Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them. Friday, 14 August 2015. Learning the Sinn Fein script, Irish parties re-write history. The anniversaries of events duri.

Daphne for Change in Lagan Valley. Friday, 28 May 2010. Nelson McCausland, our Minister for Culture and the Arts has managed to turn Northern Ireland into a laughing stock across the world. The focus of much criticism of the Minister has been on his insistence that creationism be promoted, and while he has thereby turned himself, and thereby the executive, into an object of ridicule, this masks the much more serious issue of Ministerial interference.

Previously on this blog I covered the view among some journalists and Labour insiders that Gordon Browns PR man Damian McBride was partly to blame for Labours poor poll performance.

Notes from an avid follower of Northern Irish politics. Sunday, 22 February 2009. Political opportunism at its best? It highlights once gain how isolated politically Sinn Féin is in the South. One can hardly see Eamon Gilmore forming a voluntary coalition with Adams, Mary Lou and co. Saturday, 21 February 2009. Age discrimination and engaging youth. Sinn Féin has lost a ca.

This blog obviously supports one particular european candidate, but it tries to report impartially on all candidates. On the issue of national football stadia, however, I will make no such attempt at impartiality. This blog believes that the Northern Ireland football team should stay in the capital city. As such I welcome todays announcement that a consortium is considering building a 20,000 seater stadium in East Belfast. Friday, 13 March 2009.

With negotiations completed, a programme for government drafted, and ministries agreed, Fine Gael and Labour have formed a new coalition government in the south. Boasting a combined seat tally of 113, the new administration has a commanding majority. Last weekend Labour party delegates attending an extraordinary conference at UCD voted on whether to go into government with Fine Gael, with the result coming in at around 95 percent in favour. However, the Irish Times reported.