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THE WEEK THAT WAS “Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, oh I do like to be beside the sea. I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom, where the brass bands play Tiddely-om-pom-pom!” Ok, so not Newcastle, Ballyhome or Cranfield which have failed to meet even the most basic of [...]
Titanic Belfast has released the first images of what visitors can expect to see when the iconic new attraction opens in Titanic Quarter next April. State-of-the-art technology, previously unseen footage and an exhilarating shipyard ride are just some of features on offer. The images include the restored Harland & Wolff shipyard gates located in a [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS Did you miss it? Are they as forgettable as this year’s Eurovision winner? Are you that fickle? Unrequited love is a terrible thing, but fortunately for you, the Northern Ireland Assembly is going to give you at least another four years to learn to love the institution. It has taken the [...]
Some of you are probably thinking this blog is going to be about electricity, taxis, coffee, or mobile phones – but you’d be wrong to think that. The most competitive industry in Northern Ireland is tours of Belfast. For a city with a population of about 270,000 there are three open top bus tour operators, [...]
I’m not ashamed to admit that I love freebies. Samples at the supermarket (isn’t free food just the best), those tiny sewing kits in hotel rooms, hell I even get excited by those CD’s in the Sunday papers. So I could barely contain my excitement when I received not one, but two, free t-shirts for [...]
Last week ‘the man’ was away, the sun was shining and I still had no shiny iphone so out of protest I didn’t do a blog. In hindsight I probably should have found a better way to express my frustration instead of punishing my loyal weekly followers. I’m now working on a pettier way to [...]
The picturesque islands of Malta are a well-known and much-travelled holiday destination, but there is more to this small country than you think. Malta today is internationally recognised as a brand denoting excellence in financial services. It offers an attractive cost- and tax-efficient base for financial services’ operators looking for an EU-compliant, yet flexible domicile. [...]
Titanic Foundation Limited, the charitable trust which will own Titanic Belfast upon its completion, has announced that Harcourt Developments Ltd has been appointed operator of the iconic £97m visitor attraction. Construction on Titanic Belfast, which is expected to attract up to 400,000 visitors per year, is continuing apace, with the cladding process well underway and [...]
It’s getting old now but this week really was the most exciting since I started and next week is shaping up to be relatively uneventful so I assure you I wont be saying the same next week. Even ‘the man’ commented that “we finally got a week’s worth of work out of you!” which I [...]
One week on since I confessed to stealing from ‘the man’ and you’ll be glad to hear I’m still in a job. Not surprisingly I haven’t been sent to collect goods from the man’s car so financially I’m not as well off but maybe this is a sign I’ve finally taken that step up the [...]
Me vs the man Starting off in a new company, a new city and a new industry is a daunting task for anyone. Throw in the need for a translator for the thick ‘nordy’ accents and there’s never a dull moment. Moving to Belfast from Dublin I thought I knew what I was in for [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS To corrupt Frank Sinatra – “Ups, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention”. Two hundred and seventy seven plenary sittings, some 69 Bills, over 11,624 Oral Questions and 32,411 Written Questions; here endeth the mandate of the 2007–2011 Northern Ireland Assembly. Phew – thank goodness that’s over. [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS It’s usually not good form to kick a man when he’s down, but in the absence of any interesting local politics (bar the immensely tedious prefabricated, pre-election kerfuffle over the flying of a tricolor at Downpatrick’s painstakingly crafted cross-community St. Patrick’s day parade) there’s nothing for it but to return to [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” That was Churchill’s summary of the Russian bear, but it could equally apply to the profound mystery that is the wonderful world of the Northern Ireland Budget. Round and round and [...]
Many view Antrim’s resurgent 2010 season as a sign that Dinny Cahill is once again taking us in the right direction – but last summer’s heroics in Croke Park were only moments away from being erased before they happened. On a pleasant July afternoon, as several thousand supporters filed in to Casement Park to watch [...]
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