There's an interesting discussion over at Slugger centred around the Holylands blogger (who was today exonerated of all, apparently trumped up, charges of "harassment"). He recently republished an article by Suzanne Breen describing the terror inflicted… more »

While skills shortages in areas like IT (which has its own bizarre story) make good news, Northern Ireland is experiencing another skills shortage at the minute. Apparently Newtownabbey and Belfast are suffering from a chronic shortage of tradesmen: plu… more »

Coming hot on the heels of the Republic updating it's rules on learner drivers, an announcement that Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are to have mutual recognition of driving disqualifications and that it should be in place by… more »

I bet you thought this only happened in China and Zimbabwe. It could never happen in Britain... Belfast blogger Alan Murray has apparently been cautioned by police twice last year and then arrested over for content posted on his blog, Holylands Warzon… more »

Santa will boycott Northern Ireland this year leaving hundreds of thousands of children without presents and all because greedy football fans want a new stadium built in Belfast and not the Maze. There have also been warnings that the sky 'may' fall and… more »

A ban on Southern learners driving on their own comes into effect next week. At the moment, the Republic of Ireland is the only country in the EU where learner drivers can drive a car without an experienced driver present in the car alongside them a… more »

I'm currently immersed in my postgraduate dissertation, which is on the Data Protection Act (and CoK can be assured that I'll be making the appointment this time!). Thinking about why the legislation is there, makes me highly suspicious that this is sim… more »

I have heard a rumour today which I'm hoping to God is true (and I've no reason to disbelieve it). If what I've heard is true I know at least one other Northern Irish blogger who will be celebrating for apparently Deez (née Hunters) bar 600 cap… more »

Will Crawley reckons Iris Robinson missed a meeting of the Health Committee at Stormont (which she chairs), because she was at a Castlereagh Borough Council meeting instead. You do despair sometimes. more »

It's quite hard to know what to think about David Davis forcing a by election in his own constituency. The Daily Telegraph on Friday suggested that this was at its core a shot across the bows of David Cameron, borne of frustration at his treatment at th… more »