April, 2023

      It’s becoming blatantly clear that NI Unionism as a section of society is no longer fit for purpose in a modern NEI.  It doesn’t fit in with the progressive, forward-looking place we are becoming.  Statements such as – “So Long (referring to Naomi Long) is in Dublin with her SF/IRA and SDLP […]

      Sir,   Noel Murtagh (April 15) would have Ireland join NATO and cites Finland as a good example.   In June 1942 when Hitler and his friends were well into their stride in murdering Jews, Russians and others, Finland was allied with the German Nazis.   On 4th June Hitler was in […]

OK, let’s get real – there’s only one topic this week and that’s President Joe Biden’s visit to Ireland. In the north, his visit was short – but was it cool? Did he even semi-snub Rishi Sunak? And how close should the south get to the US – is there a danger that Irish warmth […]

    Should we really teach our kids of what happened in this country during the period known by many as The Troubles? Absolutely we should.  It’s part of us, it’s Irish history and it’s one of rebellion, death, conflict, bloodshed, and tears and there is happiness and joy in there too, something many prefer […]

    Mick Clifford (Irish Examiner 8th April) presents a totally distorted view of the conflict in the north-east of our country and adopts the morally superior attitude of the anti-republican propagandist. This attitude was also adopted by successive Dublin government ministers and the Dublin based media. This attitude was also adopted by Seamus Mallon […]

              Northern Irish Unionism has a problem.  Everywhere it goes it makes enemies with rather powerful people, rather than friends and more and more people are starting to realise it.  It’s almost as if it intentionally makes enemies in a bid to make the point that NEI is British […]

As Joe Biden’s Air Force One plane makes its approach to Ireland’s west coast, you’re probably wondering “Why do unionist politicians hate President Biden so much?” Or you may even be scratching your head and wondering “Do unionist politicians really hate President Biden as much as some say?” Scratch and wonder no more. They do […]

                          Once again the young people of Derry are being used as pawns in a game of draconian politics by dissident Republicans who want nothing more than to bring us back to the dark days when the gun and bomb ruled the streets […]

    Stuck for something to read, I recently pulled Ian Fleming’s From Russia With Love down from my shelves. Although it had been on my shelves for a long time, it had remained unread, probably because I had seen the film too many times and reckoned I knew the plot too well. That was […]

     You have to hand it to the southern media – they never give up. You’d think that twenty-five years after the Good Friday Agreement their hostility towards anything like a border poll would have softened a bit. Not a chance. In today’s Irish Times  there is an article , the title of which […]