North of Ireland Politics

razzmatazaz wrote: Could you park Irish reg cars unattended in Belfast as recently as the mid-nineties or were the army still doing controlled explosions of them in case they were car bombs? I have the vaguest memory of my mother parking her car somewhere and it becoming an issue for some reason.

BrendanD88 wrote: razzmatazaz wrote: The latest in my neverending Troubles rabbit hole. A Catholic priest is alleged to have led the South Derry branch of the IRA and planned the bombing that killed 9 and injured 30 more in the village of Claudy. The Catholic church, RUC and British government covered it up out of fear that the troubles would spiral even further out of control. The priest would later be transferred to Donegal. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/21/northernireland.rosiecowan1 How the hell did I never hear about that before?!  Probably as a lot of free staters have their head in the sand when it comes to the Troubles.

Bit before my time in fairness. My earliest memories of the Troubles are Drumcree and the Omagh bombing, and I was around 9 at the time. Don't recall being taught anything about what happened in Northern Ireland at any point in school. Apparently learning about Kaiser Wilhelm II was more important.

razzmatazaz wrote: The latest in my neverending Troubles rabbit hole. A Catholic priest is alleged to have led the South Derry branch of the IRA and planned the bombing that killed 9 and injured 30 more in the village of Claudy. The Catholic church, RUC and British government covered it up out of fear that the troubles would spiral even further out of control. The priest would later be transferred to Donegal. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/21/northernireland.rosiecowan1 How the hell did I never hear about that before?!

irishmufc wrote: In more positive news the ever likable and progressive Gregory Campbell was awarded a CBE.  http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/gregory-campbell-made-cbe-in-easter-honours-list/a1415426770.html Congratulations Gregory mo chara

When the victims were children. Allegedly.

Some of the stuff I have heard last night about Jeffrey from journalists I know is horrific. I can’t repeat it here but have no doubt it will all come out. There are receipts, he won’t be able to weasel out of it all.

Neil Armstrong wrote: First Leo and then Jeffrey coincidence surely not the plot thickens, indeed🙄

Edited by nvidic - 30 Mar 2024 at 9:06am

Apparently he and the wife are obliged to live at separate addresses, though rumour has it that they’ve effectively been doing that for years anyway. On a separate note, rumour also has it that of three DUP politicians currently sheltering behind superinjunctions, one has a history of employing London rent boys and claiming expenses for watching pay for view gay porn on hotel televisions, another somehow avoided exposure by the BBC who have footage of him prancing around in a sailor suit in a London gay nightclub and another has a verifiable history of sexual and serious financial misconduct that would have devastating consequences if made public. I offer no comment whatsoever as to the veracity or otherwise of these rumours. I do not know. All I would say is that there is an internecine feud coming within the DUP shortly that will spill some blood and may enable a clearer picture. Stock up on popcorn and watch this space.

Edited by Green Cockade - 29 Mar 2024 at 11:31pm