It has been proposed to drag an iceberg [registration cheat] from Norway to the the Belfast shipyard where the Titanic was built to help put Belfast’s redeveloped Titanic Quarter on the tourist map by 2008. I kid you not. “The iceberg could become a symbol of hope as it melts.” Glad it’s not my tax [...]
Yes indeedy, the tenth Luas crash since it opened in September. 5 injured in this latest accident. They should seriously consider switching from chimpanzee drivers to humans drivers.
The Lá web site has been offline 9 times out of the 10 that i’ve visited it in the past month. Is it man-power? Funding? Should we blame Hermon and Laird? Speaking of irish language sites. I haven’t visited Blas in a while. I’d recommend (for Irish learners) checking out Giota Beag agus Giota Beag [...]
Mary McAleese has cancelled her plans to visit loyalist Shankill Road this week. Unsurprising really considering the reaction to her comments at the Auschwitz commemoration in Poland. Some Unionists may have accepted her apology but her comments cut pretty deep and the wound may never fully heal. In the case of people such as Paisley [...]
…in Catholic Ireland. The body of newborn baby was discovered in a shallow grave in Ballina yesterday afternoon. Hardly the first time such a thing has happened but completely unacceptable that it should happen in this day and age. Why is it that drives young mothers to such lengths? Outdated narrow-minded Catholic attitudes?
My own Longford Town got their licence after they had initially been refused. Another cup this year lads? Why not.
Been following the news of the money laundering raids in Dublin & Cork? I decided to let the dust settle before posting on it and have been spending most of my time over on Slugger who have been posting updates on the subject as the story develops. Anyway, with seven arrested, two ‘with republican connections’ [...]
Lots of talk recently about nuclear weapons especially wrt Iran who are suspected of running a nuclear arms program. Here the BBC takes a quick look at who has what when it comes to nuclear weapons. The US, with all their talk of stopping Iran from developing weapons, is said to have about 6000 strategic [...]
Since the days when The Clones Cyclone had the country glued to the tv i’ve been keeping an eye on Irelands best fighters. One of our best in recent years has been Ulsterman Wayne McCullough who, at 34 and with only 2 competitive rounds fought within the last two years, was taking on champion Oscar [...]
The state of Virginia has proposed a bill which means people showing too much of their underwear could be fined as much as $50! The bill is designed to stamp out the problem of people wearing their trousers so low that their boxers or g-strings are showing ala rapper-style. I think these old fogies in [...]