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West Belfast Talks Back – the Brolly vs Campbell show #feile16

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on August 10, 2016, 10:19 pm | Readers 4020

Contributions from Martina Anderson and Naomi Long were subdued in comparison with the robust exchanges between Gregory Campbell and Joe Brolly at tonight’s West Belfast Talks Back event, part of Féile an Phobail.

BBC NI Leaders’ Debate: more heat than light & then the leaders ran out of steam #bbcnidebate

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on May 3, 2016, 11:42 pm | Readers 2400

At first feisty, but an ultimately uninspiring debate between five leaders who threw punches but all walked out of the ring with bruises. Relatively little discussion about policies or achievements. While parties won’t have lost votes, tonight’s debate will have done little to boost turnout.