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Gay Mitchell…….Candidate For Presidency.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Gay Mitchell is the Dublin based candidate representing the major Government party Fine Gael. Fine Gael traces its origins back to those who accepted the “partitionist” Treaty and have been involved in a sterile eighty years old feud with Fianna … Continue reading →

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Senator David Norris…….Candidate For Presidency

Posted on October 20, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Let me say something upfront about Senator David Norris, an Independent Candidate for the Presidency of Ireland (the Election is just three weeks away). I do not like David Norris. I never have liked him. And I never will. David … Continue reading →

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Jacobite Restoration Petition

Posted on October 9, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

An e-petition in support of restoring the House of Sturat to the Throne of the United Kingdom (sic) has been submitted to the British Government. Under new legislation, if the petition gets 100,000 signatures before 5th October 2012, it can … Continue reading →

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The Commission For Victims And Survivors

Posted on October 8, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

In a speech to the McCluskey Civil Rights Seminar in County Louth, Brendan McAllister, a Commissioner at the Commission For Victims and Survivors went public with some figures that I posted in a blog recently. There are 1.7 million people living in … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Twibbons

Posted on October 3, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Ah the trouble with Twibbons……….Conall McDevitt has launched a Twibbon. A Twibbon is a “ribbon-type graphic” and people who want Conall to win the SDLP Leadership contest can show their support on their Twitter account. Obviously a bit silly. Juvenile … Continue reading →

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Viva Los San Patricios!

Posted on September 30, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Interesting half hour documentary (English subtitles) on Gaelic language channel TG4 on Wednesday night. Los San Patricios, the regiment of largely Irish soldiers in Mexican Army 1846-48. A story that was largely unknown in Ireland until 1997 (the issue of … Continue reading →

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SDLP Leadership Candidates Hustings

Posted on September 29, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

A photograph from SDLP Leadership Hustings (Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast….22nd September 2011). Hosted by SDLP Youth.  Left to Right…..Seamas de Faoite (SDLP Youth Vice Chair), Alex Attwood MLA  West Belfast & Minister for Environment), Conall McDevitt MLA South Belfast, Daniel … Continue reading →

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Platform For Change Is Bad News For Conall McDevitt.

Posted on September 29, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Platform For Change is a Norn Iron based pressure/lobby group which “is a voice for citizens of Norn Iron who believe that now is the time for a new politics focussed on the common good. It is the place for … Continue reading →

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Gusty Spence (UVF Terrorist) Dies Aged 78.

Posted on September 25, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

June 1966. I was 14 years old. It was still three years to the outbreak of the Troubles, although one man had been killed a few weeks prieviously.. On a Sunday morning, news started to spread around the Falls Road … Continue reading →

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Irish Journalism And Ethics (Please Dont Laugh!)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Angst-ridden Journalists are worked up about Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin  standing for the Irish Presidential Election. The problem is that they dont like him very much because he might have some “Baggage”. Indeed he has admitted as much and … Continue reading →

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