NO Sunday morning is ever complete without an extended browse through the (electronic) pages of my second-favourite Irish news organ, The Sindo. I always find something that encourages me to think further on a given topic; often (but not always) the pen of Eilis O’Hanlon or (more recently) Mairia Cahill will gently lead me […]
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Fine Gael making strange overtures to Sinn Féin
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Stepping together into the minefield of 2017
THERE are two ways of looking at where and how we are – the W way and Y way. The W is for Walt (Disney), and it involves looking at a happy world awash with balloons and smiling people and adorable puppies. In this world the politicians resemble our favourite uncle who always had […]
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You just can’t please everyone
Sometimes you have to laugh. And often, I find, a fit of the giggles comes on just at those moments when it would be highly inappropriate to let them out. But this is not one of those occasions. This time, giggles and guffaws and near-painful belly-laughs are the only sane response. The man to […]
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Extending the Presidential vote
“WE could be discussing the A6 and A5, improvements to our port and the 100 new jobs announced in our area. Instead we have nationalist councillors trying to outdo one another with pointless motions.” Those are the words of Councillor Graham Warke (DUP). He was reacting to a motion passed by Derry City and […]
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North heading for a nuclear disaster
Arlene Foster is a conflicted woman. I don’t mean that she isn’t interested in conflict – as leader of the DUP, Conflict is her middle name. Her predecessors took a similar line. Ian Paisley promoted conflict with the same zeal he brought to denouncing the Catholic faith; and who could forget Peter Robinson’s remarks […]
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McClean withstands peer-pressure
ANOTHER year, another poppyfest put to bed. As with so many other things, poppy-wearing and Remembrance Sunday came to us, largely, through the lens of television. Not for the first time James McClean was a focal point. Given the general acceptance in the Premier League that all players’ shirts should be emblazoned with the […]
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Gerard Mulhern@puntersgMy week on Twitter 🎉: 11 Mentions, 16K Mention Reach, 5 Likes, 1 Retweet, 13 Retweet Reach. See yours with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 hours ago15 November 2019
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Squinter@squinteratn0ff up the wooden hill pointing out to my friends that in your supermarket Israeli barcodes are mostly in the fruit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6 hours ago15 November 2019
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Squinter@squinteratnRT @AntrimLens: @squinteratn Yer wee woman is the same, end of the night up beside me and out for the count. pic.twitter.com/Tlk5Qe7ork6 hours ago15 November 2019
Paddy Tierney@PaddyTierney21Aye the @foals are now on the bucket list! Class live performance on #LaterWithJoolsHolland7 hours ago14 November 2019
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Andersonstown News@ATownNewsVoting for the Urban Villages Ambassador Aisling Award is now live. Shortlisted are: Turas, Colin Neighbourhood Par… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…14 hours ago14 November 2019
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Andersonstown News@ATownNewsRT @puntersg: Votes continue to fly in.... twitter.com/ATownNews/stat…1 day ago13 November 2019
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@TheDevenish to @punchestownrace
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Paddy Tierney@PaddyTierney21RT @puntersg: We go again this Sunday
#SeanGrahamRacingClub
@TheDevenish to @punchestownrace
few spots left
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Conor McParland@cmcparland91RT @CiaranStaff95: I’m sick of hearing about this. It would be of no personal interest to stick up for Dundalk, but if you’re producing Par…2 days ago13 November 2019
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Andersonstown News@ATownNewsRT @puntersg: Next Stop for the #SeanGrahamRacingClub is @punchestownrace from the @TheDevenish this Sunday.
Hosted by the #PG in a priva…3 days ago12 November 2019
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Evan Short@evansmsRT @DavidMohan99: Burnett calls time on his career
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