In a major report from Belfast this week to mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, the New York Times suggested the citizens of Belfast were suffering from “collective amnesia” regarding the exclusion of Catholics from the Belfast shipyards of old.
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Equality for tricolour
In the week in which Orangemen announced their first-ever rally at Stormont, without any protest from nationalists, it might have been thought unionists would react with some decorum to the suggestion that the flag of Ireland be unfurled above Stormont.
Use them or lose them
Rate bills dropped through letter boxes of small businesses across South Belfast with a heavier thud than usual last week.
Unionist committee runs risk of hindering progress
In this paper last July, South Belfast MLA Conall McDevitt penned a piece about the aftermath of the annual Orange procession through (increasingly nationalist) South Belfast.
Launching a new era
Barring any unforeseen icebergs, the launch of Titanic Belfast at a gala celebration on Friday and the throwing open of its doors to the public on Saturday should mark the start of a new era for Belfast.
Student exodus may have been sad – but it worked
It would be nice to think that the relatively quiet scenes in the Holyland on St Patrick’s Day were due to a new maturity and respect for the neighbours’ sensitivity among our student population.
