Archives for: March 2008
Short Term Memories or Collective Amnesia?
I was glad when Michael posted the news of Paisley's stepping down/being pushed from the positions of First Minister and leader of the DUP. OK, it was sidetracked more or less from the start into the history of Ulster Unionist leaders/NI Prime Ministers,… more »
Poots attends First Gaelic Language Event
Following recent, rather hypocritical, criticism of culture minister Edwin Poots after he stated in a written answer (AQW 4045/08) he hadn't attended any Irish language events during his first 9 months in the job, Edwin Poots will today attend an Irish G… more »
Bomber Celebration Banned as SF Agenda Becomes Clear
The Assembly Commission, which runs the estate at Stormont, has drawn up new rules that mean events held in the Long Gallery now require "cross-community backing of three MLAs" (I'm guessing this means three from each community?).
This effectively m… more »
PSNI Recruitment Discrimination - End In Sight
For some unionists, discrimination in 50:50 recruitment in the PSNI, whereby 50% of new recruits had to be "members of the Roman Catholic community", was perhaps the bitterest of bitter pills swallowed to garner nationalist support for policing here. The… more »
The NIO, Freedom of Information, and disclosure
Seeing as no one has bothered to comment on this on Slugger, we'll see if it can prompt a little debate here.
As far as I recall, public bodies aren't required to publish FOI disclosures, but it's quite good practice to do so. The NIO do (or at least… more »
Everyday regularity. For normal kinds of people
To anyone who is concerned about the effect hip hop culture is having on western society - I have some evidence to submit. With exibit B. more »
Paisley quits
Finally the inevitable has happened, and the octogenarian First Minster has decided to quit. I just got a text which is very incisive. "If you listen carefully, you'll hear O'Neill, Chichester Clark and Faulkner laughing".
And well they might. O'Nei… more »
Those "west brits" again
Robin Bury has an excellent letter on the Reform Movement blog. Well worth a read. more »
Westlink Upgrade to Come In Early
Everyone likes some good news once in a while so here it is. On the day when the Grosvenor road junction on the Westlink opened, regional development minister Conor Murphy said the Westlink upgrade might be completed up six months ahead of schedule, whic… more »
Irish Eyes Not Smiling at Apple
by beano on 03 Mar 2008 at 12:00. Categories: Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Lifestyle, Music, Business & Economy
Some time ago I gave a few examples of practical, everyday benefits of being a part of the United Kingdom as distinct from the Republic of Ireland. I've stumbled across further examples on a semi-regular basis since then, but I couldn't believe that the… more »