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Regular visitors here will know that I am sceptical about the Pollyanna reportage of the “Arab Spring”.
I fear that the chaos of toppled regimes will allow Islamists to seize power and impose their grim version of that religion on a frightened populace.
The voice on the radio was unmistakable as the car headed for Mount Errigal. The east Cork brogue told me right away that I was listening to Pat Buckley.
Rangers’ fans should be thanking their pantheon of heroes from the past that Craig Whyte is the owner of their club.
One year ago today I uploaded this piece on the Rangers tax story.
The funeral of PC Ronan Kerr back in April saw some iconic images.
The photographs of PSNI officers and GAA players shouldering his coffin are hard to underestimate in terms of their significance.
If you are childless then I don’t expect you to “get” any of this or, indeed, be remotely interested so please move along.
There are several unanswered into Mr Craig Whyte’s acquisition of Rangers. Notwithstanding the outgoing chairman Alistair Johnston’s comments about the need for “vigilance” by the club’s fans there are more prosaic questions still to be answered.
One such question is the source of the funding to pay the £18 million to Lloyds banking group.
