IN a nameless supermarket in a nameless city beginning with L ten miles south of Belfast, Squinter is ambling towards the bread section when he spots a Secret Service agent.
SEVERAL weeks ago British PM Andy Burnham sparked a furious debate over future constitutional change and Irish Unity with his crass comment that it was “off the table”.
BUTTER is a concentrated source of milk fat which is mainly composed of saturated fat. Too much saturated fat can increase bad cholesterol which is a risk factor for heart disease. Recommendations for saturated fat are no more than 20g per day for females and 30g per day for males.
There is nothing performative, minimal or ordinary about what happened in Cardiff this week as Sinn Féin, Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party signed a memorandum of understanding which brought mature 21st century politics into the British colonial denial of self determination to our Celtic nations. A united front from the parties that want to disunite the union.
There is an old African proverb that tells us, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Sitting recently in a packed St Mary’s University College for the Aisling Bursary Awards, I found myself thinking that perhaps it also takes a community to raise a scholar.
President Trump flew into Ireland at the weekend and everyone was delighted. Well, everyone in Doonbeg. A village of 200 people, it’s received a huge injection of visitors since Trump took it over and especially since he’ s said he’d begoing to see the Irish Open golf tournament at his Irish gem.
BELFAST-based community and voluntary organisations are invited to apply for grants to support projects aimed at ending violence against women and girls.
