#gerryadams isn't giving up #sinnfein power and his #2 #maryloumcdoald is ok with it, but I think folks thought he was going to exit soon.
aug 21,2017
Can't call this hyperbole because I think #maireadmcguiness , VP of #EU , is serious.
“Our relationship with the UK will be more radically changed by Brexit than it was by the Easter Rising, the War of Independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty or the Declaration of the Republic in 1949,”
aug 31, 2017
Many folks, particularly Protestants have thought the Catholics won't be happy until Ireland is re-united. #sinnfein 's goal of a united Ireland moves to the forefront. #gerryadams of Northern Ireland wants a bigger role for Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
"Sinn Féin would not accept the return of direct rule, with Northern Ireland run by British government from Westminster. He said Dublin would have to be given some role in any new arrangement."
oct 9
Republic of Ireland Minister for Communications #DenisNaughten needs to explain the #CheGuervara stamp. Other than Che had some Irish blood.
oct 12, 2017
#Dublin #stonemasons were given 14 pints of ale a day in 1565. A pint was about 400 calories and about 7-10 % alcohol.
It had high oat content, as barley was diifficult to grow.
oct 27, 2017
Over a million dollars to keep #Stormont, Northern Ireland Parliament, open for nine months while legislators don't convene. I'm sure #sinnfein will be unhappy if the London direct rule option comes into play.
oct 30 2017
Direct rule from England looms: #GreatBritain will bring in legislation to set a budget for #NorthernIreland if no last-minute deal can be struck on Oct 30.
Nov 16, 2017
Since Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland didn't qualify for the World Cup, chatter has started to form a "United Ireland" team , but NI is a part of the UK and if a merging of squads were to occur, it would be with Scotland and England.
Dec 5
Tories need the #DUP to hold power, and DUP members of parliament say Northern Ireland must quit the EU on the same terms as the rest of the UK. #brexit
Dec 13
F the DUP, the NI Prot party that blocked a vote on gay marriage, banners are becoming the rage. Some members of the #DUP call this a hate crime. Bullshit! While I feel there are more snow angels on the Left, this case shows that shouting hate crime is a tool used across the political spectrum.
Jan 29,2018
Business is booming at a Belfast (Northern Ireland) private hospital thanks to patients from the Republic of Ireland heading north to bypass long waiting lists there.
feb 13, 2018
Micks and their prolonged altercations: Three men were arrested in non-fatal stabbings that followed a burial in #Lurgan , NI .
feb 26,2018
#GerryAdams has lost his appeal against convictions over an IRA #Maze prison breakout in the 1970s. I doubt if he'll go to prison, but it's staggering how long he's been a free man and the leader of the #sinnfein party.
april 28, 2018
Heart of #StLaurence, an 800-year-old relic stolen in March 2012 and recently recovered by #Gardaí in Phoenix Park, returns to Christ Church in Dublin. #republicofireland
may 10, 2018
It sure appears that #Google is taking the easy way out by banning all ads for the May 25th R of I referendum to repeal the near total ban on #abortion. #Ireland
may 14,2018
I have little interest in royalty, but if folks want to gather and have a tea to celebrate or watch the wedding , who cares. Apparently a bunch of thugs , most likely Catholics, have threatened The #InishowenGateway Hotel in Buncrana, NI into cancelling a " Harry and Meaghan tea ."
may 30, 2018
#republicofireland is 2-0 against the USA in International Friendly matches with wins in 2002 & 2014. Both teams are struggling in the 2018 European Friendly. They meet June 2. #USA will likely focus on stoppping #timweah
june 3
Low scoring game. Usa lost to Rof I 2-1. Rof I defender John #O'Shea's was given a rousing farewell send off in Dublin when he was substituted after 33 minutes. Neither team is going to the World Cup that starts this month in #Russia.
June 10
Hundreds turned out in Belfast yesterday for a ' #Free TommyRobinson ' march in support of the English Defence League founder. I wonder if this will bring the Caths & Prots together in NI. The Free Tommy protest was more hostile in London . In these times where everything is leaked, news on Robinson has been squelched.
July 2
I shouldn't but do find this amusing: Andy 'Hard to Kill' Aiken , Red Hand Commando assassin and member of #UVF (Protestant) was found dead of an overdose in #belfast , NI. UVF is conflicted about whether to give #aiken- who will be buried from his parents' home in the Village area of south Belfast later this week - a paramilitary send-off.
July 13, 2018
I recall USA localities moving maintenance for its/our property to the bottom of the list twenty years ago. Grass cutting in #NorthernIreland gets extra funding. Focus is on "extra."
july 16, 2018
111 of the 564 Republic's Garda (police) stations in the #republicofireland don't have an internet connection.
july 20, 2018
#fernBrady , a scottish comedian, is getting heat about her derisive comments on a BBC program likely referring #arlenefoster . "I know mate. My favourite one is the character actor you have here who looks like a butch lesbian masquerading as a straight woman in charge of the #DUP " Will the #BBC aplogize? I hope not, but I bet they would have immediately if the joke been directed at a lefty. More free speech!
