proved itself a wonderful ‘country’. Is he right? Maybe. If we judge by the numbers […]