Sinn Fein today continued their "Outside the tent pissing in" policy to policing as spokesman Gerry Kelly used the launch of a new, supposedly safer, plastic bullet as an opportunity to have a dig at the SDLP under the headline "SDLP policing failures ex… more »

The BBC reports that the number of troops in Northern Ireland is to fall further next August. John Reid today confirmed that the King's Own Scottish Borderers, currently based at Lisanelly Barracks in Omagh, due to end their tour in August 2006, will not… more »

Again, courtesy of my Value Cabs calendar on my desk. "There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site." Perhaps this suggestion should be made to those responsible for the proposed Hunger Strikers' Memorial at… more »

This is how the Daily Ireland, that bastion of impartial reporting, chose to describe a group of people who attacked marchers with missiles at the Ardoyne shops on Friday night. The followers of the march who were attacked included women and children.… more »

Yes, that's one expensive wombat... OK it's not a real Wombat. Invest Northern Ireland have awarded Wombat, a high-tech company operating in the Financial Software market, $700k (US) to help them expand their Belfast workforce to 45 over the next coup… more »

According to Sinn Fein Presidenté Gerry Adams, the return to jail of a multiple murderer spotted amidst a crowd of rioters "unjust" and "reprehensible". Sean Kelly was arrested after he was photographed taking part in riots in the Ardoyne area… more »