The different approach of nationalists and unionists to the public service workers’ strike yesterday reveals that the political divisions in our land go way beyond Orange and Green.
Archive | December, 2011
Lights, camera, inaction: Poverty policy is required
15 minutes of fame beckons for Belfast City Fathers and Mothers tonight (Thursday) when the screening of our monthly meetings goes live – I believe they’ve already branded the show ‘YouTubes’.
His ideas were revolutionary
People are shocked when you say Jesus Christ was one of the greatest revolutionaries the world ever knew. At Christmas we are all ringing bells and singing and, if we can manage the money, feasting. But that is not what he was about.
Ulster at the radio crossroads
Sometimes radio can simply suck your breath away – leave you gasping on over breakfast or in the car. I’ve had two such moments already today; at this rate I’ll be hyperventilating by tea-time.
Protestors make themselves heard inside and outside hall
DISSIDENT republican groups staged a noisy protest at a meeting of the West Belfast sub group of the District Policing Partnership (DPP), accusing the PSNI of attempting to recruit informers in the Ballymurphy area. Protestors were present both inside and outside the meeting which was held in Belfast Metropolitan College’s Whiterock campus. The PSNI’s Inspector […]
57 child abduction reports
FIFTY-SEVEN reports of attempted abductions of children were made in the A District policing area of West and North Belfast in the past six months, the West Belfast DPP sub group heard.
