Category: Direct Rule
Alliance Justice Minister? Are you mad?
by Michael Shilliday 
on 09 Jul 2008 at 23:37. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, PSNI, Direct Rule, Law & Order, Politics, Devolved Government Over the past few months it's become clear that the DUP won’t take Gerry Kelly and Sinn Fein won't take Jeffrey Donaldson as Justice Minister. This has led to the crazy notion that the Alliance should do it, and utterly predictably they seem amenable to… more »
Spending Other People's Money
by beano on 08 Jul 2008 at 12:48. Categories: Northern Ireland, Business & Economy, Direct Rule, Local Government, Devolved Government It's something politicians, particularly in Northern Ireland, seem to be especially adept at. OK its their job, but some outlays seem to be more worthwhile than others.
A few figures appeared yesterday:
Policing George Bush's one-day visit: &po… more »
Peter Robinson Must Call Sinn Fein's Bluff
by beano on 31 May 2008 at 20:51. Categories: Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, Direct Rule, Devolved Government, Journalism I'm preparing to go on a two week holiday and as I was out buying sun cream and collecting some Euros I noticed an odd headline on the chest of one of those guys selling the Tele at busy junctions. According to the ever-reliable Belfast Telegraph and an… more »
Who's running scared?
by beano on 25 Apr 2008 at 15:43. Categories: Northern Ireland, Direct Rule, Local Government, Politics, Devolved Government Elections to the 11 new councils won't take place until 2011.
NIO minister Shaun Woodward has announced that the local government elections due to take place in Northern Ireland in 2009 have been put back to 2011 at the request of executive ministers.… more »
Powell Implicates SDLP In Own Demise
Jonathan Powell, advisor to Tony Blair in the Good Friday Agreement era and a man attracting a lot of press on Slugger lately regarding his new book on that time, was on Simon Mayo's show on Radio 5 at lunch time today talking about his book and the even… 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 »
US Envoy Denounces Provo Concessions
by beano on 02 Mar 2008 at 17:50. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, IRA, Direct Rule, Republicans, Law & Order, Politics, USA The traditional view of Americans participation in the "Peace Process" here is generally seen as "cynical playing to the green Irish vote" by taking the side of nationalists and/or republicans. This was particularly true under the Clinton years.
With… more »
10 Years and £181 million
The Saville Inquiry was established in 1998 to re-examine the events of 30th January 1972, AKA "Bloody Sunday". We knew then that soldiers shot dead 14 people in the Bogside in Londonderry's. 10 years and £181 million later and that's still about all… more »
Abolish the NIHRC
by beano on 18 Oct 2007 at 13:24. Categories: Direct Rule, Republicans, Politics, Devolved Government, Gaelic / Irish language It's past time the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission was abolished. It was a waste of time and money when it was set up and it's a waste of time and money now.
The Human Rights Commissioner Monica McWilliams helpfully demonstrated this point f… more »
DUP - No 'Fair Deal' For Football
by beano on 19 Apr 2007 at 02:57. Categories: Northern Ireland, Sport, Direct Rule, Local Government, Politics Despite overwhelming opposition, the DUP seem determined to foist the Maze white elephant on Northern Ireland's sports.
As Lawrie Sanchez's Green And White Army marched up to 33rd, equalling their highest ever position in FIFA's rankigns, the DUP wer… more »
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