Archives for: May 2006
Boy. 15. Murdered.
What more needs to be said? Michael McIlveen, a 15 year old boy from Ballymena was brutally attacked at the weekend and last night died from his injuries after spending days fighting for his life in hospital. The family are understandably distraught. Mic… more »
Real IRA Smugglers Arrested in Spain
Two men believed to be connected to the Real IRA, the group behind the Omagh Bomb (in which 2 of the 29 victims were Spanish), have been arrested in Spain.
The men are being held in Madrid on suspicion of attempting to smuggle £683,000 worth of… more »
Mournes UK's Top Tourist Target
Mourne Mountains - top UK holiday destination
They've provided a challenge for climbers and Duke of Edinburgh Award candidates alike and even inspired a song. Today the Mourne Mountains can add top British travel destination to that list (hat-tip Slugge… more »
Hunger Striker Profile 1: Bobby Sands
Bobby Sands
Went Hungry 1st March
Suicided 5th May
The most famous hunger striker, idolised by republicans across Northern Ireland (he was even compared to Jesus in the discussion pages at Wikipedia), Robert Gerard Sands was born and raised in Newto… more »
Counting the Cost of Thugs
£86,000 a year. That's how much it costs to hold prisoners in Northern Ireland according to a report on an inspection of Magheberry maximum-security prison. The report said that the actual cost at Maghaberry would be higher, making it more than dou… more »
Rising Crime is Good News
This seems to be the essence of at least one of the points made by Hugh Orde today as he met with the new Policing Board for the first time. When questioned over the rising crime rate in Northern Ireland Orde defended the PSNI's record. Granted, I've no… more »
Irish Rubbish Still Being Imported
by beano on 03 May 2006 at 10:47. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Business & Economy, Local Government
Reports claim Ulster companies are dumping tonnes of Republic's waste here
No, I'm not talking about god-awful boybands. Is this what they mean when they talk about cross-border co-operation? Lisburn Council has written to the DoE demanding an investiga… more »
Consumer Benefits of Being British
by beano on 02 May 2006 at 16:47. Categories: Internet, Northern Ireland, Television, Free Stuff Online
I stumbled across NorthernIrishBlogs.com this morning, which led me to this post at United Irelander (surprisingly, since I thought UI was Dublin-based, but I digress). Apparently United Irelander is concerned that us Nordies are being ignored by our co… more »
The Hunger Strikes – Fact and Fiction (part 2)
Having posted the introduction to my hunger strikers series and a first post looking at the background and events surrounding the hunger strikes, questions remain. Who were the 10 men who chose death rather than serve out their sentences like any other… more »
Too Many Students?
Everyone loves to hate the work-shy, tax-dodgers that (allegedly) inhabit universities, but it now seems the education minister wants to know if Northern Ireland has too many students (or too few). 44% of 18-21 year olds are enrolled for full-time highe… more »
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