Questionable parking from a police constable in Belfast – blocking entrance to a church car park with fewer than ten minutes to go before the Sunday morning service was due. Surely there are more places to park? Continue reading PSNI block entrance to All Souls’ Church: to go to Starbucks!
While a recent surveys suggests that one in five in the UK doesn’t know that unprotected gay sex can spread HIV, a television show in the US shows that discrimination on the grounds of HIV is very much still alive. Continue reading too much misinformation out there – education on HIV is much needed
Following Royal Assent to the Parliamentary Voting Systems and Constituencies Act earlier today, we now have the referendum to make the change to a fairer voting system set for May 5th. The Yes campaign needs as much help as possible to ensure that the real messages are put out to all of us in the communities of the UK. To help us all in our local groups do this, the campaign centrally needs major financial assistance. We’re not backed by the rich bankers or the trade unions. We’re a campaign of the people. That’s why I’m asking you to join … Continue reading join me in making our MPs work harder
The announcement of the engagement of Lib Dem blogger, Michael Carchrie Campbell and Andrew McFarland. Continue reading McFarland – Carchrie Campbell engagement
The news from Northern Ireland does not seem good at present.
As NI Water continues to update us on how they are battling the water shortage in Northern Ireland, vandals have attacked emergency supplies in Coalisland, County Tyrone.
Vandals have opened valves on bowsers in County Tyrone and emptied out nearly 5,000 gallons (22,730 litres) of water.
from BBC News NI
And were the demands on water not high enough, others set fire to vehicles in Lisburn. Continue reading “not the time for knee jerk reactions as NI water crisis affects us all”
Everyone has his own New Year traditions. Many countries have their own too. This evening whilst at a party in the flat of Conor, one of Andrew‘s friends in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, we heard the ship’s whistles of the ships in the Port of Belfast being blown for New Year. Normally, in the past I would have been involved in ringing out the old year, and ringing in the new year. But this evening, it was interesting to be so close to the Port that Ships Whistles could be heard for well nigh half an hour. Other things … Continue reading from the Port of Belfast – Happy New Year
It seems that BBC Northern ireland has been noticing the Northern Irish blogosphere. Well done. We’ve been around for some time… Gareth Gordon writes… I think it only attracts a certain type of people. I don’t necessarily think its a broad representative cross-section of opinion or even punditry and it can at times attract extremist views on the blogosphere. It is a pity, however, that [due to BBC editorial policy] Mr Gordon does not follow the usual courtesy of bloggers – that of linking to the various sites named. Therefore, in a spirit of helpfulness. Here are the links… 1690 … Continue reading BBC NI notices the NI blogosphere – corrected
With the ongoing shortage on water in Northern Ireland, and lack of information that is correct being distributed, it is important that people can contact NI Water. Therefore I am publishing alternative numbers to contact them on. According to Say No to 0870 campaign, it is possible to contact Northern Ireland Water on numbers instead of the 0845 744 0088 number. 0845 744 0088 – NI Water’s published number 028 9016 8020 – alternative from SAYNOTO0870.com 0800 051 5445 – freephone from landline. Although I have not tried this in this particular instance, from mobile telephones, it is quite often possible … Continue reading alternative numbers for Northern Ireland Water
My name is Andrew, and I am living with HIV. You might think that I am HIV positive – I am not. I am living with HIV because my boyfriend*, Michael, the man I love, is HIV positive. I am living with HIV because HIV has a direct impact on my life. I am also, to some extent, living with PVL-MRSA, because Michael has that too. Today Michael had an appointment at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, and his doctor took the opportunity to screen me for MRSA, because there was a chance that I was an asymptomatic carrier. It … Continue reading my name is Andrew
This morning Andrew and I toddled up to Belfast‘s Royal Victoria Hospital once more, after last night’s abscess burst, and sat around whilst the normal business of the CUM glinic went on about us. Eventually, Dr Killian Quinn, called for me – and off I went. He didn’t take any swabs from the abscess which I had thought was the principal reason for attending the clinic. That is to ensure that it was just (the now normal) PVL-MRSA. However he did prescribe the usual special wash and Bactroban nasal spray – for the next five days. What fun! And of … Continue reading another day, the RVH again
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