The Scotch-Irish: Or, the Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America (V.1 ) (1902)
Gorillas Guides (Free subscription) | yesterday
A conference is being held in Iraq examining how NI peace principles might be applied to the city of Kirkuk. Kirkuk is the centre of the northern Iraqi oil fields and is an ethnically mixed city populated by Kurds, Assyrians, Turkmen and Arabs. A delegation including Sinn Fein’s Alex Maskey, the Independent Monitoring Commission’s Lord Alderdice [...]
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
JUST caught Peter Robinson on News 24. The section of the speech that attracted the BBC’s attention most was this: I cannot guarantee the future of the Assembly but I can guarantee that it will not be the DUP that will walk away. I can also guarantee that in whatever circumstances we find ourselves, the DUP will act in the best interests of the people of Northern Ireland. This is the DUP message...
You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
A conference at Queen's University in Belfast is to discuss the growing problem of male infertility. BBC Northern Ireland health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly explores a sensitive problem. "It becomes a very, very dark place that you go into - you think it must be your wife that has the problem - never do you think it could be you the man," William Steenson told me. Read more... Life...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Police in Northern Ireland have launched a murder inquiry after a man was found dead at a house in East Belfast.
Graham Pointer's Blog (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
For those who follow Northern Ireland politics, there is one thing which happens from time-to-time, when the Democratic Unionist Party runs a candidate in a seat which is held by the Ulster Unionist Party (or which has recently been held by the UUP), and the unionist vote splits, leading to a nationalist, from the Social Democratic & Labour Party or Sinn Fein, either winning or coming close to...
Graham Pointer's Blog (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Is Europe's gain Belgium's loss? In a few weeks, Herman van Rompuy has to step down as Belgian Prime Minister to take up his new job as President of the European Council- which means that it's an end to his role of holding Belgium together across its linguistic and cultural divides. One question that arises with regards to Scottish independence is whether an independent Scotland would be bound by the...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | yesterday
As noted on the delay in progressing the Education Bill , yesterday the ESA Chief Executive Designate, Gavin Boyd said “However the Minister has made it very clear that she remains focussed on the agreed implementation date of 1 January. She plans that the Education Bill will move to Consideration Stage as soon as possible, so that it completes its Assembly passage early next month and becomes...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
SECURITY forces have foiled an attempt to kill police officers in Northern Ireland.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
SECURITY forces have foiled an attempt to kill police officers in Northern Ireland.
Why Dont You Blog? (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I am sure pretty much everyone in the UK knows that Northern Ireland is cold and wet. It really is. Some summers are fantastic, but the best you can hope for is a few decent months to break up the wet and cold weather. Last winter the city centre, and major motorways, were closed for days as a result of huge amounts of snow. It really is cold. So then, I find (on good old BBC News) an interesting...
Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
All UK Activists and Supporters I am researching and writing a book about the Global Fathers' Rights/Equal Parenting Movement and would like to do focus groups and individual interviews with fathers, mothers, grandmothers, grandfathers, and others who have been impacted by the Family Law System. I will be visiting Scotland and Northern Ireland between February 11 and 21, 2010. Please let me know if...
Left I on the News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I recently finished reading Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion , in which Dawkins presents his arguments not only against the existence of God but affirmatively for an affirmation in atheism, tackling such subjects as "is religion the source of morality?" and "is religion actually a bad thing?" Being both a scientist and a Marxist, I didn't need Dawkins to convince me of the non-existence...
BBC NEWS | The Devenport Diaries (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The DUP has released a 35 page document on the eve of its annual conference under the optimistic title of "Building On Success". If you were to read Peter Robinson's foreword you might conclude that the party is about make a great leap forward. The party leader says that "once again unionism faces a choice in the next few years. Do we build on what we have achieved or risk throwing...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The decision by the Northern Ireland Education Minister, Sinn Féin’s Caitríona Ruane, not to move the Consideration Stage of the Education Bill in the Assembly in October risks another vacuum developing in the education system. There’s also been a subsequent DUP amendment tabled which would appear to seek to restrict the Department’s ability to bring into operation some...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for information following the discovery of a viable device in Co Armagh this morning.
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wellbeingnewseditor | 11/08/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Northern Ireland > Edited by Nick Adams: A major programme designed to tackle disadvantage among young people and children in the West Belfast and Greater Shankill area of Northern Ireland, was recently unveiled by Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness MP... Wellbeing Newsline > Magazine > Contributors > World > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Scotland > Northern Ireland >...
elina_ | 10/27/2009
Situated 32 km to the northwest of Belfast city and adjacent to Aldergrove, Crumlin and Killead is the Belfast International Airport. The airport is considered as one of the premier airports of Northern Ireland and serves nearly 5.5 million passengers annually. Belfast Airport is well connected to the rest of Northern Ireland situated adjacent to A26 – Tully Road and A57 – Ballyrobin Road. As of 2009,...
wellbeingnewseditor | 10/10/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: World > Edited by Jane Hill: The global economic crisis continues to push millions of the world’s most vulnerable people into poverty, hunger and early death, a recent United Nations [UN] report warns... Wellbeing Newsline > Magazine > Contributors > World > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Scotland > Northern Ireland > Wales > Greater London > Norfolk > Suffolk > Essex > Cambridgeshire...
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