Alex Bruce, son of Steve Bruce, who was selected by Northern Ireland last week for an under-21 match against Israel has now declared for the Rep.Ireland. Alex is entitled to play for either the Republic or Northern Ireland through his grandparents but chose Rep.Ireland purely because they are a better team. If that’s the only [...]

The second round of the Finnish Presidential Election was today and Tarja Halonen was re-elected by a tiny margin. She claimed just 51.8% of the votes beating off Conservative candidate Sauli Niinisto. Halonen would be my choice too, I think she’s a better ambassador for Finland than “neo-liberal hawk” Niinisto. Thankfully this candidate, Timo Soini, [...]