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 »

It would be hard not to notice that posting at EU have tailed off somewhat in the recent couple of months. I went on holiday for three weeks at the end of July/start of August and went straight into a new job on my return so sadly time has been a scarce… 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 »

Despite the fact that yesterday's 12th July celebrations (BBC pictures), the first in years which didn't see the army assist the police) passed off peacefully and there seemed to be a much more welcoming atmosphere at the parades, it seems some just can'… more »

After a report on the state of Windsor Park (which I'll discuss at a later date), tonight's BBC Newsline (watch from about 11:10 in) focused on the twelfth celebrations and attempts being made to broaden their appeal. It seems there are a number of group… 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 »

I was looking through the part-time prospectus for the new Belfast Metropolitan College when I noticed that GNVQs have been renamed again. When I was doing my A-levels in 1999 Advanced GNVQs were being renamed to VCE (Vocational Certificate of Educat… 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 »