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Most Oppressed Festival Ever
by beano 
on 30 Jun 2006 at 15:28. Categories: Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, Orange Order / Other Marches, Republicans, Culture The organisers of the inclusive West Belfast Festival and Sinn Fein have both criticised a government decision to award funding to the tune of £104,000 to the Orange Order over three years.
Despite the fact that they were awarded by different b… more »
Unappealing Verdict For Garvaghy Stirrers
by beano on 09 Jun 2006 at 22:01. Categories: Northern Ireland, Orange Order / Other Marches, Direct Rule, Republicans I'm not sure which of these amused me more - the verdict being returned that the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition are not the most oppressed people ever, or the fact that Sinn Fein's very own "No!" men are likely to appeal to Britain's highest court - t… more »
Cannes Winning Film "Pro-IRA" ?
The Irish blogosphere was all buzz this morning with the news that an Irish film had one the about the presentation of the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival to an film about the Irish war of independence. Meanwhile a storm is brewing in the Br… 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 »
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 »
Competition Commission Slams Banks
The Competition Commission has attacked the local "big 4" banks (Northern, First Trust, Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland) over their high charges on personal accounts in an interim report which forms part of an investigation into a complaint by the Consum… more »
Loyalists Lose PR Battle - Again
by beano on 25 Apr 2006 at 14:36. Categories: Northern Ireland, Loyalists, Ulster-Scots, Republicans I was disappointed to read this post on Slugger yesterday. After congratulating the Harryville Ulster-Scots Society just a few weeks ago on having a UDA mural replaced by a new one promoting Ulster-Scots culture, I'm dismayed to read that the mural is to… more »
Xbox 360s going for $1
It's that time again - time to support Everything Ulster by helping Beano get a new toy as Everything Ulster goes into shameless sales mode.
If I told you you could get an Xbox 360 for $1 you'd say I was mad. Then again, back when I talked about a fre… more »
Celebrating Easter - Republican Style
by beano on 15 Apr 2006 at 15:45. Categories: Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, Orange Order / Other Marches, Republicans After the Daily Ireland's attempts to pre-emptively justify republican rioting in Dublin over a poster that may or may not have been carried at the rally, you'd be forgiven for thinking that republicans were against the glorification of terrorists (convi… more »
Why Middle-Class is Good
I feel I should layout my stall from the outset here. I'd just like to say a a big f**k you to all those people who utter the words "middle class" with the same contempt most of us reserve for violent criminals and sectarian or racist bigots. Now that's… more »
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