Alasdair McDonnell is meeting with the police today regarding his favourite issue - flags. McDonnell, still trying to tie the flags to loyalist paramilitarism, said "The police have been left in no doubt that loyalist bunting and flags are extremely unpo… more »

Paris Hilton sees herself as "the closest thing to American royalty" according to a quote on Digital Spy. Speaking about her impending wedding she said that she'd always wanted to be a princess on her wedding day and that "only a wedding in England can m… more »

Those of you who followed my Election 2005 Blog may have noticed that I'm not the DUP's biggest fan and disagreed with their new Belfast City councillor Christopher Stalford on a semi-regular basis. Just to show that there's no hard feelings, it's n… more »

A 50 year-old woman collapsed in her home last night in the republican Glenalina area of west Belfast. Ambulance crews alerted the PSNI, whose officers then found her in her kitchen, unconscious. They began to resuscitate her with a defibrillator and CTR… more »

It's taken over a month but I finally have internet access at home again. Some of you may remember I moved house on 27th May and it has taken me until now (well yesterday to be pedantic about it) to get decent internet access at home. Read on for details… more »

Just days after the Northern Ireland health minister Shaun Woodward announced a smoking ban (whether partial or blanket isn't known yet), the government has decided that young smokers will be more receptive to warnings that smoking will impact their sex… more »

Easyjet launches 5 new routes from Belfast today, flying to Rome, Berlin, Geneva, Palma (Mallorca) and Inverness. This means that 19 destinations in total will now be served, by easyJet, from Belfast International Airport (unfortunately not including Mal… more »

60 bikers took part in a ride along the Ards peninsula last night to raise funds for the family of Lisa Dorrian, murdered on 28th February (many blame the LVF). The bikers stopped at the site where the girl was abducted from a caravan park in Ballyhalber… more »

Funnily enough, I'd been thinking either last night or this morning about this. If the men and women in power in Scotland deride sectarianism so much - why put up with the mass influx of bigots that occurrs every time Rangers and Celtic play? If the club… more »

Apparently a couple of 'nice' MPs have decided that anyone who uses the word chav is a snob. Being faithful to my Norn Irn heritage, I refuse to use the word Chav, but am no stranger to laughing at Spides! A major plank of the rationale behind this is… more »