newspapers: could do better on NI – Greenslade

Roy Greenslade seems to have hit on something in his blog on the Guardian‘s website. Northern Ireland is seeing a resurgence in Republican violence. There is need for decent reporting of events here in Northern Ireland in the mainstream British press. Arrest of nine men by Gardaí Nine men were arrested by Irish police – six in Wexford, one Waterford and two in Louth – under Ireland’s offences against the state act… The story did not appear in the print editions of any London-based Sunday national. But it was reported by the Sunday Times’s Irish edition. It should have been … Continue reading newspapers: could do better on NI – Greenslade

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the pope’s mission to uphold human dignity – letters at the guardian

The letter referred to earlier this week has been published by the Guardian. Hurrah.

We welcome His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the UK as both head of state of the Holy See and as leader of the world’s 1 billion Catholics and to the Catholic community of this country. We believe that his presence here comes at an urgent and pressing time, highlighting the trends in our country that serve only to denigrate human rights and human dignity. We support him wholeheartedly because in guarding the Deposit of Faith he: Continue reading “the pope’s mission to uphold human dignity – letters at the guardian”

authors take fight to hunt

When inviting people to Belfast Liberal Drinks yesterday, I didn’t know what people’s reaction would be. Following correspondence from one member, I have learnt more about PLR than I ever knew before. To be honest, I had not really thought about how authors would be compensated for their books being borrowed from libraries.

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February 24

Well it is nearly eleven months since I found out that I was living with HIV. Yesterday, I was up at the HIV clinic once more. Results CD4= 160%, 8% Viral Load = 60,000 On diagnosis, my CD4 count was 100, but my Viral Load was 29,000. Meds With the news that my viral load was more than double what it was when I was diaganosed – I rethought the issue of medication and was prescribed the same combination as the last lot I tried. That is, Viramune and Truvada. I took them last thing at night last night and … Continue reading February 24

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The Queen in Parliament – State Opening Day

The Fifteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom in the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been opened by The Queen in the Palace of Westminster

Today we see the the full splendour of the three part of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in one place: The Sovereign, The House of Lords, The House of Commons. The colour of the State Opening is provided by the uniforms of the many members of HM Household on duty, together with the members of the Army on duty.

I thought I would have a look at what the papers are saying about the Queen’s Speech. Continue reading “The Queen in Parliament – State Opening Day”