http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/?service=Rss http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-digital-exclusion-bad-news-for-us-14570093.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-digital-exclusion-bad-news-for-us-14570093.html?r=RSS <p> 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. </p> Editors Viewpoint Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-underhanded-affair-14570094.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-underhanded-affair-14570094.html?r=RSS <p> Was it just the hand of Henry or a more sinister hand that ended the Republic of Ireland's World Cup dreams? </p> Editors Viewpoint Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-why-thrift-is-the-key-this-christmas-14566578.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-why-thrift-is-the-key-this-christmas-14566578.html?r=RSS <p> The festive season is a time of delight for retailers with takings in the run-up to Christmas accounting for a major proportion of their annual income. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-the-sex-factor-14566579.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-the-sex-factor-14566579.html?r=RSS <p> Throughout the ages men have always wanted to control the behaviour of women. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-divisions-over-celibate-priests-14565621.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-divisions-over-celibate-priests-14565621.html?r=RSS <p> The decision of Londonderry cleric Fr Sean McKenna to leave the priesthood because he is in a relationship with a woman has raised again the issue of celibacy within the Catholic Church. </p> Editors Viewpoint Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-market-leader-14565622.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-market-leader-14565622.html?r=RSS The annual Christmas market brings a little bit of cosmopolitan Europe to Belfast. Spanish paella, Polish stew, German beer and Dutch pancakes are just some of the treats in store, sitting alongside continental arts and crafts. Editors Viewpoint Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-realism-at-last-in-house-prices-14564713.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-realism-at-last-in-house-prices-14564713.html?r=RSS <p> Statistics can be used to show virtually anything and there will be some who will point to the latest house price survey as proof that a recovery is under way in the property market. </p> Editors Viewpoint Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-costly-mistake-14564714.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-costly-mistake-14564714.html?r=RSS <p> The 20 metre stretch of viaduct at Malahide which collapsed into the sea three months ago halting rail services between Belfast and Dublin was a very costly hole. </p> Editors Viewpoint Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-well-done-ireland-14563937.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-well-done-ireland-14563937.html?r=RSS <p> The Ireland rugby team who performed so superbly last season by winning the Grand Slam and the Triple Crown again acquitted themselves well by a gritty and thrilling draw with Australia at Croke Park yesterday. </p> Editors Viewpoint Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-attacks-on-elderly-are-total-disgrace-14563938.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-attacks-on-elderly-are-total-disgrace-14563938.html?r=RSS <p> The bravery of the east Belfast woman who fought off the attackers ransacking her home two days ago is worthy of the highest commendation. </p> Editors Viewpoint Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/stormont-has-let-our-children-down-14563207.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/stormont-has-let-our-children-down-14563207.html?r=RSS Around 7,000 primary school children have been sitting the first paper of the new entrance examinations today, and this is something which should not have been necessary. Editors Viewpoint Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/well-done-denisa-14563208.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/well-done-denisa-14563208.html?r=RSS Northern Ireland made headlines not long ago for all the wrong reasons when immigrants here were forced to flee from their homes because of racist attacks. Today there is a heart-warming story with the news that Denisa Stanova, a young Slovakian woman living in south Belfast, has won the "Face of Northern Woman" competition and has been signed up by a local modelling agency. Editors Viewpoint Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-lets-all-mobilise-to-end-litter-blight-14562368.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-lets-all-mobilise-to-end-litter-blight-14562368.html?r=RSS <p> Today this newspaper is launching a zero tolerance blitz on litter. </p> Editors Viewpoint Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-hope-for-everyone-14562369.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-hope-for-everyone-14562369.html?r=RSS Most of us have dreamt at one time or another of scoring a cup-winning goal, discovering a cure for cancer or making a life-changing invention. Sadly, most of those dreams will remain just that. Editors Viewpoint Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-we-must-aid-this-lost-generation-14559030.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-we-must-aid-this-lost-generation-14559030.html?r=RSS <p> His language was not that expected of a government minister, but Sir Reg Empey was making a valid point when he described some of the young unemployed people in the province as &quot;vampires&quot; - they lie in bed to mid-afternoon and then run around all night. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-inclusive-symbol-14559031.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-inclusive-symbol-14559031.html?r=RSS <p> It is a measure of the problems that exist in our society when the poppy is seen as a symbol of division. