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Lindy McDowell
Why Church must confess all for sake of my abused friend
For evil to succeed it is only necessary that good men either do nothing …
or that they get the victims of evil to sign vows of silence promising never
to reveal details of the terrible abuse they suffered.
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Inside Lindy McDowell
An information office? Better keep that one quiet
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Startling news story of the week — the report about how a member of staff in
the Information Commissioner's Office in Belfast has been stood down for
allegedly leaking details of an investigation.
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Why Bulger killers should have been locked up longer
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
In his statement about how he was refraining from providing further
information about the case of Jon Venables, Justice Secretary Jack Straw
said he had given “active thought” to releasing more details but had
concluded this “would not presently be in the interests of justice”.
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Bizarre tale of the PSNI and the car that got away
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The story of the “missing” getaway car supposedly used in the recent Newry
bomb blast is a bizarre one.
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Why NI shouldn’t be seen as a safe haven for killers
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
A court in Belfast has ordered that we should send Chaos back to Spain. The
Chaos in question is Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos, a Basque separatist leader
who has previously been convicted of 25 murders over there.
Comments: 3
Has Queen’s lost the run of itself over Bolt degree?
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Should Queen’s University be giving an honorary degree to legendary 100 metre
star Usain Bolt?
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Why Gerry’s not a messiah in spite of his preaching
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
And there gathered before the screen a great multitude thirsting for
enlightenment. “Master”, they cried, “when is it right to forgive those who
trespass against us?”
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How mums drive home real horror of road deaths
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
I tend to be a bit sceptical about public service advertising in general. (Is
there a bus in Belfast at the moment that isn’t urging us to campaign for a
Bill of Rights, recognise that sexual violence is WRONG or refrain from
-isms of many and various forms?)
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Is NI really proof that Israel should talk to terrorists?
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
The kerbstones outside the café are painted red, white and blue. From the
speakers, Van Morrison is blasting out about the joys of cleanin’ windays in
east Belfast.
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Why Government needs to lay off the booze warnings
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
The Government is agonising over whether alcohol bottles should be forced to
carry warnings in much the same way that fag packets already have to.
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For crying out loud, it’s time for politicans to turn off the tears
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Are we too buttoned up for our own good in Northern Ireland? Would it improve
the political climate if our leaders and public figures chuckled less and
emoted more?
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How Shinners took a page out of Father Ted
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
When Dr Zion Evrony, the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, paid a visit to the
town of Carrickmacross, local Sinn Fein representatives threw a spectacular
wobbly.
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The UUP’S spin doctor is right to spurn new pact
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
His may not exactly be a household name. But in unionist politics (small u —
and large) Alex Kane has long been a central figure.
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How courts are too lenient on drug addict Pete
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
If Pete Doherty lived in Northern Ireland there’d be talk that he was a tout
...
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How family affairs are a real test for DUP and Sinn Fein
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
As break-ups go we’re hardly Brad and Angelina.
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Aid response to Haiti makes little appeal
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
The terrible tragedy in Haiti brings out the best and worst in people.
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The real scandal is the attack on Officer Heffron
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
The comedian Billy Connolly used to joke about how he’d once been told that
the ultimate Country and Western song would include the following elements —
family, drama and tragedy.
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Why should we all jump on the ban wagon?
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
In one day this week, stories in the headlines included calls to ban the
burka, to ban cheap booze, to ban elderly drivers on the road and to ban
butter (it’s bad for your arteries.)
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Why Iris scandal is a drama set to keep on running
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
It has been, as they say on the TV reality shows, a roller-coaster of
emotions.
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How it’s all change at the top in local politics
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
You win some, you lose some …
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Why are drinks on us in the loyalists’ last chance saloon?
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Anywhere else, a week is a long time in politics. In Northern Ireland a whole
year zips by and we’re still doing warm-up stretches on the starting blocks.
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