Wow. While I’ve been in new-baby-honeymoon-period, an issue has united most Northern Irish bloggers like nothing before! Yes, I’m talking about the latest high-quality, totally unbiased Northern Irish publication, Love Ulster. And like the other decent folk out there, I will not link to this piece of crap! I got the heads up on Jo’s […]

What’s keeping us in Northern Ireland? Is it the pretty murals, the sectarian hatred and the ineffective politicians? Hmmm, just keep the car running….

Beano at Everything Ulster is – like many people – getting frustrated by the state of policing in rioting hotspots. He ends with the tongue-in-cheek suggestion that a few live rounds might calm things down! What can the police do, though? If they sit by and do nothing, they’re condemned by the local communities and […]

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.” Christopher Morley

There’s much chat today on the Northern Irish blogs about the death of Mo Mowlam. Many bloggers have set aside their political opinions of Mo and have posted some respectful euologies about the lady and her work as Northern Ireland Secretary. I saw a news article on MSN this evening that claimed she was once […]

I have discovered the secret behind Sinn Fein’s crack negotiating team. Play the Negotiations Simulator: You are Martin McGuiness, fearsome political negotiator for Sinn Fein. You have a shopping list of demands that must be met before the IRA will consider moving, but you must retain your credibility at all times. Watch as the Lapdog […]

I discovered another Northern Irish blog which I want to share with my readers: Big Ulsterman. Here is another person talking about a “Third Way” for Northern Ireland, something which I am all in favour of! His themes are the Big Things that have been done in the past, and the Big Things that need […]