One of Sinn Fein, republicanism and Irish American's big lies is that Northern Ireland is in some kind of state of military occupation; a colonial outpost where locals are kept down through force. I'm not making this up - living in Northern Ireland it's… more »

A convicted IRA bomber could be Belfast's next Lord Mayor According to yesterday's Sunday Life, it's believed that Sinn Fein are to seek to make convicted IRA bomber and current Old Park councillor Caral ni Chuilin the next Lord Mayor of Belfast. The… more »

Saint Patrick drives a snake up Belfast's Donegall Square Regular readers may recall I was optimistic when I heard, way back when, that Belfast city council would help fund this year's St Patrick's day parade in an effort to reduce the traditional sec… more »

Republican Sinn Fein, who organised the "counter-protest" (read riots) against the victims march in Dublin on Saturday had this to say: "The scenes witnessed in Dublin today only serve to illustrate how out of touch the 26-county political establishme… more »

This young man had forgotten to hide his face during the 'counter-protest'. Luckily, a local Footlocker had been looted and there were no shortage of Celtic tops. It's taken a day or two for things to sink in and, unsurprisingly, Republican internet w… more »

A march being held in Dublin today, calling for the Dublin government to hold an enquiry into state involvement in arming the IRA resulted in a clash between republican counter-demonstraters and Gardai. Bricks and other missiles thrown at Gardai in the c… more »

For the past couple of years now, it seems Sinn Fein have been urging other parties to live up to their obligations under the Good Friday Agreement, including the DUP who never accepted it in the first place. However it seems slightly disingenuous on the… more »

I attended the comedy night in the empire to find myself wondering (before alcohol severely reduced my ability to reason) why there always seem to be so many more catholics/culchies in there than regular normal run-of-the-mill prods? I understand that st… more »

There's no escaping the "big news" of the day, and yet there weren't many big surprises in the IMC's report (summary and full text at the BBC), nor in the reactions of the various political people. The least surprising of all the day's news is: Loya… more »

Brilliant quote from Sinn Fein's education spokesman today. Bare in mind that his party colleague Martin McGuinness was largely responsible for the demolition of Ulster's grammar schools with his last act as Education Minister. Bare also in mind that sam… more »