Buoyed by the news (yet to be reported there) at the start of the month that Belfast City Council are to proceed with their plans for a 25,000 regardless of what the government does at the Maze, Stadium For Belfast has recently changed its news page, uti… more »

56 athletes are in Australia, ready to compete in the Commonwealth Games and hopefully bring a few medals home to Norn Iron The 2006 Commonwealth Games begin tomorrow morning at 9:00am (GMT) and it seemed an appropriate time to wish the best of luck t… more »

Finding a good journalist in Northern Ireland seems to be incredibly difficult, as illustrated by Jim Gracey's article in today's Sunday Life. It's been obvious for some time now that Gracey is pushing the Maze agenda, but today he gave a free platform t… more »

Last week the GAA Tyrone County Board Chairman Pat Darcy, while playing down the significance of his organisation's practice of naming clubs and trophies after terrorist murderers, let slip a simple prejudice all to common among the GAA fraternity and of… more »

Arrived back in Belfast from Prague last night to the news of the European Championships 2008 qualifying draw, with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Northern Ireland drew Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Latvia and Lichtenstein, which could be intere… more »

Despite last nights peaceful picket outside the Irish FA headquarters, the organisation's executive committee sat inside and proceeded to take a decision that may just have been another nail in the coffin of football in Northern Ireland. The IFA have… more »

A small, last-minute picket has been called by the Amalgamation of Northern Ireland Supporters' Clubs to take place at Irish FA HQ on Windsor Avenue tomorrow (Thursday 19th January), just before the executive committee is due to vote on whether or not to… more »

Just a quick "Well done" to Steve Davis for securing a new contract with Aston Villa, despite having 3-and-a-half years left to run on his current deal. It only seems to merit a brief mention in an article about Villa captain Olaf Mellberg on the BBC web… more »

You'll likely already know that the three men charged with spying over the Stormontgate affair were released today. I'm sure you'll be unsurprised to hear that I treat Sinn Fein's "evidence of political policing" claims with a degree of scepticism, much… more »

Northern Ireland's (biggest selling?) newspaper the Belfast Telegraph may just finally have woken up to the idea that the Maze proposals will be a big white elephant. Today saw probably the first article in said publication that wasn't shamelessley licki… more »