Is it time crusty students got over the Che Guevara obsession? Well it's the time of year again when fresh-faced first-year students arrive for their first taste of freedom and a diet of fast food. One feature present each and every year amongst the… more »

English company Kildare plans to start Belfast-Aldergrove train service. Not much detail yet, but plans are currently being drawn up to re-open the Lisburn to Antrim railway line, closed since 2003, with an extension from Antrim to Belfast International… more »

Londonderry MP claims tourist industry fails to differentiate Ulster from "Oireland". East Londonderry MP & MLA Gregory Campbell is less than impressed with local souvenir shops aimed at tourists. Campbell has asked why the Northern Ireland touri… more »

When a Londonderry man living in England is forced to resign over "racist" Irish jokes [alternative source: BBC], is this just more evidence of political correctness gone mad? Denis Patrick Lusby, an Ulster-born Catholic, was editor of a community mag… more »

Bookies are offering odds on a united Ireland It's exactly what it says on the tin. For nationalists anyway, it's a chance to put your money where your mouth is, quite literally, by betting on a United Ireland. PaddyPower's online betting service is o… more »

Really, I ask you! The Washington Post reported ... on Saturday ... the remarks of John Shanahan, a local AOH leader, indicating the invitation to the Orange Order is like "...inviting the KKK to a Martin Luther King Celebration." ... They claim… more »

The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2006 results were published recently. Just thought I'd add the results to the table I created last year to look at how the responses might be trending. 200620052004200320022001200019991998 Northern Irelan… more »

I've been following a discussion on the Ulster Nation group about a supposed 'Ulster national anthem'. I thought it was interesting (not to mention quite ironic in that it ended with the words "a nation once again"). Not overly fussed on the God refere… more »

The fact that the hospital wing was the location for serial suicides is of insufficient historic moment. Jim Allister, MEP The above was part of a call by Jim Allister to Environment Minister, and former DUP party colleague, Arlene Foster, to de-list… more »

... and their youth wing is equally petty. Sorry, I've been in Lanzarote for 2 weeks so I've missed this gem. Apparently the SDLP youth (yes, they have one) leader has kicked up a bit of a stink (see also the BBC report) over Ulster's new Ikea store… more »