I haven’t covered much Norn Iron topics in a while even though the negotiations are all over the news these days because, to be honest, the whole thing would bore the tits off an elephant*. Anyway the following just caught my attention: “The Catholic Primate of Ireland has said that an alternative to photographic evidence [...]

Blimey, the Former Pantera guitarist Darrell ‘Dimebag Darrell’ Abbott was shot dead at a concert yesterday. They (their new band Damageplan) had just started their set when some bloke stormed on stage, shot the guitarist 5 or 6 times before turning the gun on others. A policeman then shot the gunman dead.

I thought this was a bit crazy. “A father who was banned from his family home for six months after smacking his son in public has been allowed back after admitting common assault.” The man in question smacked his son on the backside once but was seen by a policeman and arrested. The slap certainly [...]