TAKE a look at this thing on the right. It’s got to be 80 feet high and its core is full of tyres and sofas that, when burnt, give off the kind of toxic fumes that have been outlawed by the Geneva Convention. It’s at Lanark Way, and this year the Shankill has gone all […]
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Bookie gets his back up in Sandy Row
I came back from the Down v Leitrim game last Sunday on the Ulsterbus Express. I was delighted when the driver left the dual carriageway he took a route through a private road which meant we avoided Sandy Row and Boyne Bridge. The first time I was on Sandy Row was in 1965. I spent […]
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The courts and police are our servants, not masters
I enjoyed the movie In the Name of the Father, although I’m not sure ‘enjoyed’ is the word to describe such a sad, brutal story. But at one point I felt a little cheated. That was when the Guildford Four emerged from prison and Gerry Conlon ran to to the waiting microphones and cameras. Not […]
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Adams: my four days inside
MY recent detention and interrogation was a serious attempt to bring charges against me. It was conducted by the Retrospective Major Investigation Team of the PSNI, or REMIT, which is based at Seapark, Carrickfergus, County Antrim. I had contacted the PSNI through my solicitor, Seamus Collins, in March to tell them I was available to […]
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Why I’m going to meet the queen
Last night, I attended the most solemn occasion in the calendar of any republican mayor: a Mass in Clonard in honour of our patriot dead. This service was initiated by Alex Maskey when he took on the mantle of First Citizen in 2002, in recognition of our belief that all the dead of our three-decade […]
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A BIG response to Squinter’s recent piece on Buckfast and the fact that it’s not big in West Belfast. Some readers got in touch to say that West Belfast is not opposed to fortified wine, per se – rather it once preferred another brand, of which today little is known. They reminded Squinter that in […]
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