THERE’S that drip again. It’s like a malfunctioning tap only the drops aren’t falling into a cold, hard sink – they’re falling into Squinter’s head. Again. Perhaps he should explain. For more years than he cares to remember, Squinter has been plagued with sinusitis, which we won’t go into too deeply here, except to say it is the blockage of a series of passages inside the head and surrounding the nose.
Archive | May, 2012
Dad’s Army is to go back to billet
THEY’RE scandalised in England about the fact that the army wants to put surface-to-air missile units on blocks of flat near the Olympic Stadium in London in order to thwart any nasty Al-Qaeda types planning a spectacular attack on this summer’s Olympic Games.
Holding out for a hero
What’s the story? The end of the world is nigh. Norse God of Mischief Loki (Tom Hiddleston) – the sly, conniving brother of the hammer-wielding Thor (Chris Hemsworth) – stakes his bid for world domination by stealing a weapon of mass destruction.
Poleglass youth going on the run
Teams from the Poleglass cross-community organisation Youth Initiatives are running the Belfast Marathon on Monday in a bid to raise £10,000. Two teams of young people and the Youth Initiatives management team will take part in the marathon to raise money for a new youth centre in Poleglass and a trip to Romania where the Colin area’s young people will build houses for families in need.
Read all about it… maybe not
THAT old chestnut of media censorship has raised its ugly head once more after it was revealed that Fr Brian D’Arcy, one of our most prolific clerical writers and broadcasters, has been censured by the Vatican.It was revealed this week that the action against Fr D’Arcy was taken by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith last year after an anonymous complaint was made. The priest’s writings must now be submitted for clearance.
Our columnist backs Fr Brian in paper row
WEST Belfast priest and Andersonstown News columnist Fr Des Wilson has written a stinging letter to the Vatican over their censuring of an Irish priest. His letter was written just days after it was revealed
