“The reality is…” Coined in 1997 and used mostly by republicans. Close your eyes. Think of the Talkback music starting all those years ago and David Dunseith skilfully interviewing politicians on the peace negotiations. Who can you hear spouting in nearly…
Yearly Archives: 2014
Former CIRA Commander Tommy Crossan shot dead in Belfast.
A former Continuity IRA Commander, under death threat from the organisation he once led, has been shot dead in Belfast today. The dead man, father of four Tommy Crossan (44) an election candidate for Republican Sinn Fein in 2001, fell…
“The long lethal years of The Jackal” (Jeanne Griffin)
The story of Robin Jackson, UVF Mid-Ulster Brigade leader and alleged RUC Special Branch agent. For decades journalists and television broadcasters were afraid to mention him by name, referring him only by his sinister soubriquet “The Jackal”. But he has…
Quiet Peacemakers
SUSAN HUGHES ART EXHIBITION – ÁINE CARSON WHEN you’re of the nosey persuasion, you tend to get invited to things. I have a mate who pokes her nose into everything. She brings me with her and I write about…
“Up da Provies!” Belfast City Council property used for IRA remembrance event.
Leisure Centres are no stranger to muscle. Gymnasiums ae full of posers, pumping iron, preening themselves and feeling good about every show of strength. You expect that. What you dont necessarily expect is to see pictures of Belfast City Council’s…
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“The Night the Music Cried.” Unanswered questions surrounding the Miami Showband massacre. (Jeanne Griffin)
The red torch moving in a circular motion like a bloodshot eye in the middle of the dark Ulster road didn’t cause alarm for trumpet player Brian McCoy. A veteran member of the popular cabaret group, the Miami Showband, he…
Lives at stake in NI because of denial of 34 cancer drugs.
You’ve been diagnosed with cancer. You are frightened, and upset, and uncertain of the future. You have no control if or when this disease is going to kill you. You resolve to fight it using every means possible to prolong…
Interview with Una Crudden – “This may be a silent killer, but I’m not going to be silent about it. “
Una Crudden is 60 today. It’s a birthday she didn’t think she would see. Five years ago she was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. She had originally been misdiagnosed. That misdiagnosis meant that by the time her cancer was caught,…
Her name is Bridget, and shes not “just an alcoholic”.
“I cried when I saw the footage. I am a human being you know.” The poignant words of 23 year old Bridget Mongan, as she explained her hurt at being left in a bus layby by members of the PSNI…
The arrest of Ivor Bell
Vixens has learned that the 77 year old man arrested in Belfast this morning is veteran republican Ivor Bell. Bell, who has been living openly in West Belfast for decades, was taken by the PSNI to Antrim Serious Crime Suite…
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