Sorry activity has been slightly non-existent here at EU today, I've been tied up between 2 assignments due in tomorrow for university and trying to wrangle with my fascist employers over what I can only describe as vandalism to my car perpetrated while… more »

Northern Ireland's health minister, Shaun Woodward, today announced a complete ban on smoking in public places in the province due to come into effect in April 2007. Arguments that it could endager jobs of bar staff have been largely countered by repo… more »

It seems everyday life in Northern Ireland is still being disrupted by gangs of thugs intent on wreaking havoc for the sake of something to do. This weekend saw Denis Bradley, Vice Chairman of the Policing Board, state he would not resign before April wh… more »

David Trimble looks set to become a life peer along with 3 DUP members set to become the party's first representatives in the House of Lords. The peerages are expected to go to Ian Paisley's wife Eileen, Belfast Lord Mayor Wallace Brown and party chairma… more »

A wall on the Shankill Road which used to display a large UDA slogan has been painted over with more colourful "graffiti art" entitled Hidden Treasures. The imagery celebrates "the best bits of past and present Belfast life." Shankill community worker Wi… more »

In an effort to enhance his credibility with the wider community in Northern Ireland, yer man who was the Catholic priest witness to IRA decommissioning (Father Alec Reid) has decided that Unionists are all Nazis. During a heated debate, he told an audie… more »

Smokefree NI ("a coalition of 41 statutory, private and voluntary organisations" according to the BBC) and the Monica McWilliams from the NI Human Rights Commission have declared that bar workers have a 'human right' not to be forced to suffer the ill ef… more »

I decided to pop along to the Empire's comedy night last night and, as I'd been told, it was really quite funny. There were 3 blokes on including the host-type bloke and all three were pretty much hilarious. Great stuff. That said, I need to vent. The… more »

On the same day as Asda opens its first Ulster store, the first member of the PSNI to switch forces to the Republic's police on a temporary placement have packed their bags and headed south. At the same time, a Garda is reciprocating by undertaking a pla… more »

More lowlives attacking the police in west Belfast on Friday night. These people truly are the dregs of society. It's become far too engrained in the culture of youths in some parts of this country that rioting is a great recreational activity and a g… more »