Northern Ireland 3 - Spain 2 David Healy is a living legend. First Northern Ireland hat-trick at Windsor Park in 35 years. George Best got the last one, apparently. Much to happy and drunk to post any more. Just enjoy the highlights. more »

TV Channel: BBC Three Programme Name: Germany vs Republic of Ireland Transmission Date: 02/09/06 I was disappointed when I switched over to the above football match to see the latest score information in the top left of the screen display "Germany 0 I… more »

After today's abysmal performance against Iceland I was regretting making my brother wait in the freezing cold from the wee small hours for tickets due to go on sale at IFA HQ this morning for the Spain match on Wednesday night. As it stands, I forked ov… more »

It seems a fitting title in light of the recent hunger striker memorials; tonight I watched a documentary presented by overweight comedian Ricky Grover on BBC Three (part of their Body Image Season) entitled F*** off, I'm fat. Subtle, eh? The documentary… more »

I've upgraded the blogging software (a couple of hours on Wednesday night and some more time on Thursday) resulting in a few changes. Captcha's gone The anti-spam security code isn't required anymore. The upgrade is supposedly much better at fight… more »

An MLA has claimed that "hunger strike commemorations are only being used as another weapon in what republicans would describe as 'the struggle'". Commenting on the use of a parish centre near Dunloy, Co. Antrim, for a hunger strikers commemoration DUP a… more »

Despite being proclaimed as a truly democratic and open medium, this week sees another instance of web censorship hit much closer to home. Yesterday the New York Times had a leading article entitled Details Emerge In British Terror Case which was unavail… more »

It was brought to my attention today that non-members have recently been unable to comment here at EU due to a problem displaying the anti-spam authorisation code. At the moment I'm blaming my webhost, however in the mean time I've removed the need to en… more »

Conviction: Theft and possession of firearms Sentence: 12 years Joined Hunger Strike: 22nd June Suicided: 20th August Michael (or Micky) Devine was born in Springtown, a former US army camp In Londonderry, in 1954 where the family lived until they… more »

Thanks to Belfast Gonzo for pointing out the bigoted decision of the IRFU not to play the national anthem or fly the Union Flag when they face Italy in Belfast next year. Instead, Ireland will be represented by the IRFU flag and the 'neutral' song Irelan… more »