Slugger TV talks with Senator Mal O’Hara
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Slugger TV – 26th April 2024 from Northern Visions NVTV on Vimeo. Slugger TV speaks with Green Party Leader, Senator Mal O’Hara about the future of the Greens, remaining in government in the Republic and the party’s strategy going into …
The world is just one big monopoly game for the super rich…
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I see in the news that Phoenix Energy has been sold to a Hong Kong billionaire. From the BBC: Phoenix Energy is being sold to a consortium associated with one of Hong Kong’s wealthiest businessmen. Phoenix owns and operates the …
Atonement and Scapegoats…
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European Christians and Jews both share the idea that the sins of the community can be paid for by another being – for Christians it is Jesus who died for our sins. In English we call it ‘scapegoating’ when a …
Stormont agrees budget. UUP votes against…
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From Ryan McAleer in the Irish News: Delivering a balanced budget was one of the Treasury’s three conditions for wiping a £559 million debt built up by Stormont departments overspending in previous years. Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald delivered that aspect …
Alliance MLA Patrick Brown resigns his South Down seat…
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From the BBC: The Alliance Party is to begin the process of finding a replacement for Patrick Brown after he unexpectedly quit Stormont. Announcing the news on Tuesday, a spokesperson said the resignation was due to “personal reasons”. The party …
Pushing Boundaries: A century of change in the politics of Belfast
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Nicholas Whyte is no stranger to this parish. Among his interests are international diplomacy, election data, and science fiction awards … at times all three of those even manage to combine. This evening he was lecturing at Ulster University as …
The Implications of Irish Unity for the Alliance Party…
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Ben Collins is the author of Irish Unity: Time to Prepare In recent times we have seen significant coverage devoted to whether Alliance voters would vote for or against Irish unity in a border poll. Jon Tonge who is publishing …
Sharp Eyes Save Lives
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It was a bit of a subdued start to the latest episode of ‘Blue Lights’. (SPOILERS ALERT!!) Nathan Braniff’s PC Tommy Foster was on a date with Dearbhaile McKinney’s fellow police officer Aisling after persuading her in last week’s opening …
“If Disability Living Allowance went away and people had to get up in the morning and go to work…”
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Not a great weekend for the UUP. With Robin, due to Swann off and leaving the health service drifting aimlessly towards the rocks, their great hope to take the North Down seat, Colonel Tim Collins, gave a disastrous interview to …
Robin Swann to abandon health service to chase votes in South Antrim…
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Robin Swann is a popular politican. He won much public respect for his steady handling of the Covid pandemic, and people respect him for taking on the poisoned chalice of health when Sinn Féin and the DUP would not touch …
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