I’m not sure if there are any Quakers in the ranks of the DUP or the UUP. Or the Alliance Party or the SDLP, for that matter. Yes, Virginia, they are a wide span of people to have lumped together. But let me explain. You’ll remember last week when Edwin Poots appeared on the Nolan […]
Archive | October, 2015
When it comes to the violence of the past, unionists don’t always hold their noses
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Police accused of inaction as large crowd goes on the rampage in Twinbrook
Police have been criticised for the way they handled weekend disturbances in Twinbrook. A crowd began gathering in Aspen and Summerhill near the former Brooke Lodge public house around 8pm on Saturday evening. Numbers quickly rose and by the time police arrived after receiving reports of anti-social behaviour, there were around 300 youths present. Local […]
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Back from the dead – Lynda’s story is a powerful argument for CPR training
Today is Restart a Heart Day, a Europe-wide day aimed at teaching members of the public cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Few people know better than Lisburn woman Lynda Donaldson the vital importance of life-saving training – it’s because of CPR that she’s able to tell her story today. There are around 1,400 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in […]
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‘Kill my son and you’ll have to kill me’ – mother’s defiant response to ‘INLA’ death threat
A West Belfast man says his life is “on hold” after a death threat was made against him by a group calling itself the West Belfast INLA. Now his mum has defiantly declared: “They’ll have to shoot me as well!” Speaking from his mum’s O’Neill Street home in the Clonard area, 28-year-old father-of-two Stephen Carson […]
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Ireland to book semi-final spot
The biggest sporting event bar none this weekend is the Ireland v Argentina at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday. Ireland won all 4 group games including that bruising encounter against a strong France team on Sunday. They will be missing their inspirational and now retired captain Paul O’Connell, Peter O’Mahoney, possibly Jonny Sexton and my man […]
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Junior doctor explains why he’s joining weekend protest against new contracts
HUNDREDS of junior doctors are set to take to the streets of Belfast on Saturday to protest against proposed changes to their working contracts. The new contracts, which have been rejected in Scotland and Wales, will result in a substantial increase in the routine working hours of a junior doctor from 60 to 90 hours […]
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