Northern Ireland is full of tourists. Spending money. Good. more »

This kind of thing really winds me up. A Tory frontbencher has apologised after using a racist phrase during a House of Lords debate. Lord Dixon Smith retracted the remark in the chamber, saying: "I apologise, my Lords. I left my brains behind. I a… more »

The European Parliament is set to vote on proposals that would ban airlines from quoting prices that don't include taxes and charges. Super, smashing, great! Not before time. Prices, in this country anyway (unlike North America), have always included… more »

There's an interesting discussion over at Slugger centred around the Holylands blogger (who was today exonerated of all, apparently trumped up, charges of "harassment"). He recently republished an article by Suzanne Breen describing the terror inflicted… more »

I bet you thought this only happened in China and Zimbabwe. It could never happen in Britain... Belfast blogger Alan Murray has apparently been cautioned by police twice last year and then arrested over for content posted on his blog, Holylands Warzon… more »

I'm currently immersed in my postgraduate dissertation, which is on the Data Protection Act (and CoK can be assured that I'll be making the appointment this time!). Thinking about why the legislation is there, makes me highly suspicious that this is sim… more »

Sinn Fein have spent the last few days stirring up the idea that they will refuse to nominate McGuinness to serve with Peter Robinson. They may refuse to do so, citing their difficulties with the Irish Language Act and, rather disingenuously, Ruane's pr… more »

Isn't a "sectarian consensus" an oxymoron? more »

Take the pollFree Poll by Blog Flux Right, I'm torn about how best to display recent commenter activity at Evertyhing Ulster in the sidebar over to your right. The default way with b2Evolution is to display the "Recent Comments" where you get a… more »

"Citizen journalism", as it's been dubbed, is not perfect and nor is it always presented in an appealing format. There are numerous outlets for news both in print media and online, so why bother blogging? The answer to this question is illustrated per… more »