Categories: United Kingdom, England, Northern Ireland, Local Wackos, Loyalists, LVF, UDA, UVF, Republicans, Dissident Republicans, Sinn Fein, IRA, Scotland, Wales
Disgusting Attack on Elderly Couple
Sectarian attacks are the work of lowlifes, we all know this. However, when sectarian attacks are perpetrated against the elderly you really have to ask yourself how sick some people in this country really are.
Two such psychotic wastes of space have… more »
Convicted Terrorists Have Sentence Reduced
What is it that makes that headline so unsurprising and so ordinary to readers from Northern Ireland? Can you imagine an American court carrying on like this in the current climate?
Nevertheless, I came back from a brief holiday to discover this morni… more »
The Darker Side of Bonfire Night
As a kid I enjoyed building a bonfire on a few years. I imagine I would have been around 14 at the time although I can't remember exactly. It was good fun and gave us something to do in the early part of the summer. That said, the years our estate had a… more »
EU Quote of the Day 14/07/05
by beano 
on 14 Jul 2005 at 02:19. Categories: Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, Orange Order / Other Marches "Gerry Adams talked this morning about good manners and neighbourliness, and said he defended our right to parade. Those who, in the name of a united Ireland of equals, plant bombs and stop a small group of elderly men from driving to church to lay a wre… more »
Ardoyne Rioters Tried To Kill (Updated)
by beano on 13 Jul 2005 at 20:35. Categories: Northern Ireland, PSNI, Sinn Fein, Orange Order / Other Marches The riots in Ardoyne last night were not just an orchestrated attempt to express intolerance at a display of Orange culture, nor an example of a community's complete inability to abide by normal standards of decency. The PSNI today said that republican r… more »
A Republican 12th July
by beano on 13 Jul 2005 at 00:51. Categories: Northern Ireland, PSNI, Sinn Fein, Orange Order / Other Marches Obviously jealous of what a great time the rest of us were having, a few republicans in Belfast decided to express their own culture today. Here's the highlights.
Ardoyne
Republican rioters "seriously hurt" one police officer and injured another 50 a… more »
Happy 12th July
by beano on 12 Jul 2005 at 15:18. Categories: Northern Ireland, Lifestyle, Orange Order / Other Marches 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 »
On The Run Prisoner Rearrested
David Taggart, the prisoner who escaped from Lisburn court a month back, has been rearrested by the police at a planned raid on the Antrim Road in north Belfast at about 6:00 this morning.
Police District Commander Ken Henning said this arrest had bee… more »
Drumcree Parade Passes Off In Peace
by beano on 10 Jul 2005 at 18:17. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, PSNI, Orange Order / Other Marches 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 »
Who Wants Jobs When You Can Have Killers on the Streets?
by beano on 08 Jul 2005 at 15:08. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, Europe, Sinn Fein, Business & Economy Thanks to Slugger and A Tangled Web for pointing out a story at UTV about republicans protesting at the jailing of convicted bomber Sean Kelly and forcing a meeting of EU employment ministers, to be hosted by David Blunkett at Springvale, to be cancelled… more »
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