Category: Sport
Green And White Army Continues European Conquest
I'm sorry I can't miss this opportunity to have a bit of a gloat. It came as more of a relief than anything, taking Northern Ireland as it did a full 52 minutes to break the deadlock in last night's victory over bottom-of-the-group Liechtenstein. Not onl… more »
When's A Democracy Not A Democracy?
by beano on 18 Feb 2007 at 13:43. Categories: Northern Ireland, Sport, Business & Economy, Myths and Lies, Education
Ah this ever-so-democratic Labour government, which has gone to war in the interests (in part at least) of "spreading democracy" to the middle-east. While I've never been particularly pro-war or anti-war, I do find the way the government have been acting… more »
Slow News Day
Seems like the BBC sports department were having a rather empty day and needed a page filler. Not sure why Dermot Ahern had nothing better to do in Foreign Affairs in Dublin.
Needless to say they just don't get it. Having recognised Northern Ireland's… more »
Piracy Is Theft
... or so we're told, but what is piracy exactly?
When people are profiting by selling bootleg DVDs at Nutt's Corner that's blatantly wrong. When someone downloads a track from a file-sharing network before taking the plunge to by an album, that's ma… more »
Nothing Rotten in the Kingdom of Denmark
I realise posts have been few and far between here recently. That's partly because I haven't read anything that interested me lately, except for a book on the story of eBay (The Perfect Store: Inside EBay), but mostly because I've been back at uni and fa… more »
UK Football Team to Contest 2012 Olympics
The British Olympic Association must (and will) enter a UK team (or more likely, a "Great Britain & Northern Ireland" team) in the football competition in the 2012 Olympics in London. Despite opposition from the Welsh and Scottish FAs, worried that i… more »
About That All-Ireland Football Team
Now that Northern Ireland's football team have just finished playing a couple of international matches, it seems it's time for the obligatory whinge to the local press about the perceived need for an all-Ireland football team. As ever, this argument will… more »
Apologies and Thanks: Sanchez to Fans
What a week. Northern Ireland get a hammering at home to underdogs Iceland, beat Spain, ranked 7th in the world, and then there's talk of the manager quitting.
Thankfully, on Saturday Lawrie Sanchez announced, to the surprise of some and delight of m… more »
Still Speculating on Sanchez
Speculation is mounting that Lawrie Sanchez may quit as Northern Ireland manager inside the next week. Frankly, I wouldn't blame him. The shit he has taken in the last week from unprofessional journalists has been sensationalist and undeserved.
One o… more »
Viva Irlanda del Norte
It's hard to think of much to add to the discussions already taking place regarding Northern Ireland's historic victory over Spain last night at Windsor Park (highlights linked last night).
The atmosphere at the ground was unbelievable and the tension… more »