An elderly couple, already dealing with Cancer, had their home attacked by republican thugs last night. Youths reported to have been wearing Celtic tops threw jars of paint through the living room window of a number of homes in Hesketh Road before jumpin… more »

The Irish FA has a small number of tickets for the Northern Ireland world cup qualifier against Azerbaijan available. These are all in the south stand and probably available due to the Azeri fans not taking up their full 1,400ish allocation (I suspect so… more »

I don't pretend to understand the mindset of republicans. Frankly the self-important arrogance inherent in the idea that adding Northern Ireland to the 26 county republic is worth blowing up 29 innocent men, women and children (including 2 unborn childr… more »

Given the number of stories I've posted in recent weeks about different folks being arrested and then released I'm not overly excited by this story. Nevertheless, not much has been happening today (it seems) so here goes: Detectives investigating the… more »

Christ those active folk in Ardoyne and their rivals in the Short Strand really are competitive guys. Not content with a weekend of rioting, they've been on the streets again tonight. About 50 youths in the Short Strand are said to be "involved in a stan… more »

The above headline caught my attention on one of the daily newspapers as I left Tesco this evening. I was immediately drawn to the paper only to read in the subheading that it was in fact reporting on the British army plan to send in 2,500 paras to targe… more »

It was good to see Rangers duff Celtic on Saturday. It wasn't as good as it was to see Hearts beat Aberdeen and extend their lead at the top of the Scottish League (frankly anyone who tops the league above the Old Firm I'll cheer on, but I have a particu… more »

The News of the World carried a story on its front page (of the Northern Ireland edition anyway) today that loyalists had threatened an attack on the Dail, the Republic's House of Commons. The Dail was said to be among targets that included Shannon Airpo… more »

For those of you who aren't aware (where have you been?) a fifteen year old boy named Thomas Devlin was callously stabbed in the back (5 times!) in north Belfast 10 days ago. He was a BRA pupil and played the horn in school. He and his friends were a… more »

This week saw a leading community worker, Baroness May Blood, said that it was up to 'ordinary Protestants' to stand up to the 'loyalist' paramilitaries and tell them that their actions do not have the support of the communities they've left living in fe… more »