Categories: Everything Else, Guest Posts
Gas Companies In, Oil Companies Out
After levying a 52% price increase on their customers in the space of 4 months, Phoenix Gas are due to lose their monopoly on gas supply in the Belfast area, it was announced today. At the same time, numerous oil companies (notbaly Esso) are apparently p… more »
Farce After Farce
by beano on 09 Dec 2005 at 21:29. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, England, Sport, PSNI, Sinn Fein, Everything Else, IRA, Republicans
You'll likely already know that the three men charged with spying over the Stormontgate affair were released today. I'm sure you'll be unsurprised to hear that I treat Sinn Fein's "evidence of political policing" claims with a degree of scepticism, much… more »
Shaping Community Restorative Justice
I've heard a lot about Community Restorative Justice projects lately and, to be honest, don't have many facts about them. So when I head that the government published plans today for officially sanctioned Community Restorative Justice schemes (more on th… more »
Firefighters Expect Attacks
The Fire Service was attacked again in Londonderry this weekend. A crowd of youths threw stones at the firefighters when they were called out to a burning car in the Shantallows area of the Maiden City.
"... what is annoying about these attacks is tha… more »
Happy Halloween
As the dogs cower and hide under the bed and you turn all your lights out (to avoid Trick or Treaters obviously) you might want to have a look at "How Halloween Works"
Thanks to maca for highlighting that How Stuff Works has an article on How Zombies… more »
British Tourists Steal Fucking Roadsigns
The mayor of Fucking, a town in Austria, has had to issue a plea to British tourists to stop stealing the town's roadsigns. While welcoming the tourists that the name of the town attracts, replacing the signs is becoming expensive.
A very funny item a… more »
What Religion Am I?
I got a job application form today with one of those monitoring forms attached.
"If the vacancy you are applying for is in Northern Ireland, please provide details of your religion:" It gave three choices
Roman Catholic
Protestant
Other (pl… more »
EU Quote of the Day 17/08/05
OK I know I'm cheating because I haven't gone to bed yet but I spotted this thanks to Andrew at A Tangled Web (article from the Andersonstown News* via Nuzhound) and thought it worth a mention for the sheer stupidity.
"My grandfather was in the Orange… more »
Girl Power Gone Too Far
Quoted in the Independent today, Michael Buerk suggests that men are being marginalised in the British media, citing the BBC specifically, and claims that the result is that men are becoming more effeminate. I'm just surprised this is news, although perh… more »
WTO Comes To "Belfast, Ireland, United Kingdom"
No doubt you're all as excited as I was, finding out that the WTO is to host it's 2005 summit, apparently the first to ever be held in the west, at the Waterfront in Belfast. No, not the World Trade Organisation, I am of course referring to the World Toi… more »