March 1st 1981: A date to remember | The Belfast Hills

A date to remember

Dates can evoke powerful memories for all of us. The birth or death of a loved one; a wedding; a new job; a joyous family occasion …

5 years, 6 months ago

Political Unionism and Operation Fear

So what are we to make of the threats by some Unionist leaders over the Irish Protocol?
Do we ignore them? I think not.  Even though we have heard al…

5 years, 6 months ago

Fly Me To The Moon

Fly Me To The Moon.

I downloaded a new album, Cheek to Cheek, by Tony Bennett and Lady GaGa. It is brilliant. I am a longtime fan of Mr Bennett and in…

5 years, 7 months ago

Brexit - A Child of the DUP and Anger at attack on victims and survivors

Brexit - A Child of the DUP.

I have been watching the machinations of the DUP over the Article 16 carry on. T

So, what’s it all about? For me it’s very…

5 years, 7 months ago

Outrage at attack on Bookies families

On the 5th of February 1992, five  people were brutally murdered, with a further seven  injured in a massacre carried out by the UDA.   Each year the…

5 years, 7 months ago

Fra McCann's amazing life of struggle; Growing support for a border referendum; Me, Larry King and the SF broadcast ban

 Fra McCann's amazing life of struggle

I have known Fra McCann for almost 50 years. Even as he battles prostate cancer Fra continues to live his life …

5 years, 7 months ago

Des Wilson – A Voice for the Poor and Oppressed by Joe McVeigh; The ANC and the 1981 hunger strikers; The storming of the Capitol

Des Wilson – A Voice for the Poor and Oppressed by Joe McVeigh
Fr. Joe McVeigh was a close friend and colleague of Des Wilson. It wasn’t just that bot…

5 years, 8 months ago

My 2021 list and the Unity Conversation

Singing and climbing in 2021
A Chairde,  a very happy 2021 to you all. Here are ten personal things I want to do in this bright new year. 

·        Sur…

5 years, 8 months ago

The Government of Ireland Act and Time to end Partition

The Government of Ireland Act was signed into British Law by a British King on 23 December 1920. In 1998 Sinn Féin succeeded in having this act scrap…

5 years, 9 months ago

Gunboat Diplomacy and the DUP dup-ed again

Nollaig Shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibhse go leir. I know it’s going to be a strange Christmas. It’s always poignant as we think of absent f…

5 years, 9 months ago