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-we-should-accept-baggotts-verdict-14558082.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-we-should-accept-baggotts-verdict-14558082.html?r=RSS <p> Chief Constable Matt Baggott is learning fast that heading the PSNI is a far different task from his previous job in charge of police in Leicestershire. </p> Editors Viewpoint Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-good-luck-to-them-14558083.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-good-luck-to-them-14558083.html?r=RSS <p> Les Scadding is a very, very lucky man. Not because he and his wife won &pound;45m on the Euromillions lottery but because he is alive. </p> Editors Viewpoint Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-living-tribute-to-our-health-service-14557237.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-living-tribute-to-our-health-service-14557237.html?r=RSS <p> Edward Thoburn is one of the luckiest men alive. The injuries he received when he fell 40 feet out of a tree should have killed him. </p> Editors Viewpoint Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-lotto-bother-14557238.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-lotto-bother-14557238.html?r=RSS <p> Unlike Edward Thoburn, Maghera man Mickey Gormley wants it to be known that he is NOT one of the luckiest men alive. </p> Editors Viewpoint Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-pull-out-the-stops-to-end-gridlock-14556658.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-pull-out-the-stops-to-end-gridlock-14556658.html?r=RSS <p> Belfast has had more than its fair share of setbacks due to natural causes, but now the traffic flow will be restricted for the next week or so by the collapse of part of Cromac Street. </p> Editors Viewpoint Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:43:33 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-giantkiller-david-14556657.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-giantkiller-david-14556657.html?r=RSS <p> Giantkiller David Everyone loves to see the underdog who triumphs, and millions of people will be glad the veritable David has beaten Goliath for the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. </p> Editors Viewpoint Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:41:30 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-courageous-kate-inspiration-to-all-14554853.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-courageous-kate-inspiration-to-all-14554853.html?r=RSS <p> The tumultuous standing ovation given to murdered policeman's widow Kate Carroll when she rose to collect her deserved award of BT Woman of the Year showed the regard felt for this very courageous woman. </p> Editors Viewpoint Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-landmark-game-14554854.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-landmark-game-14554854.html?r=RSS <p> Long experience of treading carefully through the minefield of local politics has made Belfast people masters of diplomacy. </p> Editors Viewpoint Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-unlikely-icons-14551919.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-unlikely-icons-14551919.html?r=RSS <p> They are unlikely stars but Plasticine figures Wallace and Gromit have become icons. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-our-mps-must-take-heed-of-new-rules-14551920.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-our-mps-must-take-heed-of-new-rules-14551920.html?r=RSS <p> Sir Christopher Kelly, in his call for an end to double-jobbing - the practice of taking seats at both Westminster and Stormont - makes it clear that the practice should end sooner rather than later. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-doe-must-come-clean-on-pollution-14548775.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-doe-must-come-clean-on-pollution-14548775.html?r=RSS <p> The refusal by the Department of the Environment to divulge why one of Northern Ireland's premier beaches failed a European quality test is governmental arrogance of the worst kind. </p> Editors Viewpoint Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-starring-role-14548776.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-starring-role-14548776.html?r=RSS Northern Ireland is no stranger to film crews, but, in the past, they invariably came to the province to record its real life violence and the picture they painted was unflattering in the extreme. Editors Viewpoint Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-victims-of-abuse-deserve-justice-14548004.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-victims-of-abuse-deserve-justice-14548004.html?r=RSS <p> Campaigners have gone some way towards their aim of having a full scale inquiry into the extent of child abuse in Catholic and state-run homes in Northern Ireland. </p> Editors Viewpoint Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-twins-make-mark-14548005.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-twins-make-mark-14548005.html?r=RSS <p> The terrible twins of X Factor, John and Edward Grimes, will always have one claim to fame, giving English language a new word, Jedward. </p> Editors Viewpoint Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-victims-deserve-some-recompense-14547316.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-victims-deserve-some-recompense-14547316.html?r=RSS <p> A delegation from Westminster has been lobbying officials in Libya at the weekend about compensation for innocent victims of the Provisional IRA. </p> Editors Viewpoint Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:52:11 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-festival-a-success-14547314.