Do you miss David Trimble? Me neither. I interviewed him once a long time ago. As I waited, he moved around the UUP headquarters in that nervy way he had, softly whistling (no, not The Sash’, some classical piece, perhaps an aria from an opera, but definitely nothing common).
Tag Archives: Ireland
Caruth aiming for Olympics spot
ANNADALE hockey star Peter Caruth had two reasons to celebrate at the weekend, but is aiming to make it a hat-trick in the coming weeks.
Firm’s designs on historic church building
A HISTORIC South Belfast church, once home to a thriving congregation, is set to become an interior design studio following its recent sale. The striking Ulsterville Presbyterian Church on the lower Lisburn Road has been sold by senior clergy after being deemed surplus to requirements.
Off the field issues dominate
It was a week when what happened off the pitch overshadowed what happened on it.
Ireland fail to learn lessons
Ireland’s grand slam hopes are over after 80 minutes of rugby as they crashed to defeat against Wales at the Aviva.
An unholy Irish alliance between Church and State
After the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, the persecution of Catholics and their clergy in Ireland continued unabated. On July 1, 1681, to the amusement of throngs of baying savages, the decapitated and disembowelled corpse of the Catholic Primate of Ireland, Oliver Plunkett, was dragged through the streets of London strapped to a jail door which was dyed scarlet by his congealing blood.
