LAD – Slugger O'Toole

She played tin whistle in an IRA band but fell in love with an Orangeman…

Brian O'Neill on April 14, 2017, 10:47 am | Readers 8367

The LAD chaps have surpassed themselves with this little ditty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUurmhxkWBo&feature=youtu.be For those of you not up on your pop culture it is a spoof of Ed Sheeran’s Galway Girl song: Brian O'NeillI help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards middle-of-the-road pragmatism, I am not a member of any political party. Oddly for a member of the …

Creator of LAD takes to the boards…

Mick Fealty on September 27, 2016, 12:03 pm | Readers 1974

The originator of LAD John-Paul Whearty, has outed himself, just in time to publicise his upcoming production Adventures in Ulster… He comments to the Irish News… “I would describe LAD as like being in a band. We have had a really successful first album and now it’s time to go from there. I see myself working in comedy across different mediums but perhaps leaving LAD behind and creating something else.” Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written …

John McCallister reveals links between LAD and NI21

Turgon on August 27, 2014, 2:32 pm | Readers 3672

It says something about a political party when the satirical website to which is has been linked is more important than the party. Or that the revelation of that link is more significant than an interview with its former deputy leader and a former leadership contender for a major NI political party. That it seems is the fate of NI21 and John McCallister respectively. Alex Kane has a long interview with John McCallister in the News Letter today with Sam …

@LADFLEG: “We are pro-Union and pro Loyalist”

David McCann on June 30, 2014, 5:30 pm | Readers 1973

Last week I sat down with two of the brains behind Loyalists Against Democracy (LAD), Billy and Ron. I was interested to catch up with the guys since we last spoke in February about the group’s foundation and how they approach certain issues. This time, however, I was interested to speak to them about some of the issues that they group has been involved in since we spoke, namely; the departure of Winston Smith, Pastor McConnell and where does LAD …

McCann meets…@LADFLEG Part 2

David McCann on February 20, 2014, 9:00 pm | Readers 145

Pints nicely topped up, we began round two of our interview. I began by putting to them the criticism they get most that they are one sided and only go after Loyalists. Ron responded that there are plenty of occasions where LAD has criticised Sinn Fein citing the imagery they created when Gerry Kelly stepped in front a PSNI land rover last year. I followed up by asking them if they feel that they have ever stepped over the mark …

McCann meets…LAD Part 1

David McCann on February 20, 2014, 6:53 am | Readers 88

On Wednesday night I met up with three of the brains behind Loyalist Against Democracy (LAD) for a few pints beside City Hall for their first sit down interview. Billy, Rab and Ron talked with me for the well over an hour and no topics were off limits. My first impressions of them were-not at all what I expected; they are smart, professional and have built up a well-read blog and a solid following on Twitter. I began by asking …

Does social media have much influence or use in NI politics or protests? #nisocialpol

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on December 10, 2013, 11:15 pm | Readers 102

Researchers Orna Young and Jonny Byrne hosted a panel discussion in the University of Ulster this morning on Transformative Networks – Social Media, Politics and Protests. A panel gave their thoughts and afterwards there was a discussion. In the first part you’ll hear Orna Young introduce the event, followed by Alan Meban and Dave Magee. listen to ‘Part 1 of panel on Social Media, Politics & Protests #nisocialpol @alaninbelfast, @dgmagee ’ on Audioboo The second part covers Harriet Long, Brian …

Interview with Loyalists Against Democracy – will @LADFLEG’s second year in existence be their difficult second album?

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on December 9, 2013, 9:00 am | Readers 1753

Like them or loathe them, Loyalists Against Democracy will have been around for a year on Tuesday 10 December. They’ve become a local online phenomenon with their mix of parody, banter and acerbic attacks. It started out as one man trolling “ridiculous” loyalist flag protesters online. Early daft parody protest ideas like complaining about Aer Lingus flying over East Belfast have grown into a collective producing sophisticated graphics, videos, music, a musical for the Edinburgh fringe as well as caustic …

@LADFLEG versus #Facebook

John Ó Néill on October 9, 2013, 1:11 am | Readers 577

Have loyalists finally taken the fun out of Loyalists Against Democracy (LAD)? Here is LAD’s own brief timeline: founded in December 2012 at the height of the flag protests, it was unpublished and then republished in July 2013 in anticipation of further protests. After acquiring 6000 likes, it was then removed from Facebook amid claims of sexual content (LAD claim there has never been any). They then launched LAD 2, getting 3,000 likes in a week and were then unpublished …