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-festival-a-success-14547314.html?r=RSS <p> Another Belfast Festival at Queen&rsquo;s has come and gone, but although the collective stage is now empty, the warm memories linger on. </p> Editors Viewpoint Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:50:38 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-key-to-good-health-is-being-sensible-14545852.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-key-to-good-health-is-being-sensible-14545852.html?r=RSS <p> The way we lead our lives in modern society is coming under more and more scrutiny by health professionals faced with rising incidences of largely preventable conditions. </p> Editors Viewpoint Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-dressed-to-thrill-14545853.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-dressed-to-thrill-14545853.html?r=RSS Not so long ago fashion shows in Belfast usually meant end-of-term displays of their work by students from the former Art College. Anyone serious about the business had to leave for one of the world's fashion capitals to make a living. Editors Viewpoint Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-kids-online-what-parents-must-do-14545037.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-kids-online-what-parents-must-do-14545037.html?r=RSS <p> Does your child log onto social networking sites like Bebo, Facebook or MySpace? How often do they use those sites? Who are they talking to online? Those are the questions every parent of young or teenage children should be asking themselves. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-its-viva-aviva-14545038.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-its-viva-aviva-14545038.html?r=RSS <p> Rugby is coming home to Lansdowne Road in August next year, but the venue will have a new, strange name, the Aviva Stadium - a testament to commerce as opposed to the historic roots of the game. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-major-victory-in-smuggling-battle-14544201.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-a-major-victory-in-smuggling-battle-14544201.html?r=RSS <p> The scale of the cigarette smuggling operation smashed by police and customs officials on both sides of the border yesterday is staggering. </p> Editors Viewpoint Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-an-indian-summer-14544202.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-an-indian-summer-14544202.html?r=RSS <p> The clocks have gone back, the leaves are falling off the trees and just as we are preparing to wrap up for winter along come those lazy, hazy, crazy days of ... October. </p> Editors Viewpoint Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-dup-alters-course-on-doublejobbing-14543644.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-dup-alters-course-on-doublejobbing-14543644.html?r=RSS <p> Along with the generous expenses claimed by MPs, another bone of contention has been the practice of many politicians to hold two, or even three, posts simultaneously. </p> Editors Viewpoint Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-not-funny-jimmy-14543645.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-not-funny-jimmy-14543645.html?r=RSS <p> It wasn't clever and it wasn't funny. Comic Jimmy Carr, who can be both, was entirely out of order with his quip about soldier amputees. </p> Editors Viewpoint Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-one-bright-spot-in-a-gloomy-picture-14542874.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-one-bright-spot-in-a-gloomy-picture-14542874.html?r=RSS <p> The large influx of bank holiday shoppers from the Irish Republic today into Northern Ireland is evidence that the recession can have benefits as well as disadvantages. </p> Editors Viewpoint Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:08:38 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-wildlife-failures-14542873.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-wildlife-failures-14542873.html?r=RSS <p> The latest revelations about the state our wildlife are disturbing. </p> Editors Viewpoint Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:07:01 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-turning-off-viewers-14541528.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-turning-off-viewers-14541528.html?r=RSS <p> Have I Got News For You and the Jonathan Ross Show occupy prime slots in the BBC&rsquo;s Friday night schedule for one simple reason &mdash; they are quality productions attracting large audiences. </p> Editors Viewpoint Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:25:40 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-bbc-is-right-to-hold-griffin-up-to-scrutiny-14541525.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-bbc-is-right-to-hold-griffin-up-to-scrutiny-14541525.html?r=RSS <p> British National Party leader Nick Griffin described himself on Question Time last night as the most loathed man in Britain. </p> Editors Viewpoint Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:23:04 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-let-us-push-ahead-on-policing-transfer-14538231.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-let-us-push-ahead-on-policing-transfer-14538231.html?r=RSS <p> It is clear that Northern Ireland's political leaders have secured a good financial deal to pave the way for the devolution of policing and justice powers to Stormont. </p> Editors Viewpoint Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-squirrels-fight-on-14538232.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/editors-viewpoint-squirrels-fight-on-14538232.html?r=RSS The doughty Northern Ireland spirit is well known. Some outsiders might regard it as a siege mentality resistant to change and wary of strangers. It now appears that this is not just a characteristic of people in the province, but also of our red squirrel population. Editors Viewpoint Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0100