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Favourite LetsGetAlongerist Opinion Poll

I am not very good at doing links to other Blogs but I urge you to vote in the Opinion Poll organised by Mr Hoboroad on his excellent Blog. Your favourite (sic) LetsGetAlongerist.  A crowded field. Could this be the … Continue reading

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My Top 14 LetsGetLongerists

Inspired by a stirring thread on Slugger O’Toole…on the top fourteen “cross border co-operators”, I feel like I should do a big shout out to my top fourteen LetSGetAlongerists. 1 Duncan Morrow. 2 Quintin Oliver 3 Mick Fealty 4 Andy … Continue reading

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H4H …EDL

When Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death in a London street last week, he was wearing a Tshirt, in support of the British military charity, Help for Heroes (H4H). To some extent this charity is the new ” Royal”British … Continue reading

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Public Grief …Public Hysteria

Watching the English Defence League last night on the News. They are reacting to the death of a young soldier, Lee Rigby in Woolwich, London last week. BBC, ITN, Sky News are not in much doubt. They are the very … Continue reading

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Wexford 1798

Wexford is probably my favourite county. History is written in every blade of grass and importantly people down there actually care about it. Boulavogue where it all started on a bright May meadow. The Harrow, where the first skirmish took … Continue reading

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Twitter Ye Not!

I left Twitter about three months ago. I never really “got”Twitter. At Rostrevor, on Friday night it seemed most people have a Twitter account. I signed up again last night. In fairness to Twitter, it does what it says onthe … Continue reading

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Belfast Mystery Tour

 Yesterday photographs started appearing on Facebook. Posted by folks who were in Belfast and saw one ofthose open top buses used for tours of the City. Seemingly taken over by flegs protestors. So welcome to Belfast then. So last night … Continue reading

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Double Standards?….On Slugger?

I am indebted to the BBC and indeed Sheldon on Slugger O’Toole for telling me that a Mr Harry Fitzsimmons, who served ten years in prison for fire-bombing a Belfast hotel…has been arrested in the African republic of Senegal. I … Continue reading

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Good Friday Agreement…Fifteen Years On (SDLP Conference)

It is somewhat inevitable that an event organised by SDLP to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement will focus on the fact that the opportunies presented by the Agreement have been wasted. The Agreement is an article … Continue reading

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Quotes Of The Night.

I am only home from a SDLP organised discussion on the “Good Friday Agreement….15 Years On”. I will be blogging about this tomorrow. It is after midnight and my head is still buzzing from the tour de force that is … Continue reading

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