Tony Blair and Peter Hain wants them back; Sinn Fein desperately want it back. The SDLP see it as a priority and even the Ulster Unionists are quite keen. The DUP want it back, although on their own terms. Yes I'm talking about the Assembly. Yet it em… more »

This young man had forgotten to hide his face during the 'counter-protest'. Luckily, a local Footlocker had been looted and there were no shortage of Celtic tops. It's taken a day or two for things to sink in and, unsurprisingly, Republican internet w… more »

Finding a good journalist in Northern Ireland seems to be incredibly difficult, as illustrated by Jim Gracey's article in today's Sunday Life. It's been obvious for some time now that Gracey is pushing the Maze agenda, but today he gave a free platform t… more »

On the same day I noted a sickening and grotesque incident involving an attack on a female prison warder, Slugger points to a report on the riots in Portadown last night which followed the day of rioting in Dublin. As if hearing of a female warder hav… more »

A bin containing human urine and excrement was thrown over a female warder as she was walking with a colleague at Maghaberry Prison's Bush House, which houses loyalist paramilitary prisoners. Both warders have since received medical attention and the… more »

Apparently the major issues affecting students are a 90 year old mini-uprising with boys playing army (while the real men had gone off to fight a war) and the IMC report on the IRA, which A. was no surprise and B. everyone else seems to be ignoring anywa… more »

A march being held in Dublin today, calling for the Dublin government to hold an enquiry into state involvement in arming the IRA resulted in a clash between republican counter-demonstraters and Gardai. Bricks and other missiles thrown at Gardai in the c… more »

This debate has probably been done almost as much as any other (except possibly "but they started it") and indeed may still be flowing at Slugger, but I feel like giving it another airing in the wake of Sinn Fein's call for "neutrality or equality" on th… more »

They can't be serious can they? The Communication Workers' Union representing the Royal Mail staff is to hold a ballot to see if its members want to strike again - because Royal Mail is "victimising" those who took part in the last strike and "treating t… more »

Every time we visit Canada to visit my mum's relatives we have to bring over as many packets of Tayto Cheese and Onion as we can fit in our suitcases. Why? Because over there a pack of Tayto Cheese and Onion (often from a multipack) goes for anything fro… more »