A great amount of information has recently surfaced about the men and women who partook in the Easter Rising and the ensuing War of Independence. There is no doubt that there has been a renewed interest in the subject, especially among young people. After a lecture and discussion about the life of Winifred Carney […]
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Robinson brothers were imbued with patriotic spirit
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The good, the bad and the ugly of life on Twitter
About two months ago I typed four words and was astonished at the passion-filled response they elicited. The four words were “A bit like this”: I was responding on Twitter to a picture of a paramilitary parade in Lurgan and an accompanying comment about Shocking Paramilitary Demonstration In Front Of Children. (There was one […]
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Getting high with Michelle
“WHEN they go low, we go high.” These words by First Lady Michelle Obama from the Democratic Party Convention resonated deeply with me. This language of love and example spoke of so much. I often struggle to live up to my duty to be the role model I want to be to my five […]
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Spain proved a graveyard for many good men
On the road from Coalisland to Dungannon a memorial plaque stands on the face of a very large stone. The plaque commemorates the life of Charlie Donnelly who was born in the nearby townland of Killybrackey on June 10, 1914. Charlie was a writer, poet and a left wing political activist who fought and […]
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Spin doctor sets the cycle agenda
AN open-air laundrette, eh? So much for not washing your dirty linen in public. Squinter’s told the facility in the car park of the Shaws Road shops is already proving very popular, with a colleague reporting a queue when he drove past a couple of days after the machines were installed. Squinter used to […]
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Has the cuckoo disappeared from West Belfast’s hills?
HAS the cuckoo disappeared from the fields surrounding Belfast? There was a time when the famous call used to carry down from the mountain into Dúlra’s old street in Ramoan Gardens. It was probably calling from a mile away – and you had to stay still and strain your young ears to definitely hear […]
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