Tuesday, July 16, 2002

Working on a new programme As is evidenced by the outcome of the recent referendum, Southern Ireland is changing greatly. Nor is it really so much an urban/rural divide as some of the commentators would have us believe. The major urban areas undoubtedly swung the day for the 'NO' camp during the election but that may be also due to the age profile of the electorate in the big cities. Nor should it be overlooked that in comparison with twenty years ago, rural Ireland has changed even if not as dramatically as in the towns. Comments: Google It! 6:23:46 PM

Plastic Bullets Kill! The latest Police Ombudsman report into the use of plastic bullets fired during riots over the past 12 months stated that the PSNI were justified in their use. Comments: Google It! 6:20:59 PM

BT Ring Up Wrong Number The use of the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare superimposed with the heads of four American Presidents in a British Telecom advertising campaign to promote "national calls across the 32 counties" has been criticised by Republican Sinn Fein. Comments: Google It! 6:17:28 PM

Pretty Vacant Panopticon Mick 'Skull Cap' Murphy, the Sinn Fein MLA in South Down, has been deselected as a candidate to fight next year's Stormont assembly election. In his place a 'friend' and altogether more 'respectable' character has been selected to fight Mick's seat. When he is collecting Mick's pay-packet, spending Mick's money, going to Mick's functions and making Mick's TV appearances how much of a 'friend' of Mick's he will actually remain is a moot point. A college lecturer, the new South Down assembly candidate, who unlike Mick did not graduate from the 'University of Long Kesh', has already demonstrated his 'electability' by occupying a council seat confirming that the professionalisation of Sinn Fein is well underway. The skull cap just does not fit the party head anymore it would seem. And the latest tabloid rumour is that John Kelly too may face a de-selection process. Comments: Google It! 6:15:09 PM

A wreath to Empire's sad legacy Enormously difficult for republicans this week was Alex Maskey's laying of a laurel wreath at the cenotaph outside Belfast City Hall to commemorate those Irish who died in World War I. Comments: Google It! 6:11:05 PM

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