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Guide Dog to be trained in N. Ireland thanks to HMP Maghaberry’s donation of £5,000

Michael McFarland Campbell

Amidst the wrangling over the devolution of Policing and Justice to the Northern Ireland Assembly this week the news that HM Prison Maghaberry has made a charity donation of £5,000 to the Guide Dogs charity will probably have been so far under the radar that most of Northern Ireland won’t have seen it. Let’s hope that the good that comes from the deal reached at Hillsborough Castle, will be just as beneficial to the community as the Guide Dog that will come from this donation. The Guide Dogs charity have said that this donation will make it possible for a … Continue reading Guide Dog to be trained in N. Ireland thanks to HMP Maghaberry’s donation of £5,000

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Flags – some oddities, and some stupidities!

Michael McFarland Campbell

It’s nearly July – so it’s time for lamp posts to turn into flagpoles You know you’re from Northern Ireland when you find yourself referring to lampposts as ‘flagpoles’. It’s nearly July so in many areas we have flags ‘decorating’ these flagpoles lampposts.  It wouldn’t be so bad if the flags were at full mast on their flagpoles lampposts, but rarely are they at the top. Thus it often appears that we are in permanent mourning for someone. This afternoon as I drove from Parliament Buildings to the city centre I spotted some particular stupidities. Some well-meaning so-called Loyalists have … Continue reading Flags – some oddities, and some stupidities!

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