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Constituency Offices…#10 Dominic Bradley MLA

Posted on June 22, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Dominic Bradley SDLP MLA  has offices in Armagh and Newry. The Armagh office is situated at Cathedral Road. It was closed (lunchtime yesterday). Essentially there are two kinds of “Constituency Office”. One is styled as an office (in this case) or … Continue reading →

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SDLP Conference -Economy

Posted on June 22, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

 The latest in a line of SDLP special conferences/seminars took place in Armagh yesterday. Previous conferences have taken place under the radar but this one was arguably the most high profile. It may look from the outside that not much … Continue reading →

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No Fools Pardon For Jimmy Carr?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I dont suppose Jimmy Carr welcomes the spotlight now on him. It is unlikely that he thought his tax affairs would be a subject that David Cameron would address. Yet my memory is long. Max Wall was a famous comedian … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Dodger

Posted on June 19, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Comedy is a strange thing. I remember the 1960s….Arthur Askey, Tommy Trinder and Ted Ray. I remember the 1970s and the racist/sexist “humour” of Bernard Manning, George Roper and Stan Boardman. I remember the 1980s and the alternative comedy of … Continue reading →

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Loughinisland

Posted on June 18, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Much to the annoyance of LetsGetAlongerists and supporters of IFA-Land, the Irish team at the European Championships wore black armbands as a mark of respect to the six Irish supporters murdered by the UVF terrorists in 1994. Of course the … Continue reading →

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International Eucharistic Congress

Posted on June 18, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

 My views on the International Eucharistic Congress are somewhat mixed and although I was in Dublin three times last week…I feel my original opinions somewhat refined (distorted?) by last nights excellent RTE “Would You Believe” Special presented by the peerless … Continue reading →

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Married Priests? Women Priests?

Posted on June 18, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The darkest day in the History of the English Catholic Church was in 1993 when Ann Widdecombe and John Selwyn Gummer left the Anglican Church and became Catholics…..mostly over the ordination of women. Neither …..as Ministers in Thatchers Government struck … Continue reading →

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Stormont…”This Place…It Sucks You In”

Posted on June 17, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A summer day last year and I walked into the Stormont Assembly Building. Kinda puffed up and proud with my invitation to a Reception in the Long Gallery in my hand. There for the first time in my own right, rather … Continue reading →

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Bloomsday

Posted on June 16, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I went to Dublin yesterday. It was a choice between Friday and Saturday……and I chose Friday because I wanted to avoid “Bloomsday”…….June 16th when Dublin City is taken over by Joyce scholars, some in Edwardian costume who re-create the walk … Continue reading →

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Am I Brian Feeney?….Is Brian Feeney Me?

Posted on June 16, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

It has always amused me that several members of the Alliance Party and a former prominent journalist thougt that I was Brian Feeney……..a notion that I did little to discourage for several months. I briefly met Brian a few times … Continue reading →

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