Monthly Archives: May 2016

Euros Football: There’s Only One Ireland

Posted on May 28, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

So the European Football Championships begin in two weeks time. In a not very radical move, I have decided to support Ireland…Republic of Ireland. I will not be supporting Norn Iron. “Making Northern Ireland Work” can never be interpreted as … Continue reading →

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From Busby To Mourinho

Posted on May 28, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Yesterday Mr Bangor Dub, fellow Blogger and decent enough guy for a Gooner (a fan of Arsenal FC)  challenged me to write a post about Jose Mourinho becoming manager at Manchester United. Ya know its a strange thing. I find it … Continue reading →

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EU Referendum: A Voter’s Guide

Posted on May 26, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

1…This whole referendum was little more than a tactic to keep the Conservative Party united and to stop defections of voters and Tory members to UKIP. Yes ….so I should probably abstain. 2…Cameron won the 2015 Election on the basis … Continue reading →

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An 11 Year Old Journalist Writes…

Posted on May 26, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

When I was 11 years old part of the English lesson was producing a newspaper. The idea was that the English double period on Friday was spent putting together THREE newspapers. One for each row of twelve boys. For the … Continue reading →

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The New Executive

Posted on May 25, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Well three weeks is certainly a long time in Norn Iron Politics. I was pretty disappointed as the results came thru. But today as the new Executive takes up office, I am actually quite happy. As it turns out, the … Continue reading →

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Alliance Party…Down and Hopefully Out

Posted on May 25, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

I am not usually the kinda person who would kick anyone when they are down. But in the case of the Alliance Party, I will happily make an exception. They were content to drift along, picking up extra Executive seats … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Gladys!

Posted on May 23, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

A big shout out to Dr Gladys Ganiel who is well known as a commentator on Conflict Resolution on Slugger O’Toole. Less well known is that Gladys is a pretty good long distance runner. Today she has been selected as … Continue reading →

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Liberal Unionism…Buried With O’Leary

Posted on May 23, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

“Romantic Ireland is dead and gone…its with O’Leary in the grave”. I saw this headline on Slugger O’Toole today. A piece written by BBC Walker. I was almost tempted to read it. I didnt read the full article because I … Continue reading →

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The Power Of Columnists

Posted on May 23, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Sometimes a blog post can be inspired by a comment made on a previous post. So this post is in some way inspired by a remark made by commenter (sic) Wolfe Tone. So….Irish News columnists….and newspaper columnists generally. I dont … Continue reading →

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SDLP: We All Woke Up Feeling Better

Posted on May 20, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

“A dog walking on its hind legs…its not done well but youre surprised that is done at all” (Dr Johnson). The Norn Iron Executive at Stormont is a bit like that. A lousy government but (for those of us who … Continue reading →

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