Tag Archives: Conflict Resolution

Killers….Where Are They Now?

Posted on May 22, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

In September 2011, I attended a Platform for Change event in the Black Box in Belfast. The event was actually a presentation by some women mostly from Derry. Victims….including the widow of Patsy Gillespie, chained to his car which was … Continue reading →

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Name That McUnionist!

Posted on May 17, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Heres a thought. Who will be joining the new McUnionist Party? Any names come to mind? I doubt that many of my readers will be signing up. Alan as General Secretary? Mick as Press Officer? Quintin? So heres the thing. … Continue reading →

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The Two Corporals…Guest Post

Posted on May 13, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

This is a guest post by Sammy McNally. It deals with the killing of two British Army corporals, who had accidently stumbled into an IRA funeral (British version) or been carrying out surveillance on the funeral (IRA version). Either way, … Continue reading →

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CSI Belfast

Posted on May 9, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

CSI Las Vegas is great. Less so CSI Miami and CSI New York. But “CSI” is nothing to do with Crime Scene Investigation in Belfast. Im not actually sure about what the initials stand for…probably Community Strategy for Integration or … Continue reading →

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Apologise For This!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Living in Belfast in the 1970s was not a lot of fun. Death was everywhere. I was reminded of this just lately, when I was preparing a list of people who I knew…who ended up as statistics. Names in the … Continue reading →

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Brass Neck And “No Neck”

Posted on April 24, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I dont of course buy newspapers. That kinda thing only encourages “journalists” but I am indebted to a small restaurant in County Tyrone for the complimentary copy of ” The Sunday Life”. I love Norn Iron Sunday papers as they … Continue reading →

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How The Irish Saved….Belfast

Posted on April 19, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Ian Parsley, the politician, businessman and linguist who was previously a member of the Alliance Party and the UCNUCFCPF and is now back with Alliance…all since 2009….makes a fair point when he blogs that loyalists and republicans get more out … Continue reading →

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“Accordin’ To My Da”

Posted on April 18, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

 I have never considered Belfast a city of 300,000 or whatever. Rather there is a neutral city centre and the River Lagan divides East from West. Arterial routes from the City Centre go north, east, south and west…..effectively  making four … Continue reading →

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LetsGetAlongerism Interupted

Posted on April 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

We live in a decade which Conflict Resolutionists and LetsGetAlongerists aided and abetted by Historians have mapped out for us. It is The Decade of Centenaries, a series of events to show how much nationalists and unionists have in common … Continue reading →

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A Decade Of…Deaths?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

regular readers will know that the whole Decade of Centenaries irritates me. Not just do Ibelieve that they…or some are not important…or equally important to Nationalists and Unionists but I believe we ae…as usual..being manipulated by tThe Conflict Resolutionists. I … Continue reading →

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