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Poppy OK, Easter Lily non-OK?

I’m fresh ( OK, I’m never too fresh in the morning but comparatively fresh) off the air from this morning’s Nolan Show. The subject of discussion was Jim McVeigh’s suggestion that the Easter Lily be made available for sale at reception in Belfast City Hall and that City Hall staff be permitted to wear it. Since […]

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You can’t eat a flag but boy, can you get outraged about one!

Boris Becker once said, after a closely-fought and long-drawn-out game which had people arguing and applauding/condemning: “Nobody died out there”. I thought the same as I took part in the Nolan show on BBC Raidio Uladh/Radio Ulster this morning. Who would have thought that one little ten-minute period of Irish tricolour display could cause such […]

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