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Irish team demonstrated all that is good in sport
Apres le match, le deluge. Forgive me for mangling that famous phrase of Louis XV but given the circumstances, it seems appropriate.
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Gagged by laws that make free speech an expensive business
Never mind the fatwas, I say, and don't get hyper-agitated by the PC platoon,
we who do not find rape jokes hilarious, and who rebuff the fond nicknames
‘Paki’ and ‘retard’, believe careless language can sanction cruelty and
injustice.
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A Rough Guide to Basra and other holiday delights
What do you do when you've bombed the living daylights out of a country? Well,
you go on holiday there, of course.
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What I would say to the DUP
In three short years we will celebrate the centenary of the Ulster Covenant; the greatest expression of unionism in history.
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Society setting a bad example to our children
How depressing to read Anti-Bullying Alliance research this week revealing that one in five primary school children have been bullied online.
Samurai swords could lead to a bad knight out
The recent seizure in Dublin of 7,000 Samurai swords confirms a phenomenon experienced in many major cities: the adoption by hooligans of exotic weaponry.
- Pensions! My savings are going towards a pint
- Stinging criticism: singer denounces X Factor as ‘TV karaoke’
- Heaven knows I’m miserable now over our so-called great lyricists
- Is this the end of the world as we know it?
- Relax, you’re safe with bad thoughts on your mind
- Was Bill seeing double in land of make-believe?
- Why I just can’t get my head round a halibut
- How sad to see Stephen Fry getting his knickers in a Twitter over his social networking website
Why zealotry always leads to the slaughter of the innocents
God damn you if you show mercy to Palestinians. That was the message to members of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) from Rabbi Avichai Rontzki last week.
Why new tests are just not the right answer to transfer puzzle
I remember the day I sat the first part of my 11-plus. I was thinking about it at the weekend watching TV footage of the class of 2009 exit their exam halls.
Ruane could give us all a lesson in snobbery with her class wars
Last week I wrote about a rather melancholy social trend whereby some young girls have babies in order to jump the queue on the social housing list.
When politicians get theological we all lose faith
I may be an old cynic who’ll never get to heaven but I’ve a feeling an election is in the offing. Policies are being u-turned.
Drumcree parade true test of political progress
Ed Curran's column (November 16) details an imaginery scenario of the potential conflict between any future devolved policing and justice powers and the resolution of contentious parading.
- How to resolve that Stormont identity crisis
- Laughing all the way to bank
- Election to give opportunity for new leadership
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- La France tricheurs! -Thierry Henry brings shame on French
- Time to get dead wood out of the Assembly
- Civil servants deserve respect
- Harp is not our 'best export'
Editor's Viewpoint: Digital exclusion bad news for us
Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Nelson McCausland is to be commended for his tough stance over the snub to Northern Ireland in the Government's plans for a new Digital Britain.
Putting our heroes first? Now you are speaking my language
Walcome tae the Scottish Pairlament. Ye hae mony weys tae mak yir views kent whan ye hae strang feelins aboot issues.
Grieving parents showed courage and love to let little Baby RB die
It is difficult to imagine the anguish that the parents of little RB, the baby who died at the weekend after he was taken off ventilation equipment in hospital, have gone through in recent months.
Big beasts prepare to battle it out in the survival of the fittest
It's nearly hibernation time for the folks on the hill at Stormont.
A hostage to misfortune during Cultural Revolution
Who remembers Anthony Grey? I do because while he was beginning his Calvary in Peking, I was covering the antics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution's men in London for the Sunday Express.
I know who’s to blame for game ending
BBC Northern Ireland has served us well over the years I think. While other regions and networks can often appear amateur and provincial, the quality of its television programmes is usually of an impressively high standard on par with its national equivalents.
You almost have to feel sorry for Gordon Brown
Now Gordon Brown's got the Sun against him, so every morning he gets up to see whether he's on their front page for losing everyone's money, or deliberately driving a caravan over a disabled child's tortoise or sneezing phlegm over the Crown Jewels or whatever they say he's done that day.
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