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from the start the NI economy had difficulties. Under the GOI Act they had to make an imperial contribution which was about £8 million. This nearly threatened bankruptcy. The Unionist government sought a reduction in this but the British Government was less than sympathetic.
After the war there was a collapse in Industry and this caused a large jump in unemployment. The Unionist government wanted to match the British government's welfare programme but this was a disaster financially. by the end of 1923 the Unemployment fund was insolvent.
In 1925 the Colwyn award was introduced. N.I would make a instead of an imperial contribution, one based on domestic expenditure. this bought some stability but the 1930's created economic problems
The British government also made a financial contribution to the Special Constabulary due to the increased violence. The 'Belfast boycott' also brought economic problems as the south put economic pressure on the north in response to the expulsion of catholic workers from the shipyards.

Not sure if it answers the question but it suggests from the start that there were economic problems in the north from the start.

Barcelona - Michael Carruth
Genoa - 1990 - Packie and David O'Leary
Ballinascreen 1968 - the battle of Balinascreen

Run DMC & Aerosmith - Walk this way
https://youtu.be/4B_UYYPb-Gk

Folks, looking to head away at the start of July with the boss and 2 kids. Thinking of mainland Spain or one of the islands. Any recommendations for all-inclusive hotels?

try magic natura.  Its just outside benidorm.  We didnt leave the compound once and spent the total of 30 euro while there.

Thanks HiMucker. If you don't mind me asking why room type would you recommend? Plenty of options there.

We just got a basic cabin with two bedrooms. Two wanes in one room and the baby in the cot.  I wouldnt bother with any of the rooms with sea view or pool view.  They didnt seem any better.  There is golf buggies beating about every 5 mins so you dont need to worry about walking if your knackered.  You can bring bottles of wine up to the cabin at the end of the night also.  Unlimited access to zoo and water park.  Its cheaper with jet2 than booking seaprately and you dont need to worry about your backage.

Thanks again. We were looking at the other rooms but that is great advice. The wife will be happy about the wine! Will get looking into it more. Cheer!

Well HiMucker, we are just back from there. The Kids had a ball and the boss was very happy. Thanks for the advice. We picked a good week as towards the end it started to get busier. Thanks again.

Two questions to which I can't see answers that are either logical or politically tenable:

1. How is it acceptable for the DUP to be simultaneously a protagonist in negotiations on the governance of the North and effectively a part of the Westminster government? One of the possible outcomes of the assembly negotiations is direct rule from Westminster. Surely the DUP has an overwhelming incentive to scupper the talks, let the Assembly lapse and by default become effectively the direct government in the North without having to worry about power sharing with pesky nationalists.

2. How is it acceptable for the UK government to mediate the Assembly talks, when it is the political partner of one of the protagonists? It is plain that the DUP has a veto on everything by virtue of its ability to withdraw support from the government at will. Surely the other parties and the Irish government can't agree to proceed with talks on this basis. I presume they still have George Mitchell's phone number.

Just a quick thought. The Unionists joined a coalition government in 1915 during the period of the suspended Home Rule Bill. The Nationalists also had a chance to join it but refused to do so.

Within 7 years Ireland faced a Rising in 1916, an election that developed a Sinn Fein majority, a war of independence, and a Treaty Negotiation. It could be argued that the formation of this coalition government reawakened a nationalist mood.

Will the current position of a possible Unionist coalition with the Conservatives invigorate further the nationalist voice - not leading to violence but a possible further decline in the Unionist position in the north? If you look at the electoral map on Friday it makes for an interesting read. Firstly it looks like the unionist position is cornered. Could a reawakening reduce this further as Nationalists are alienated further from Westminster?

Could the Conservatives, at some stage, will lessen the number of MPs it gets from the north as part of a overall drive to create a Conservative majority throughout the whole of the UK and define it as cost cutting. Unionists should read their history of how Conservatives have treated them.

Secondly, the map looks very much like the County Option scheme of 1914, with only 4 counties opting out of the HR Bill. Little has changed in 100 years for unionism as it fails to convince people in the north. Is this coalition a last gasp of a unionist entity?

