With Craigavon Council (soon to be no more), voting to raise the Union flag 365 days a year I sit, once more, upon the egg of an idea and wonder, will it ever hatch? Upon flags I’m once again focused. Upon a design that began back in 1998. I presented it to the Cultural Diversity […]
January, 2015
Why are these lying bastards lying to us? Again?
Are you mad as hell this morning? Just about fed up with the world of officialdom and its holier-than-thou pose? Well, get ready to get mad as hell again. Maybe madder. Because it seems the British army was lying to us during the Troubles. Can you imagine? The News Letter, of all organs, recently carried […]
‘Cuts and Catholic education’ by Patrice Hardy
The possible closure of St Mary’s University College has sparked debate surrounding Catholic Education. I have read that faith based schools cause ‘segregation’ and are the ‘root of division’ here in the North. Catholic schools are inclusive to all. They are open to pupils of all religions and of none. They promote mutual respect, […]
WATER’S SNOW JOKE by Harry McAvinchey
Well …you’d never know would you. There might be some kind of god out there after all….you know what I mean.Some long-haired beardy -weirdy hippy-type of weather god , sitting out there somewhere in space, on an asteroid, twiddling his thumbs and wondering what to do next to these wee humans .Imagine a bored […]
Saudi Arabia: all is forgiven
It was at a heavy price but it was a proud moment, wasn’t it, when all the leaders of the Western world and beyond gathered in Paris to parade in defence of free speech and civil rights. Even Enda Kenny was there, although not in the front row: he still managed to get his few […]
Sectarian head-counting: how pathetic. And how revealing.
Sectarian head-count : pathetic, eh? Imagine working out political percentages by counting the number of Catholics and Protestants in a given electoral region. So base. So…sectarian. Except that it’s as accurate a way as you’ll get of how people here vote. You may think it contemptible. On the other hand, you may accept that for all […]
1971 AGAIN by Harry McAvinchey
I thought i should say some little thing about the recent film “’71” which I watched recently. There has been some talk about it and generally it accrued some rave reviews from various film critics.You may have read about it or maybe even saw it yourself. It’s set in Belfast in 1971, when the […]
Leo, Michael D and Ruthie
Sometimes, when you keep a blogsite like this, it’s hard to think what to comment on. Today, it’s the old waiting-for-the-bus thing: two come along at once. The first is what’s stage right and centre on the Sindo website this morning. It’s Leo Varadkar, the Health Minister and a man with his eye on the […]
FANCY A BIT OF “AFTER BIRTH ABORTION”? by Kieran Maxwell
I know Jude has already blogged on the subject of abortion, but this is a piece I’ve been thinking of submitting for a while now and with David Ford’s proposal to change the law in the headlines and today (Saturday) being the last day of his consultation period I think this is as good a […]
BRIMSTONE AND BALONEY by Harry McAvinchey
Ha ! Censorship! The term was brought down to new depths or maybe raised to new heights… in the inquisition of Stephen Brimstone.You might or might not recall that he is involved in a scandal involving his party , the DUP here in Norneverland and is being questioned about some dodgy deals with a […]