Categories: Republicans, Dissident Republicans, Sinn Fein, IRA
Peter Robinson Must Call Sinn Fein's Bluff
by beano on 31 May 2008 at 20:51. Categories: Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, Direct Rule, Devolved Government, Journalism
I'm preparing to go on a two week holiday and as I was out buying sun cream and collecting some Euros I noticed an odd headline on the chest of one of those guys selling the Tele at busy junctions. According to the ever-reliable Belfast Telegraph and an… more »
I could pick a better education policy out of my ...
by beano on 13 May 2008 at 16:19. Categories: Sinn Fein, Local Wackos, Education, Devolved Government
Another one for the "What the hell is she thinking?" scrapbook. Everyone's favourite tennis star Caitriona Ruane has finally put forward her proposals for ending academic selection... by not quite ending it? Well not quite, not yet. Maybe.
It seems as… more »
Ruane Under Fire Again
It comes as no surprise to this blogger that our illustrious education minister, one Caitriona Ruane, has once again come under fire this week. Grammar schools have struck another blow against her policy of abolishing academic selection and this morning… more »
Where we were in 1998
by Michael Shilliday on 23 Apr 2008 at 11:29. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, IRA, Politics, Devolved Government, History
I was recently required to do an analysis of an academic research paper. A colleague I was working with chose this one, which I hadn't read before. There are some fascinating things in the responses.
Page 6 of the PDF shows the huge swing in support… more »
Shock: Local Politicians "Tribal"
You'd scarcely credit it but Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey is fuming with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde and is demanding an apology after the chief of police allegedly claimed the policing board had "gone a bit tribal".
Supposedly Orde accused the elected m… more »
Dallat Backs Contestant 1 in Pissing Contest
So much to blog and so little time. It's like being off work and coming back to an inbox overflowing with emails. Let's start with this kerfuffle over flags in Kilrea.
Long story short, some folk erect tricolour on Protestant church. Some other folk d… more »
Bomber Celebration Banned as SF Agenda Becomes Clear
The Assembly Commission, which runs the estate at Stormont, has drawn up new rules that mean events held in the Long Gallery now require "cross-community backing of three MLAs" (I'm guessing this means three from each community?).
This effectively m… more »
US Envoy Denounces Provo Concessions
by beano on 02 Mar 2008 at 17:50. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, IRA, Direct Rule, Republicans, Law & Order, Politics, USA
The traditional view of Americans participation in the "Peace Process" here is generally seen as "cynical playing to the green Irish vote" by taking the side of nationalists and/or republicans. This was particularly true under the Clinton years.
With… more »
On Neutral Working Environments
by beano on 25 Feb 2008 at 10:43. Categories: Europe, Sinn Fein, Republicans, Devolved Government, History
Given Sinn Fein's serious, and not at all opportunistic, commitment to creating "neutral working environments" I'm shocked, nay stunned, to find them taking advantage of International Women's Day to celebrate a convicted bomber, Mairead Farrell. Surely t… more »
Dangers of Demonisation
by beano on 23 Feb 2008 at 13:12. Categories: Northern Ireland, Local Wackos, Orange Order / Other Marches, Republicans, History
Is it any wonder unionists feel like their culture and identity is constantly under attack? It's all very well for people in Northern Ireland who are familiar with the bullshit emanating from the likes of the Andytown News group and the various interest… more »