The PSNI have confirmed that they do not intend to pursue and arrest Dessie O'Hare, AKA the Border Fox, claiming any investigation would fall under the jurisdiction of the Historical Enquiries Team, which was formed to investigate unsolved murders that t… more »

Antrim PSNI have launched a 'Welcome' DVD targetted at ethnic minorities to help them integrate into the community. Produced in Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Slovakian as well as English (no Chinese?) it provides information about accessing em… more »

Sinn Fein/IRA/Republican criminality has been under the spotlight for some time now with the leadership of the DUP blaming such activity, along with the lack of support for policing, for the lack faith they have in the prospect of sharing power with Sinn… more »

This seems to be the essence of at least one of the points made by Hugh Orde today as he met with the new Policing Board for the first time. When questioned over the rising crime rate in Northern Ireland Orde defended the PSNI's record. Granted, I've no… more »

The SDLP's Dolores Kelly claimed "sinister elements" were "directing" riots in Lurgan that followed the arrests last week and that were said to involve children as young as 10. It's no secret that I wish the police would get tougher with those engaging… more »

One of Sinn Fein, republicanism and Irish American's big lies is that Northern Ireland is in some kind of state of military occupation; a colonial outpost where locals are kept down through force. I'm not making this up - living in Northern Ireland it's… more »

Nigel Dodds seemingly wasn't happy with the police arresting a barful of loyalists last week - why I'm not sure. I didn't blog it at the time but I did mention a little about the immediate Sinn Fein reaction to the arrests of 17 loyalists taking part in… more »

Blogging's been slow for the past couple of days, I've had a lot of work to do and haven't been able to attend to EU as much as I would have liked. I thought I should highlight a couple of quotes from this article in yesterday's Belfast Telegraph though.… more »

On the same day I noted a sickening and grotesque incident involving an attack on a female prison warder, Slugger points to a report on the riots in Portadown last night which followed the day of rioting in Dublin. As if hearing of a female warder hav… more »

A bin containing human urine and excrement was thrown over a female warder as she was walking with a colleague at Maghaberry Prison's Bush House, which houses loyalist paramilitary prisoners. Both warders have since received medical attention and the… more »