August 1, 2018
It took awhile for #tommyrobinson to get bail: Chief Justice Lord Burnett ruled there had been technical flaws by the judge who jailed him and quashed the finding.
Aug 5, 2018
The #SDLP , a catholic leaning party with non-violents roots, is reacting strongly to the shooting of a man in both legs in west #Belfast in a paramilitary-style attack. I'm betting this was more about turf, drugs, etc even if the culprits play the religion card.
Aug 16
Both #Irelands have moved up in the #FIFA soccer rankings : NI to 27th , RoI to 29th
aug 23
Special anti-drone technology first used in the Republic of Ireland at Rory McIlroy's wedding will be deployed this weekend to ensure crowd security during Pope Francis' visit. Pope John Paul II trip to R of I in 1979 was the last Papal visit.
aug 29, 2018
A fire that occurred during the final stages of refurbishment of #BelfastPrimark has been branded a catastrophe for city commerce and heritage. The cause hasn't been determined.
sept 25, 2018
Here's part of the explanation from the NI Prison Service for why five convicted notorious killers over the age of fifty were allowed to enjoy a hike in the #MourneMountains : maintain health in the older population. This not an Onion article.
oct 26, 2018
#ArleneFoster 's message to Theresa May to "trust her unionist instincts " offer some support after the DUP threatened to frustrate the work of the Tories in passing legislation in the Commons should any #Brexit deal appear to damage the union.
nov 5, 2018
#WhiteyBulger , murdered mob boss and IRA sympathiser , may have taken clues to the unsolved theft of 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990 to his grave. Many believe the booty is in the IRA's hand in one of the Irelands.
nov 7, 2018
#EU digital tax may collapse since all 28 member must agree and The Republic of Ireland doesn't . RoI Finance Minister #PaschalDonohoe fears reduced tax revenue in his country, and said the tax would set a negative precedent for Europe because it would be imposed in states where consumers are located rather than where services are produced.
nov 11, 2018: Don't go metal (this isn't a musical criticism) is the on-going opinion #ballyema ,NI as a "hideous" metal Christmas tree replaces the usual real tree in the #harmonyhub
nov 15, 2018
#theresamay 's Brexit proposal may sink because her allies, the #DUP in NI ,feel like it opens the door wide for reunification with the South ROI.
nov 20, 2018
NI DUP may nix latest #Brexit deal ,then there's Spain stating it will not agree to the draft Brexit withdrawal deal without clarity over how talks on the future status of #Gibraltar should be handled.
nov 29, 2018
#arlenefoster remains adamant that the ten NI MPs in her DUP will not support May's Brexit deal She said "current proposals contain "68 pages of regulations that will apply to Northern Ireland and will not apply to the rest of the UK".
dec 6, 2018
#DUP lawmaker #SammyWilson said his Northern Irish party would not vote to topple #TheresaMay in a confidence vote even if she loses a key vote on her Brexit deal next week.
jan 3, 2019
The leadership of the #SDLP party in Northern Ireland is selling a shaky product when it asks its members to stretch
themselves "beyond their comfort zones" over a merger with #FiannaFail .
Discontent is growing over fears that it would become a one all-island party (NI, RofI)
under the Fianna Fail banner.
jan 15, 2019
Here's your chuckle for the day:
R of I Finance Minister #Donohoe insists that increasing carbon taxation is about
changing behavior rather than generating more revenue for the Government.
Jan 16, 2019
Since May's Brexit deal gets crushed, #sturgeon may use the defeat for another vote by #Scotland to exit the UK.
Feb 2
The backstop clause, an insurance policy in the Brexit negotiations
to keep the NI/RofI border open has the #DUP , May's usual allies, holding back their votes because #NorthernIreland would
remain within the EU's regulatory and customs arrangements
indefinitely.
feb 21
#DUP leader #ArleneFoster may meet with Trump during an upcoming visit to DC, and Brexit may be on the agenda. Theresa May needs the DUP to vote for her Brexit plan
march 12
USA Mayors have been a ignorant on the IRA's past behavior. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's branded St Patrick's Day 2018 as 'Gerry Adams Day' , and this year San Francisco Mayor London Breed apologized for giving a Certificate of Honor to #MartinMcGuinness, Adams longtime IRA henchman.
march 17,2019
The Public Prosecution Service in #NorthernIreland will prosecute "Soldier F" for the murders of two
marchers and for a further four attempted murders on Bloody Sunday 1972 but will not prosecute other 18 suspects, including 16 former soldiers and two alleged
official IRA members. What evidence remains?
march 28, 2019
Retirement number two for #conorMcGregor , who was born in Crumlin, Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Can he avoid being arrested before his next retirement?
april 7
Headlines announce NI DUP #arlenefoster blasts her political partner, #theresamay , but if you read further: she " should not waste any extension by subcontracting the UK’s future to Jeremy Corbyn,"
april 19
"As you face the challenges posed by Brexit, know that the United States
Congress, Democrats and Republicans in the House and in the Senate,
stand with you," #Pelosi said this in front of the Republic of Ireland Parliament in Dublin yesterday. Once again a little power has gone to her head.
