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Clip of Gregory Campbell doing rounds on FB protesting the Foyle Bridge in 1984.

John Hume being sensible voice of reason explaining economics, access to schools/housing etc.

A relative was down looking at Narrow water project other day, the bridge builders are winning.

https://www.reddit.com/r/northernireland/comments/1p68wji/back_in_the_daythe_bridges_were_in_the_ira/

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2025/12/07/shades-of-roy-keanes-exit-as-mo-salahs-outburst-puts-liverpool-in-difficult-position/
"Slot has spoken of his team's problems with set pieces, low blocks, costly defensive errors and profligacy all season and hasn't rectified any of them. "

Why can't they be fixed?

Bevan Duffy retires after over a decade with Louth

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/1208/1547833-duffy-retires-after-over-a-decade-with-louth/

Clip of Gregory Campbell doing rounds on FB protesting the Foyle Bridge in 1984.

John Hume being sensible voice of reason explaining economics, access to schools/housing etc.

A relative was down looking at Narrow water project other day, the bridge builders are winning.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/10/31/justine-mccarthy-catherine-connollys-win-will-bring-irish-unity-closer-and-jim-ocallaghan-is-the-reason-why/
The current Programme for Government allocates €1 billion to the capital fund for North-South projects. Some of the most notable are the construction of the Narrow Water Bridge connecting the Cooley Peninsula to the Mourne Mountains, the cross-Border Ulster Canal, hourly trains between Dublin and Belfast and the preparation of an application for Unesco world heritage status for the astrological observatories in Birr, Dunsink and Armagh.
The fund's support for artistic, cultural, educational, tourism and infrastructural initiatives has, literally, been bringing people together. After all, a referendum in the Republic approving unification will be ineffective if the corresponding poll in the North rejects it.
Martin, with typical circumspection, has rubbished suggestions that the Shared Island initiative is a Trojan horse for Irish unity but its effectiveness in deepening cross-Border collaboration is undeniable

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/one-sided-propaganda-unionists-rubbish-report-claiming-life-expectancy-wages-and-standard-of-living-leap-up-over-the-irish-border-5432950?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOjladleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe1wNA42IwJVcrcygYoyGoYVVd1ZB2hqFiCmlkWk2PXLSp5YjcwPb8RwptsSQ_aem_ZlIpkTZn-eQJ8MldxTDlcw

Ostriches...

Jim Allister's excuse was appalling.

https://www.ft.com/content/0a055ad4-b764-48f3-bf63-2b8192c0321d

Disposable income is more than 18 per cent higher in the Republic and hourly earnings are more than a third above those in Northern Ireland. While people in the south save €1 out of every €8 of their cash after essentials, Northern Ireland has the lowest disposable income in the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m8zx27g95o

"Universities in Northern Ireland continue to operate under an unsustainable government funding model"

The same could be said for the North.
The British model is not to fix economic problems  and to subsidise them. The North needs a new model.

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nobody-will-take-to-street-here-as-they-dont-give-a-damn-about-stormont/a587788087.html

Historian and political commentator Dr Brian Feeney believes that Stormont will never work successfully and that Irish unity is "the only answer".

He thinks that the devolved administration shouldn't continue to exist in the event of a united Ireland.

Historian and political commentator Dr Brian Feeney

Feeney, who has a keen interest in Belgian politics, predicts there wouldn't be the same public anger if Stormont collapsed. "Nobody would take to the streets because nobody gives a damn," he says.

"Opinion polls show that support for the Executive is consistently falling, and that's not surprising. Devolution just doesn't deliver. When it collapses what tends to happen is that direct rule ministers cut through the garbage that goes on here and bring in modern legislation on abortion and LGBTQ rights which Stormont can't do."

Feeney claims that Stormont "makes a complete mess" of its budget. "It spends money on all the wrong things. It's not investing enough in education, health or infrastructure, and far too much on agriculture," he says.

"We spend 3.5 times what the rest of the UK does on agriculture. The Executive isn't dealing with the Lough Neagh crisis. It refuses to raise local taxation. Northern Ireland is withering on the vine."

