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Virtually every bonfire in N.Ireland last night broke regulations, bye-laws and laws and nothing is being done about by the municipal bodies, the PSNI or the usual handwringing politicians who depend on this part of the community for support.

The true cost of the bonfires should be calculated and fed to the British media who are now so interested in the DUP and their supporters to allow them to highlight the waste of public resources on the 11th night alone.  The best that should be done is for the council and government agencies to leave the mess created by the bonfires until all other priority areas are dealt with as part of their statutory duties.  Don't repair the play parks, the playing fields and the road surfaces until new funds can be allocated to doing so and leave the smouldering remains and other bonfire detritus to be cleaned up by whoever wants in these communities. 

Business and property owners should sue the Belfast City Council and other municipal authorities for damage and not rely on their insurance to pay for the damage. It is clear that the injunctions and removal of funding was due to legal advice provided to BCC about their responsibility for allowing bonfires on their land and as a licensing authority.

On the plus side the level of violence associated with 11/12th activities is now at its lowest for as long as many care to remember. 

A good article on Pat Darcy from back in 2007:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/sport/then-and-now-for-club-and-county-28399247.html

On 12th July 1998, Jason, Richard and Mark Quinn, aged 9, 10 and 11, were killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in a firebomb attack on their home in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_brothers%27_killings

It is inspirational when a man rejects a lifestyle of fame,vast wealth etc to serve God.

Has he taken a vow of poverty?  If not there is nothing mutually exclusive about being a Catholic priest and having wealth nor seeking, enjoying fame.  There are many examples of those who have entered the priesthood and retained/enjoyed a life of wealth and fame (as opposed to infamy).

There is nothing inspirational whatsoever about a former soccer player becoming a priest.  Unusual, yes, inspirational no.  What may or may not be inspirational is how he acts as a priest.

Exactly.

What is interesting is that Philip Mulryne moved from becoming part of the mainstream church to belong to an separate order.  He started out as a student in the Irish College in Rome sponsored by the bishop of the Down and Connor diocese and then last year he decided to become a Dominican friar and was ordained last week by the Dominican archbishop.

Is anyone sealing their block with a waterproofing seal?

Is it a cavity wall?

Surely this guy must be arrested now.He has incriminated himself.What is the motive?

Probably has some notion of destabilising the peace process.

Bet the next thing he says he has cast iron evidence Gerry A was the guy who gave him the order  .

Don't know how he could say that given that Adams has declared he was never in the IRA.

Then he apologies from the bottom of his heart and said it was never their intention to hurt anyone.
They set off bombs in packed pubs ffs!

This the standard IRA supporting mentality.  It is always someone else to blame when the innocent were slaughtered and justified. No surprise.

It sounds like an anthropological project but was probably just down the road. NI is so polarised.Would common education bring people together or is it hopeless ?

You can't educate people together when they live apart.  This is the nonsense of calling for Integrated education.  Shared education is the way forward with respect for difference in tradition and culture.

SKY is showing both games and has the times the opposite way around to the GAA.ie site.

Replying to Tony Fearon as if his opinion matters is like worrying about what Joe Brolly, or Katie Hopkins or Piers Morgan, or Willie Frazer say. These people need feedback to feed their egos. Responding to them or taking heed of their opinion is offering them respect which they simply don't deserve.

Catch 22?

Armagh win two games in a row!

Furlong missed in the final 10 minutes.

He's actually a good debater. If I were to go up against him I'd like to make sure I had my ducks lined up. And the English would probably love him by and large. Deep down, I think they find a certain comfort in having a ruling class and snooty establishment calling the shots. It's by no accident that the only way Labour got elected in 1997 was by putting a lightweight Tory in charge.

He is a good debater but don't be fooled like many are by his very proper pronunciation and his over use of big words. 

Essentially, the English are a serf nation and they fall for the like of Rees-Mogg because of his 'Edwardian' presentation.  He is a ditto for the actor Edward Fox particularly in his portrayal of Edward VIII and it is that throwback to 1950s, post war England that Rees-Mogg draws on.

Remember how Boris Johnson rose of being a media buffoon to being a foreign secretary and almost Tory leader buffoon.  Rees-Mogg is more than capable of doing the same.

Could easily join the DUP.