Gail Walker
Michael‘s star shines on despite all the scandals
When it all comes down to it, it's a gang of paramedics hammering on the
chest of someone who's collapsed in their home.
Comments: 4
Inside Gail Walker
Northern Ireland loves to run on hatred
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Why the uproar at Esther Rantzen's remarks that we are addicted to violence?
Comments: 21
Why MRSA is still more scary than swine flu
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Having almost — but only almost — generated worldwide panic with their daily
bulletins and mounting hysteria over Swine Flu only two months ago, the
World Health Organisation have now had another try.
Comments: 10
A Brown Witch Project? It’s the old boys’ club that spooks me
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Maybe it's because I'm a ditzy-headed woman but I'm confused about this ‘Is
Gordon Brown sexist?' row.
Comments: 4
Why it’s going to be a good election for Apathy Party
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
This Thursday I shall finish work, put on my coat, get in my car and drive
some distance to cast my vote in this year's Euro election.
Comments: 3
Peter Robinson's right to stop MPs doing the double
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Isn't it amazing what a little bit of people power can do — even here in old
fuddy duddy Northern Ireland?
Comments: 4
Why are the old mums so disliked, but not old dads?
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Well, 66-year-old mum-to-be Elizabeth Adeney’s decision to have a child has
certainly caused a storm.
Comments: 6
Why it’s payback time for our high on the hog MPs
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Parliament is being rocked by an expenses scandal as stomach churning as it is
decadent.
Comment on this article
The writing is on the wall for would-be MEPs
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Zipping along in the car you see one. Next day there's dozens dancing merrily
in the breeze.
Comments: 3
The writes and wrongs of George Best story
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
The furore surrounding Sunday's BBC2 screening of Best: His Mother's Son,
written by Terry Caffola, is a timely reminder that the line between the
public and the private is a very fine one indeed.
Comments: 2
How talented Susan Boyle exposes our shallow side
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The reaction to ‘nearly 47-year-old’ Susan Boyle's appearance on Britain's Got
Talent has become a global phenomenon.
Comments: 89
Why women have a screen sell-by-date
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
If they were seals, there'd be massed rallies at Belfast City Hall.
Comments: 5
It’s time for politicians to go to work
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
To say it's been ‘a bad few days' for Northern Ireland is a joke. It's
been a disaster.
Comments: 7
Madonna has to adopt a defiant stance
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Why all this moral fingerpointing about Madonna’s wish to adopt a second child
from Malawi?
Comments: 11
Jade Goody and Natasha Richardson - dying in the spotlight
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
It's been a harrowing few days. First, we had the death of Natasha Richardson,
wife of Northern Ireland's Liam Neeson.
Comments: 10
Jade faces the end with grace
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
As Jade Goody’s life ebbs away and it seems fated that she’ll die in the
public spotlight, isn’t it extraordinary how this unassuming ‘ordinary’ girl
has changed the very notion of privacy and what is taboo today?
Comments: 25
Your day has definitely come, Martin McGuinness
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Right now, the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic need to see two men
standing side by side issuing a joint statement condemning the murders and
the murderers of those two soldiers at Massereene.
Comments: 49
Why Jim’s not the only actor round these parts
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Here we go again ... yet another luvvie lying in the dark with a Provo
com-pan-ee (with a Bafta on his left and an Oscar on his right and a little
film clip to promote a pile of … er … rubbish).
Comments: 19
Tragic Jade’s final days in the spotlight: are we guilty?
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
There is no doubting the pathos of the Jade Goody story.
Comments: 23
Never mind about Sammy, what planet is Ruane on?
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
So apparently the folks on the hill — or a sub-committee of them anyway — have
no confidence in Environment Minister Sammy Wilson because of his refusal to
show government ads which imply that climate change is man-made. Ooh, big
talk.
Comments: 27
Jade’s agony? It’s for real, you know ...
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Jade Goody is only 27 years old. It's a sobering thought as we glance at our
newspapers and read that her cancer has spread and that now doctors are
primarily concerned with prolonging her life rather curing her.
Comments: 39
|
|
Most popular in Opinion
- TeleToons
- Lindy McDowell: Is there a risk Susan might go off Boyle?
- Creationists explained
- No sign of the hatred here
- So, are all the loyalist guns really gone?
- Flushed with good facilities
- Anger at attacks on migrant workers is plain hypocrisy
- Eamonn McCann: How SDLP’s policy on Raytheon is at odds with the official record
- Listening to stories has a place to play
- Mark Steel: The media's Michael Jackson circus
Breaking News
- 13:56 Dublin delay naming team for Kilkenny clash
- 13:46 Freeman to learn outcome of DRA appeal
- 13:45 Lowry set to survive cut at French Open
- 13:43 Premier Division top two in action tonight
- 13:36 Search underway for missing man in Co Laois
- 13:01 Christy Hanley killer to be sentenced next week
Top stories from Friday, 03.07.09
- 13:56 Dublin delay naming team for Kilkenny clash
- 13:46 Freeman to learn outcome of DRA appeal
- 13:45 Lowry set to survive cut at French Open
- 13:43 Premier Division top two in action tonight
- 09:02 Four Irish players in Lions team for final test
Top stories from Friday, 03.07.09
- 13:36 Search underway for missing man in Co Laois
- 13:01 Christy Hanley killer to be sentenced next week
- 12:54 PPS drops charges against Castlereagh chef
- 12:21 BoI chairman outlines bank's current priorities
- 11:38 Ahern defends controversial new Criminal Justice Bill
Top stories from Friday, 03.07.09
- 11:44 Death toll from Italian train blast rises to 20
- 09:23 US marshals seize Madoff's Manhattan pad
- 09:22 Top OAS diplomat to visit Honduras today
- 09:16 UN chief to push for release of Suu Kyi
- 09:06 Powerful bomb explodes at Athens tax office
Top stories from Friday, 03.07.09
|
|
.U2 Album Poll
U2's best album - here's your chance to vote
U2's best album - here's your chance to vote
| No Line On The Horizon |
 2% |
| How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb |
 3% |
| All That You Can't Leave Behind |
5% |
| Pop |
1% |
| Zooropa |
2% |
| Achtung Baby |
19% |
| Rattle and Hum |
8% |
| The Joshua Tree |
49% |
| The Unforgettable Fire |
5% |
| Under a Blood Red Sky |
6% |
|
|
Pirate Bay Poll
Do you agree with the one-year jail term and fine given to Pirate Bay founders?
Do you agree with the one-year jail term and fine given to Pirate Bay founders?
| Yes. The court's decision was the right one. |
10% |
| I think illegal file-sharing is wrong but the punishment was too harsh. |
16% |
| No way me hearties. It's the pirate's life for me. This boat will never be sunk! |
74% |
