Tag Archives: Slugger O’Toole

My Top 14 LetsGetLongerists

Posted on May 30, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

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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Twitter Ye Not!

Posted on May 27, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

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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Double Standards?….On Slugger?

Posted on May 26, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

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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“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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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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“Win A Weekend Break For Two In London”

Posted on May 4, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

During the week, I saw a competition in a local newspaper and the first prize was a weekend trip to London. Now you are probably thinking that this is something I might have seen every day of my life for … Continue reading →

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Stat Attack

Posted on April 26, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Some interesting statistics from this Blog. Over the weekend a milestone will be reached in terms of “Views”. But coincidently the weekend should also show that the ” Views” for the First four months of 2013 will exceed the total … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Stratagem!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Breithla Shona to all my friends at Stratagem. Fifteen years old. How on Earth did we get along without them? They had a wee party at somewhere called The MAC which is one of those new fancy places in the … Continue reading →

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John Smyth Junior

Posted on April 19, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

John Smyth junior sounds like an interesting person. Jailed yesterday for petrol bombing a house occupied by some Polish people. In other words he is either a racist or sectarian scumbag. But unusually he was a DUP candidate at the … Continue reading →

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Causing Offence…Is It A Civil Right?

Posted on April 14, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Some twenty odd years ago on Remembrance Sunday I was in London and travelled up to Victoria Station to buy a copy of an Irish newspaper. I got on the underground to visit a friend in North London. The only … Continue reading →

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