Tag: ulster
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Le Fleadh! The Lambeg and the Bodhrán, banging the drum for Belfast.
One thing is clear: the Fleadh is the best thing that has happened in Belfast since John Hume’s and David Trimble’s jig with Bono in May 1998. This festival has brought music, art, and culture to hundreds of thousands over a single week and let us not forget the tens of thousands of pints of…
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For one day only at the MAC: The Yawn.
On the 25th of June 2026, I attended The Future of These Islands: Preparing for Change, a shindig organised by the SDLP. Let me start by saying I went in with low expectations, and they were fully met. The crowd were largely old Humeite SDLP members who, as expected, waxed lyrical about the opening two…
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STOP THE DOPES, they are the ones looking up at the Boat.
Yet again, loyalists define their “culture” through hatred, bitterness, grievance, a siege mentality and a complete lack of understanding of their history. In addition, from 1998, they have seamlessly moved from blaming one type of “F’s” for their problems to hating and blaming another type of “F” for the very same problems. The real issue…
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