by nabidana | May 15, 2011 | Fake News, Ireland, Northern Ireland
Ireland is poised to apologise to HM Queen Elizabeth II for the unholy catastrophe of 91 years of independence. At a state dinner to be hosted by An Uachtarán at Áras an Uachtaráin, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD is expected to symbolically offer the wholesale return of...
by nabidana | Apr 3, 2011 | Ireland, Northern Ireland, politics
Somewhere on the island of Ireland this Mothers’ Day, perhaps in a pub, perhaps across a Sunday lunch table, some people sat, self satisfied in their latest endeavour for Irish freedom. They revelled in the unfolding story on the television news and convinced...
by nabidana | Jun 18, 2010 | Northern Ireland
For decent, humanitarian, human-rights aware British people, this week has been both extremely affirming and incredibly painful. The affirmation is hard to express adequately, but it comes from the transcendent sense that we did the right thing this week. The...
by nabidana | Apr 12, 2010 | Hoons, Northern Ireland
This posting is liable to be updated as more information comes in. 01.27am. Information is beginning to stream in of a car bomb attack on Palace Barracks, one of the largest British Army bases in Northern Ireland, and the NI headquarters of MI5. Update: Confirmed by...
by nabidana | Jan 30, 2010 | Hoons, Northern Ireland, stupidity
I notice that, finally, consideration is being given to whether the Conservative Party should be fully invested in Northern Ireland, and what sort of interaction there should be between the party and the (inaccurately described) province. I’ve written about...
by nabidana | Jan 27, 2010 | Diplomacy, Hoons, Northern Ireland, politics
Monday 25 January, 8.15am Got phone call from Perm Sec’s office, telling me to get to Aldergrove airport and make sure there is no red carpet. DUP don’t look amused that my tie is green. Apparently thery’ve been up all night practicing the scowl and...
