Orange marchers with various flags Sounds a bit odd to actually say "Happy 12th July" but I really couldn't say it any other way. The only time I can remember the day actually having a name was in a calendar in my mum's house when it was called Orange… more »

The annual Drumcree Parade has passed off peacefully today, amid what the BBC called 'low-key' security. As I mentioned in my Friday post, this is now the third year in a row the Drumcree Parade has passed off without any major incident. Hundreds of O… more »

The PSNI have said that Drumcree will see scaled down physical security measures when the annual Drumcree Parade takes place this Sunday. While the Parade's Commission have again banned Orangemen from walking home along the Garvaghy Road (a ban they have… more »

It's getting near the 12th and all the usual issues with the marching season are bubbling to the surface. I'm not overly interested in the Orange Order and I certainly have no love for paramilitary bands that accompany some of the parades so I don't foll… more »

As I still haven't got my ADSL installed yet (tomorrow I hope - the modem's "in the post") I haven't been on since I left work on Friday, so here's what happened in Ulster while I was playing Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)*, buying Mortal Kombat Deception**… more »

Almost as if they heard me talking about it yesterday, the other EU's Council of Ministers, in a blatant act of self-indulgant waste, yesterday endorsed Irish calls for Gaelige to be made an official language of the union. What this means is that legisl… more »

The Times reports yesterday that the "first official language" of the Irish Republic is disappearing, even from the gaeltacht (the area of the Republic where supposedly Irish is the majority language). Gaeltacht teachers get an annual bonus of €1… more »