Does Lisburn have a soccer team?
Does Lisburn have a Gaelic football team?

What the hell is wrong with Lisburn?

Lisburn Distillery got into financial trouble and had to sell their ground. They got relegated from the Championship.They don't have much money.

Celtic will still win the league. But it won't be pretty.

They are 3 points behind Hearts with a game in hand.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/12/07/liverpool-no-doubt-mohamed-salah-will-join-saudi-pro-league/There are "no doubts" that Mohamed Salah will play in the Saudi Pro League, a senior figure within the league has told Telegraph Sport.

Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad are understood to be the clubs most likely to sign Salah should he leave Liverpool.

Sources are unsure as to whether a deal can be struck for the January window, having suggested one was more likely next summer. But that may have changed after Salah's extraordinary outburst on Saturday evening, following Liverpool's 3-3 draw away to Leeds United when he was again on the substitutes' bench.

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The SPL will now explore whether a deal can be agreed for next month and whether Salah is serious about leaving or whether it was just a show of frustration.

The SPL was not expecting Salah to make such a public statement of his discontent at Liverpool in which he accused the club of "throwing me under a bus" and talked of the breakdown of his relationship with Arne Slot.

One source likened it to the television interview that Cristiano Ronaldo gave to Piers Morgan in November 2022 when he claimed he had "no respect" for Erik ten Hag. The following month it was announced that Ronaldo was leaving United as a free agent and joined Saudi club Al-Nassr.

Given Salah signed a new deal at Liverpool last summer, having spoken to the SPL about a free transfer with his contract running out, it is highly unlikely that he will be allowed to leave without a significant fee being paid. The 33-year-old was subjected to a rejected £150m bid from Al-Ittihad in September 2023, although relations have remained positive between him and the SPL and with the Jeddah-based club, in particular.

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They are the current champions, captained by Karim Benzema, and are now coached by Sergio Conceicao, having toppled Al-Hilal who are the other club thought to be most likely to sign Salah should he leave.

Al-Hilal's star names include Salah's former Liverpool team-mate Darwin Nunez and they are managed by former Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi.

"We are absolutely convinced that Mo Salah will come to Saudi. No doubts about it. We don't know if it will be January, in the next market, or next summer," a senior figure said.

I thought the LLTS was excellent. CMAT and Roy Keane and Conor Bradley and Kingfishr plus all the singing.

Yes obviously. Israel is a Jewish state. I just don't care about their magical word spells. Remember how self styled "philosemite" Kevin Myers was dealt with when he kowtowed a little too much.

Israel is a Jewish and Palestinian state. 20% of Israelis are Palestinian.

Winning one is still precious,winning multiple Munster clubs is still an achievement with this squad, I'm sure they feel like they should have more.

But so many great teams never win, that great Thurles team under achieved so many times..

I'd say they should win but no certainties until you lift that cup

There are some great clubs on one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Club_Hurling_Championship#Roll_of_honour
Loughgiel have 2. Legends.

https://www.ft.com/content/28c3b5c8-ef1a-4a12-9aa2-7589aaf6207c

Trump is also famously attuned to public opinion. Support for Israel has long been a litmus test in both main parties in the US. That is changing. Younger American Jews are no longer so steadfast in their backing. And it cannot have been lost on the president that several polls show pro-Israel sentiment is also declining rapidly among young conservatives. Views among opinion leaders on the right are also shifting.


https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/08/how-americans-view-israel-and-the-israel-hamas-war-at-the-start-of-trumps-second-term/#views-of-israel

A slight majority of Americans (53%) now express a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion of Israel. This marks an 11-point increase in unfavorable views since March 2022, when we last asked this question. The share of U.S. adults who voice very unfavorable views of Israel has roughly doubled over this period, from 10% in 2022 to 19% in 2025.

Well, that's the implication. Still have to go and win the thing, and they've a really historically poor return at AI level.

They have one all Ireland from 5 attempts.