Folks, looking to head away at the start of July with the boss and 2 kids. Thinking of mainland Spain or one of the islands. Any recommendations for all-inclusive hotels?

try magic natura.  Its just outside benidorm.  We didnt leave the compound once and spent the total of 30 euro while there.

Thanks HiMucker. If you don't mind me asking why room type would you recommend? Plenty of options there.

We just got a basic cabin with two bedrooms. Two wanes in one room and the baby in the cot.  I wouldnt bother with any of the rooms with sea view or pool view.  They didnt seem any better.  There is golf buggies beating about every 5 mins so you dont need to worry about walking if your knackered.  You can bring bottles of wine up to the cabin at the end of the night also.  Unlimited access to zoo and water park.  Its cheaper with jet2 than booking seaprately and you dont need to worry about your backage.

Thanks again. We were looking at the other rooms but that is great advice. The wife will be happy about the wine! Will get looking into it more. Cheer!

Folks, looking to head away at the start of July with the boss and 2 kids. Thinking of mainland Spain or one of the islands. Any recommendations for all-inclusive hotels?

try magic natura.  Its just outside benidorm.  We didnt leave the compound once and spent the total of 30 euro while there.

Thanks HiMucker. If you don't mind me asking why room type would you recommend? Plenty of options there.

Folks, looking to head away at the start of July with the boss and 2 kids. Thinking of mainland Spain or one of the islands. Any recommendations for all-inclusive hotels?

Just a thought on the transfer dealings of the last 2 managers.

Brendan Rodgers (May 2016 - present)

12 Cristian Gamboa, £1m from West Bromwich Albion, Aug 2016 [BBC]
24 Dorus de Vries, undisclosed from Nottingham Forest, Aug 2016 [BBC]
11 Scott Sinclair, £3.5m from Aston Villa, Aug 2016 [BBC]
02 Kolo Toure, free from Liverpool, Jul 2016 [BBC]
10 Moussa Dembele, £500,000 from Fulham, Jun 2016 [BBC]

Ronny Delia June 2014 - May 2016

2014 - 2015
29 Michael Duffy, undisclosed from Derry City, Feb 2015 [BBC]
14 Stuart Armstrong, £1.75m from Dundee United, Feb 2015 [BBC]
16 Gary Mackay-Steven, £250,000 from Dundee United, Feb 2015 [BBC]
09 John Guidetti, (loan) from Manchester City, Sep 2014 [BBC]
12 Stefan Scepovic, £2.3m from Sporting Gijon, Sep 2014 [BBC]
32 Mubarak Wakaso, (loan) from Rubin Kazan, Aug 2014 [BBC]
22 Jason Denayer, (loan) from Manchester City, Aug 2014 [BBC]
27 Aleksander Tonev, (loan) from Aston Villa, Aug 2014 [BBC]
16 Jo Inge Berget, (loan) from Cardiff City, Jul 2014 [BBC]
26 Craig Gordon, free, Jul 2014 [BBC]

2015 - 2016
35 Kristoffer Ajer, undisclosed from IK Start, Feb 2016 [BBC]
13 Colin Kazim-Richards, free from Feyenoord, Feb 2016 [BBC]
27 Patrick Roberts, (loan) from Manchester City, Jan 2016 [BBC]
28 Erik Sviatchenko, £1.5m from Midtjylland, Jan 2016 [BBC]
24 Carlton Cole, unattached, Oct 2015 [BBC]
05 Jozo Simunovic, £3m from Dinamo Zagreb, Aug 2015 [BBC]
17 Ryan Christie, £500,000 from Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Aug 2015 [BBC]
02 Tyler Blackett, (loan) from Manchester United, Aug 2015 [BBC]
19 Scott Allan, £275,000 plus Liam Henderson(loan) from Hibernian, Aug 2015 [BBC]
07 Nadir Cifti, £1.5m from Dundee United, Jul 2015 [BBC]
26 Logan Bailly, £250,000 from OH Leuven, Jul 2015 [BBC]
22 Saidy Janko, undisclosed from Manchester United, Jul 2015 [BBC]
20 Dedryck Boyata, £1.5m from Manchester City, Jun 2015 [BBC]

taken from this website - http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Transfers+-+Players+In

[UUJ who flaunt the rules year after year though.]

