5 days ago · Slugger Team 5 February 2025 Belfast City Council declines to adopt Armed Forces Covenant 0 An acrimonious debate at Belfast City Council which has been running for several weeks finally climaxed on Monday night as the Council rejected adopting the Armed Forces Covenant. The DUP brought a motion several weeks ago before the full council … read Stephen McNally 4 February 2025 Road deaths ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Economy Minister Conor Murphy to contest Irish Seanad election Sinn Féin Economy Minister Conor Murphy announced on Monday (30 December) that he will run for election to Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland). The Seanad is the upper house of the Irish parliament, serving similar function to the House of Lords in the UK. Mr Murphy will be contesting one of the 43 seats elected from vocational ...

Jan 4, 2025 · On the 2 nd of December 2024, it was exactly 25 years since ‘the appointed day’ – the day when legislative powers and executive authorities were devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. But what was it like to work there in the early years? Paul Moore, a Civil Servant seconded to the Assembly, found himself in the role of Assistant Clerk to the Assembly Committee that was being chaired ...

Dec 20, 2024 · Having won the Six Nations, tied a series with the Springboks in South Africa, and won 3 out of four November internationals, Ireland stands ranked #2 in the world, which is some improvement on our quarterfinal exit at the hands of New Zealand in the World cup in October 2023. That ranking can be deceptive, however. Ireland’s performance against the All Blacks at the World Cup was much ...

Jul 17, 2024 · In the doldrum life of Northern Ireland politics losing one seat is a misfortune, two careless, three criminally negligent. To have escaped two more potential losses is a serious warning from the future for the DUP that for too long played just one card. Since the writ of that one card trick (keeping the FM’s job for unionism) ran out in the last Assembly election in 2022 the party has been ...

Jan 4, 2025 · A new article today from Sam McBride in ‘the Belfast Telegraph’ wherein he reveals that there have been ongoing talks regarding the holy grail of Unionist unity since 2022. The article, Secret DUP-UUP talks in 2022 failed –but unionist unity may now be closer than any time since 1971, is behind a paywall but is a very interesting read and if you are a subscriber to the Telegraph, please ...

Jan 3, 2025 · One of very few advantages of getting older is that you can look back and see patterns developing over decades, patterns that were not immediately obvious at the time. During the Brexit Referendum campaign and its aftermath, people like Dominic Cummings came to prominence and most of them talked about ‘disruptive leadership’ in a positive way. As someone who worked in the field of ICT, I ...

Jan 5, 2025 · The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday. Brian O'Neill I help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards middle-of-the-road pragmatism, I am not a member of any ...

Jan 6, 2025 · 2. Integrated Public Transport System. Challenge: Lack of coordination between buses, trains, and other transport modes.; Solution: Develop an integrated ticketing and scheduling system (like Dublin’s Leap Card).Include real-time tracking and mobile app support for journey planning. Implementation: Collaborate with transport operators to …

Jan 4, 2025 · Late sixties Belfast. It was the best of times. The worst of times was just round the corner. Waiting for us like a mugger in a darkened alley. It is surprising to think back to those days, pre – troubles. Such a different time. The troubles never really started, in my opinion, until July 1969, and even then 1969 recorded only 16 deaths. I remember this period well, I …