Monthly Archives: July 2013

Meanwhile ……County Mayo

Posted on July 12, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I will be in County Mayo for the weekend. Hopefully there will be access to Tinternet in the cottage. If not…see you Sunday night.

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Culture Wars? A Bad Thing?

Posted on July 12, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Up and down Norn Iron today, Orange leaders are proclaiming that their “Culture” is under attack. But is it actually a “Culture” we can afford to tolerate. Should we…liberal minded people…be working to marginalise that “Culture” rather like we did … Continue reading →

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Alan Whicker Dies

Posted on July 12, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

TV Reporter Alan Whicker has died aged. He was eighty seven. Best remembered for the ” Whickers World” series which concentrated too much on the lifestyles of the rich and famous…much parodied in style. Indeed Monty Python did the spoof … Continue reading →

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It’s Commemorating ….Commemorating

Posted on July 12, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Its. 8.30am on 12th July 2013. How is the Twelfth going for you?…a day for us all as the absentee editor of Slugger O’Toole puts it. But I might have taken it out of context. We all have a role … Continue reading →

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Terror Tourism

Posted on July 11, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Strange thing on BBC News this evening. For years I have been pointing out that the Norn Iron Tourist Board is peddling a load of nonsense about the Giants Causeway, Dunluce Castle, Titanic and telling anyone that will listen that … Continue reading →

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Paschal O’Hare RIP

Posted on July 11, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Saddened to learn of the death of Paschal O’Hare, the prominent Belfast solicitor. Paschal was a member of SDLP in the 1970s. He actually tried to get the SDLP nomination for the West Belfast seat in one of the 1974 … Continue reading →

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“Royal” Baby For Twelfth?

Posted on July 11, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As Riots loom over next two or three days, we need something to get the Orange Order off the hook. A “Royal” Baby???

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Six Hundred ” British” Policemen

Posted on July 10, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

It was perhaps inevitable after the G8 Summit that “British” police would be flown into Norn Iron for the Twelfth. There is perhaps a great principle for Republicans. BRITISH police!!!! In Norn Iron??? Personally I am very relaxed about it … Continue reading →

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Parades Commission Ruling

Posted on July 10, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Three days to the Twelfth. The Parades Commission has ruled that the Orange Order cannot return home via the Ardoyne Shops. Of course that decision might be reversed. Good news for nationalists. Bad news for unionists. Zero Sum. Thats how … Continue reading →

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Andy Murray…The New (Scottish) Rory McIlroy

Posted on July 9, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Now that Rory McIlroy has gone off the boil a bit, I see Slugger O’Toole has adopted Andy Murray. McIlroy…from Holywood is I suppose a hero for us all. LetsGetAlongerists claim him most I suppose. Unionists and Nationalists are a … Continue reading →

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