Syferus I think the issue you were referring to was where IT Sligo was accused by Queen's of having an illegal player. It turned out he was illegal and the Sligo lads genuinely where not aware of it. (He was SU president) Ignorance is no excuse I know. Hardly a comparison to the antics of UUJ who flaunt the rules year after year though.

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New year same BS from ck

Please supply evidence of year on year flaunting of rules please

Evidence? MMmm ok. Is Niall Madine a full time student at UUJ? Or is he a full time student at South West College in Newry.

What's the story with multi campus universities? UU only have one team that presumably train at Jordanstown. Coleraine, Magee and Belfast don't have a team. Are students on those campuses eligible to represent the university? Or can a university enter multiple teams (for each campus) if they've enough players on each campus?

Do Magee and Coleraine not play in lower grade University competitions. Apologies if it has been discussed before but whats the story when Jordanstown moves most of its students into Belfast? Do Jordanstown and Belfast amalgamate? Not that I'm aware of too many GAA players in the former art college.

I've no idea about Magee and Coleraine. Did they ever play Sigerson?

Nah I'd be shocked if they ever did. Both very small campuses. Trench Cup at the most I'd imagine. I dont think you'd ever have Coleraine/Magee players togging out for UUJ. Plenty of county lads have went to both and never played Sigerson.

Don't know about now, but Magee played in D3 and Coleraine in D2. Coleraine actually beat UUJ in 97 in the Sigerson QF.

They beat Queens in 96 as well.

A mate recommended the cycling tour but the wife has FIRMLY ruled it out.

They have an E-Bike which has a motor on them which takes some of the strain. Definitely great craic.

Tony , If your Mrs is into History tell her to have a look at the times for the guided tours of the Reichstag and the surrounding precincts, unreal,top top notch tour that takes 2 1/2 - 3 hours that absolutely fly by.

The area round the Brandenburg gate is something else as well for a history nut(Like me)

Even having a spin round on the public transport system is a pleasure in Berlin, it is perfect in every way.

Berlin as a city has everything for a short or long break but what I liked most about it was that everything works with no effort at all, people are not pretentious in any way and it is up with New York IMHO as one of the best cities in the world.

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The 20th century history of the place is so interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7CWajaOx4E

Have to agree with 5Sams and the Subbie. I would recommend a company called Fat Tire Bike Tours that do brilliant cycling tours of the city. They have one that is about 4 hours long. It was brilliant and i hate bikes. The city is cyclist friendly, flat and you get to see all of the historical sites before you decide where to go for a better look if you want to and you can stop for a beer. The guides know their stuff and it is well worth it.

I would have to say I am not surprised by his comments. His comments at this event was embarrassing to say the least.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GAELIC+WORLD%3A+GAA+chiefs+hit+out+at+Republic+boss%3B+EXCLUSIVE.-a0117750620

I was involved as a coach with one of the teams involved as we promoted Gaelic Games during this tournament before both games that Ireland played in. The kids were from Birmingham and they played for about 15 minutes and it was basically just a display. The game he was referring to was a girls game. It was moved from the middle of the pitch and  they ended up playing in the corner of the pitch and if memory serves me right, in their trainers. There was an article in the Mirror about it, i can't seem to find it anywhere, where he gave out about the GAA and Croke not letting them use Croke Park while he had to put up with GAA on a soccer pitch.

To be fair to Kenny Cunningham when he came out for his warm up he broke away from the group and he had has his picture taken with all the kids. 

You have to give credit to the man for his success at underage with Ireland but he is as was said above the 'most bitter man in Ireland'.

Was Roddy Gribben not manager of the 1958 team? They would be Creagh or Newbridge people.

A fantastic tournament. Have great memories of it. Watching what you ate over Christmas. Training with your club at a time of year when you never ever did. Frost on your laces. It created a great bond between the lads and is still something we talk about today.