Tag Archives: Sinn Féin

Believing (Some) Victims Of Abuse?

Posted on January 3, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Disappointingly, there is still no mention on Slugger O’Toole that “Prince Andrew” has been mentioned in New York Courts in a civil action involving under-age sex. You might say…whats the connexion to Norn Iron? And I would say that the … Continue reading →

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SDLP: Getting With The (Feile) Programme

Posted on August 7, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Odd thing. No mention of SDLP in West Belfast’s Annual Festival. It almost looks likr they (we) dont exist. Are we even mentioned in the great big glossy brochure? As West Belfast invites the world to celebrate the diversity of … Continue reading →

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Constituency Offices…#20 Mary Lou McDonald TD

Posted on August 1, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

This is the fairly understated office of Mary Lou McDonald TD (Sinn Fein, Dublin Central).    The office is located about 200 metres from the main entrance to Connolly Railway Station. I was literally passing by, when I saw the … Continue reading →

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Constituency Offices…Sinn Fein Coalisland

Posted on July 28, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Not sure how to attribute this one. A few years ago, I think I credited it to Michelle O’Neill, the Sinn Fein MLA for Mid Ulster. She is, I believe from Coalisland in County Tyrone. It seems part of a … Continue reading →

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Constituency Offices…#19 Padraig Mac Lochlainn TD

Posted on July 28, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

This office is in Buncrana, County Donegal. The office of Padraig Mac Lochlainn TD. This office is in the Main Street, near Market Square. He is  Sinn Fein TD for North East Donegal.

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Not In My Name!

Posted on July 26, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

A few days ago, I posted a Blog…”Helpless in Gaza”. In that Blog, I noted how articulate Israeli spokesmen were pushing the idea that Israel was in some way on the front line fighting for Civilisation. That Israel is in … Continue reading →

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Taking The Derry Air

Posted on July 25, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Just returned from a very pleasant few days in Derry..with a cross-county excursion into County Donegal. I like Derry. Effectively, it is a city made by SDLP. I make no apology for saying that. I rarely visited Derry in the … Continue reading →

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Féile…West Belfast Festival

Posted on July 15, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

So Féile starts in two weeks. The West Belfast Festival. On 9th August 1971, Internment Without Trial was introduced. That night, the Ballymurphy Massacre took place. For some years afterwards, the anniversary was marked by often intense rioting in West … Continue reading →

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So…Racism

Posted on June 6, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

We used to be far too busy with Sectarianism (a specifically local problem) to worry about one of the great global problems like Racism. As “Lord” Brookeborough, one of the founding fathers of the Norn Iron statelet put it (when … Continue reading →

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So…SDLP

Posted on June 3, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

There is a strange thing about the Norn Iron Political Cycle. We are constantly told on message boards like Slugger O’Toole that the SDLP is in “terminal decline”. This is an article of faith held by Slugger’s core “team” and … Continue reading →

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