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Which type of blessing did she use?, was it of the one true faith?? :eek::p (She's from the most protestant village in the 26, appropriately enough called Drum........)

Centenary* of NI I meant. (*for the pedants I really mean it won't make it to bi-centennial "celebrations")

Is that the finish of the centenary then?, fairly damp squib. There'll not be another one.....

I guess we'll be hoping to spread the free state gravy making machine into the 6...... For starters need to slash public sector there, seems to be out of kilter for the population. Anyway, never mind the quality (cost), feel the width (vision)., we paid for the banks through gritted teeth, we'll...

Would you lend to NI?. the place that may or may not have a government depending on the day of the week. Is a 32 country Ireland going to be handed NI's proportionate part of the UK national debt?, I doubt it. If that is the case then lets forget about the UK national debt, and focus on managing...

Does he mean it is a "net" drain on the UK? - by all accounts it is. Or should there be some NI budgetary element of paying cash to help manage the UK national debt - but it never happens. It was interesting to read Buckland about the formation of NI - from the get go it was determined to leech...

Other that John "I'm personally responsible for 72% of soup consumption in the State" Bruton, I don't see that FG are some sort of quasi unionist party. It's just something thrown at them by haters who like throwing left wing shapes. They claim their lineage from Michael Collins - hardly a...

Every nation has its "creation myths" - we emerged for a misty bog with Clannad playing, pure born celts spontaneously spawned, thereafter we fought to overthrow the evil empire next door in a job not yet finished. The Brits had their magnificent empire on which the sun never set, before either...

I think to get a majority vote in the 6 there will have to be some "concessions" up front. I use " " because tbh I don't think its a big deal to change the flag and anthem. The union flag will still fly where it currently files, likewise the tricolour. In 2021 does it really matter???, from...

Cork played well but that is not a vintage KK team. You'd have to think it's time for Cody to hang up his spurs - not attributing the dip to him but when you've done so much it would be a shame to wait on for a heave. I think if Limerick bring their game (& yesterday was a fairly consistent...

They were talking in 1972, Sunningdale was done in 1973. It wasn't that there was no-one to talk to it was what there was to talk about. There never was, before or after, the delivery of a 32 county republic. Until the RA could get their heads around that, there could never be a deal. I think...

Yes, so negotiate then. It had gone from a one party state to power sharing even without the IRA on board, imagine what else could have been achieved. The Brits were talking in terms of timeframe for withdrawal, you're telling me Flags & Emblems would have been the rock on which a peace...

It's not that it was all their fault, but that fairly quickly anything they had to bring was achieved; i.e. most of the Civil Rights aims were achieved, unionist domination was over (powersharing), there was no longer a threat of being burned out by your neighbours. The point is that zero extra...

Yes, unjustifiable which is why I'm declining the SF invitation to worship at their altar - now we're getting somewhere. It was within the gift of the Republican movement to stop - are we to believe the "securicrats" would forever goad them into further violence?, that's a handy excuse isn't...

Wolfie - sure we know for a fact they "negotiated with terrorists" pretty much from the get go. That was just a slogan. Surely the IRA were the most highly skilled disciplined wahh wahhh (insert whatever chest beating tripe you want) force, would they not have respected the authority of the...

They could have formed a government of headbangers last time but they collectively soiled themselves at the prospect of needing something other than slogans to get themselves through the week. While the toxicity of the RA & the gaslighting is something that turns off older voters, the young care...

Briefly; - I don't think the RUC were terrorists, as a force. Loyalists obv were. The British Army were an army, over 35 years there were, what, 20 separate occasions of murder of civilians, we could name most of them off - certainly "our" ones. None justified, all should be prosecuted. You'd...

Johnson is a rogue under any heading you want to pick. I don't agree with whitewashing what happened - people should be held accountable for their actions - maybe they won't serve prison sentences but it still matters to victims that the culpable are brought to account. Many feel it is lumping...

1916 was suicide bomber stuff, but the 1918 election was a clear mandate for independence. The UK had failed to deliver home rule, allowed "Ulster" to arm. The UK could take itself off whenever it liked, eventually it did, not before the Black & Tans disgraced themselves. So there was an outcome...

Purple, I hope you didn't dislocate your tongue there planting it so firmly in cheek. A sad day, if this sticks then it's the final nail in the coffin (pardon the pun) of any hope that families had of justice, and so blatantly done to spare the blushes of the UK government. To force myself to...