may 3, 2019
#Bombardier is combining its corporate and regional jet units into a single aviation
unit and shedding more assets, including its Belfast and Morocco
aerostructures businesses. It employs 3600 folks in East Belfast NI
may 6, 2019
The bust of Pope Clement XIV by #ChristopherHewetson, one of the most celebrated 18th century Irish sculptors goes up for auction. Hewetson was born in Kilkenny County in 1739 and moved to Rome in the 1760s, where he remained until his death in 1798.
may 19, 2019
#AnneMccabe, the wife of a Garda officer murdered by the IRA in 1996 has said it will
be "a sad day for the world if the mayor of New York is successful" in
his bid for the US presidency. #deblasio renamed St Patrick's Day as 'Gerry Adams Day' in New York in 2018.
june 1, 2019
98,000 in Northern Ireland, a part of the UK, have been waiting over a year for first outpatient appointment. Ah, the joys of socialized medicine.
JUNE 10, 2019
Scotland's external affairs minister #FionaHyslop 's comment on fishing rights conflict with the Republic of Ireland. "Irish vessels or any non-UK vessels for that matter have never been
allowed to fish in this way in the UK's territorial sea around #Rockall ." And Brexit will exacerbate this issue.
June 14
#DUP (Unionists) have opposed the backstop because it stands for fear it could “trap” Northern Ireland within the EU’s orbit indefinitely.
June 25
Blame culture forcing #NorthernIreland doctors to consider quitting. This is likely occurring worldwide.
July 11
#LeeHegarty , a senior civil servant in N. Ireland,
was secretly paid £10,000 after he claimed that under human rights legislation it was unfair to him to have
to work where he was offended by portraits of the Queen and Duke of Edinburg. The portraits were removed
and and Hegarty was consulted on what should
replace them.
July 16
The UK parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriages and to extend access to abortion services in #NorthernIreland . If the NI Assembly doesn't reconvene by October 21 and repeal these measures they become law in NI.
Aug 5
584,000 illegal cigarettes were found concealed in a shipment described as tea tables when Revenue officers stopped
and searched a shipment originating from China, which had arrived in
#Dublin from #Rotterdam on Friday.
aug 6
Harland and Wolff, a Belfast, NI shipyard which opened in 1861 and also built the #Titanic, was put
into administration after its bankrupt owner failed
to find a buyer and calls for its nationalization were rebuffed.
aug 13
#nicktimothy, Theresa May's former chief of staff, claimed that the border backstop
would give Dublin more say than Belfast or London over Northern
Ireland's laws and could potentially "destroy the Union".
sept 5
Another variation of the IRA:
A masked and armed #ContinuityIRA
(CIRA) member told Swedish TV that CIRA was responsible for a bomb attack at
Wattle Bridge, Co Fermanagh NI, intended to kill police.
oct 5
I think this comment from East Antrim MP #SammyWilson gets to the core of why the #DUP is sticking with Boris "No unionist will ever tolerate Northern Ireland’s economic future being determined by the Dublin government."
oct 12
If Stormont, the NI Assembly, doesn't reconvene by October 21 then liberal abortion laws passed by the UK Parliament will be imposed in NI. This has brought the leaders of NI's main churches, Catholics and Protestants, together demanding Stormont re-assemble and prevent the imposition.
Nov 18
Northern Ireland skipper #StevenDavis said he had no excuses for his penalty miss against Holland, and appreciated the NI fans singing his name after the miss.The soccer game ended in 0-0 tie. A lot of chatter yesterday about the late late 1970's matchups when #georgebest was the NI star and #johanncruyf was the Holland star.
Nov 23
Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald rejected claims that the recent election
of the party's deputy leader has been shrouded in secrecy after
criticism that the party announced the outcome but refused to disclose the numbers. Maybe McDonald needs a dictionary but numbers were finally revealed yesterday Michelle O'Neill 493 votes - - John O'Dowd's 241.
Nov 24
More proof that personal has a ton to do with politics: #arlenefoster (DUP) criticized Sinn Fein’s failure to condemn the attempted murder of her father during the Troubles. When she was eight she hid in the
bedroom of her Fermanagh home while the IRA shot but didn't kill her father, John Kelly, an off -duty police officer.
jan 3, 2020
#HillaryClinton accomplishes a "first". She's been named Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, NI. I wonder if the mostly ceremonial role calls for a lot of boozing.
feb 7, 2020
A pro-IRA song with the lyrics "ooh ah, up the Ra" has been played from a
vehicle in the Ulster province of N. Ireland canvassing for Sinn Féin in the Irish general election. And #SinnFein claims to be a mainstream political party.
march 7
For now cooler heads are prevailing in NI and I'm guessing Corona beer will be available.. From Belfast City Council spokesperson:
At present Belfast City Council has no plans to cancel its annual St Patrick Day celebrations
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