Tag Archives: Quintin Oliver

New Years Honours List (Norn Iron)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

About two months ago, up to 150 people in Norn Iron will have got letters from a department within the Cabinet Office in Downing Street. They will have been told that “Her Majesty the Queen” (sic) has decided to award … Continue reading →

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Seanad Éireann

Posted on June 27, 2020 by fitzjameshorse

Now that a Platform for Government has been agreed between with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party and a government will be formed with six ministries each going to FF and FG and three going to the GP……..I … Continue reading →

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Quintin And The Kurds

Posted on September 9, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Nearly interesting article by Quintin Oliuver (sic) in today’s Daily Mirror about his “experiences in a refugee camp”. REading the headline. I wondered if Baby Quintin had been smuggled out of Hungary in a wicker basket. Or maybe a Teenage … Continue reading →

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The Great Annual Tweet Up…Part One (NICVA)

Posted on March 29, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

   J Thursday 26th March 2015. NICVA, Duncairn Gardens, Belfast. Part One of the Great Annual Tweet Up. A joint event organised by NICVA and Slugger O’Toole. I am never very sure what NICVA is. On Thursday, I arrived about forty … Continue reading →

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Quintin Oliver…His Life, His Work

Posted on March 13, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Alam Meban will be interviewing Quintin Oliver, (The Man, The Legend) on community television station, NVTV about his Life and Work. Tonight 7.30pm. Not sure if Alan is doing a Jeremy Paxman or an Evan Davies. I urge you not to … Continue reading →

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Voting And Identity …In Black and Whyte

Posted on March 9, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Nicholas Whyte is now Visiting Professor at University of Ulster. Professor Whyte is the main man behind the Ark Elections website, a treasure trove of statistics on elections. So …who cares about Voting and Identity. Well…about Voting. In 1996 Nicholas … Continue reading →

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What Is The Secret Of Room 105?

Posted on August 30, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

In a Slugger O’ Toole post “Mr Ulster” (is he by any chance a former General Secretary of the Alliance Party who now has an office in the same building as “agent for change” Quintin Oliver?)….talks about an event hosted … Continue reading →

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Party Funding…Alliance Party

Posted on July 30, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Over on Slugger O’Toole, Mick Fealty produces an excellent post on Party Funding and speculates as to why SDLP are a bit reluctant to have donors based in the Republic of Ireland named publicly. He speculates that it does not … Continue reading →

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Slugger O’Toole And West Belfast

Posted on June 19, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Is it cos Im from West Belfast? (as Ali G might have said). Slugger O’Toole’s obvious dislike for James Kelly and Mairead Corrigan…couldnt be anything to do with them both being from West Belfast…could it? No …there would need to … Continue reading →

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“The Golden Halo” Speaks.

Posted on May 24, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Good to see so many of Norn Irons Golden Halo gathered together in Derry to …to….to talk to each other. Which is what they do I suppose. Ive never known them to do anything else…except pat each other on the … Continue reading →

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