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Almost Interesting Piece About Co-Terminosity

I see Nicholas Whyte has a piece on Slugger O’Toole., the website which is a partner of Stratagem, which advises Rowntree which has given the Alliance Party £98,000 since 2007. Mr Whyte is a former advisor to David Ford MLA, … Continue reading

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Moderating The Moderators

I received an email earlier asking me if I had seen a rather unpleasant comment about me on another blogging site. I hadnt. And when I did look at it, I did not think it was THAT bad. Certainly rude. … Continue reading

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Jon Stewart

I am a big fan of Jon Stewart but I am not entirely sure that I agree with a campaign to have him moderate a Presidential Debate. Indeed I am not even sure it is a serious campaign. I read … Continue reading

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Olympic Update

Some more qualifiers for the London Olympics: Boxing: Paddy Barnes (Belfast), Adam Nolan (Wexford) Athletics: Caitriona Jennings (Marathon) is the fourth woman qualified but a maximum of three will be selected. Judo: Lisa Kearney (Belfast) Cycling: Martyn Irvine (Newtownards) Badminton: … Continue reading

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Any Taig Will Do?

Interesting comment on Slugger O’Toole-Stratagem noting that so many are not well disposed to Fr Brian D’arcy. But is it all that surprisin? There is a belief crudely masquerading as “liberal” that every Catholic priest is bad and that every practising Catholic … Continue reading

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Fr Brian D’arcy

Perhaps Ireland’s most popular priest. And in my eyes the model for the “Father Trendy” character invented by the late Dermot Morgan. Much is made today of the fact that following an article he wrote…he has now having to submit … Continue reading

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The Nolan TV Show

Awful moment last night when I walked into the living room and discovered Stephen Nolan had been given a TV Show. I had a Father Jack Hackett moment ….”How did that gobshite get on the television?” I would like to … Continue reading

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Two SDLP Blogs

Good to see that there are some other SDLP-orientated Blogs out there. Ballycastle SDLP have a an excellent local Blog.  http://ballycastlesdlp.wordpress.com/ And Daniel Hendrie who is a SDLP Representative in Ballymoney has set up a Blog at http://dhendriesdlp.wordpress.com/. Daniel is … Continue reading

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Is Blogging Inconsistent With Party Membership?

I have been blogging…off and on….for about five years. My constant inability to remember passwords has meant that I have moved sites a few times. But for the record this is the only “political” Blog, I have in Europe. I … Continue reading

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Too Many Blogs

The peerless Mick Fealty over at Slugger’s place reports a blog by Ian Parsley “politician, businessman and linguist” which is headlined “Why Are There Not More Nationalist Blogs?”. I have no idea. I remember when Ian Parsley’s blog was a … Continue reading

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