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There is a light that never goes out

OK, stop me if you think you've heard this one before: a yourfriendinthenorth blog post about establishing a Labour electoral force in Northern Ireland. Yes, I thought so. There he goes again, you say. Well, over the past four years the topic of the...

Published 28 Aug 2010 3:10 AM by yourfriendinthenorth

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Labour Party (UK), David Miliband, 2010 Labour leadership election, Andy Burnham, Ed Balls, Diane Abbott, Ed Miliband

What a difference a wave makes, 2.4 little seconds.

When heading to the coast, sometimes you need to be prepared. For instance, sun cream isn't something you'd often consider taking with you on a trip to the Giants Causeway - such is the usual weather around this part of the world... however maybe...

Published 27 Aug 2010 7:30 AM by A Lifeform in Northern Ireland

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Waves, Giants Causeway

Exploring the Cavehill and Cavehill Country Park - Part 2

After a long walk and a picnic with a view, which is where we left off after part 1 . I was left with the question of how to find my way down the Cavehill. Jumping seemed the quickest way, but I fancied staying alive and wasn't in any rush. The day...

Published 8 Jun 2010 3:15 AM by A Lifeform in Northern Ireland

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Belfast, Walking, trees, birds, plants, Cavehill, Cavehill Country Park, heath

The Hypnowheel of Belfast.

As promised, we now break for an interval from the exploration of the Cavehill Country Park , so put up your feet, sit back and take a breather with a rare sighting of the reincarnation of the Belfast Wheel... the Hypnowheel of Belfast. The Hypnowheel...

Published 31 May 2010 3:11 AM by A Lifeform in Northern Ireland

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Belfast, Comedy, Cavehill, Hypnowheel

Love, oh Love, I wanna tell you how I feel about you

Hot Baby Roy didn't come back last night either. I don't know if he pulled or if something bad happened to him. I'm not sure but I'd suspect he pulled even though both are likely. I called his phone a few times but he never answered. Instead...

Published 30 May 2010 6:34 PM by Party Down and Go *** Yourself

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Belfast, eurovision, winner, kiss, uk, 2010 election, alexander rybak, sattelite, united kingdom, lena, song contest, last place

Exploring the Cavehill and Cavehill Country Park - Part 1

My feet kept sliding backwards, it was clear I had taken the wrong path in my trek to the sumit of the Cavehill in the Cavehill Country Park. It dawned on me that this was probably why the sign said the equivalent of 'take the sheeps path at your...

Published 28 May 2010 2:06 AM by A Lifeform in Northern Ireland

Filed under: Environment, Northern Ireland, Belfast, food, Walking, Life, Bits of Belfast, uk, city, Cavehill, McArt's Fort, Belfast Castle, Cavehill Country Park, Napoleon's nose

We're Ruined! Ruined!

I've been lying low all week. I've been pretty depressed. I never really got depressed as a teenager much. I don't know why but it seems that I've stockpiled most of it for my twenties. Silly *** body. I have my reasons though, a wee nip...

Published 16 May 2010 1:33 PM by Party Down and Go *** Yourself

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Belfast, Tories, Crack, Hot Baby Roy, biceps, recruitment agencies, Nick Clegg, corporation tax, job market, depression

An Old Enemy Returns

This morning I went twitching out to put the bin out. The Raven Princess Spandex was standing out in the alley too, just standing there with a big white terrified face on her. "You're very pale without your make-up on," I said giving her...

Published 30 Apr 2010 10:42 AM by Party Down and Go *** Yourself

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Belfast, sweaty Metallers, Balkazaler, The Death Owl, Satan, leotard girls, princess cheetara, the raven princess spandex, bin day, grim reaper, devil worship, wicca, paganism

Northern Ireland sees amazing twist in Election build up

"You wouldn't get this from any other guy" Photo by Alex Folkes Congratulations, you've been Nick Roll'd. Do b ear with me though... I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling about Politics here in Northern Ireland in view of the...

Published 20 Apr 2010 12:22 AM by A Lifeform in Northern Ireland

Filed under: politics, Northern Ireland, UUP, Alliance Party, DUP, Labour Party, Conservative Party, General Election, Rick Roll, MP, tribal politics, voting, Nick Roll, Nick Clegg

Election Time Looms

Jeepers , it's two months since I posted on here! Whatever was I thinking taking such a lengthy sojourn? I return to the blogosphere with the General Election looming. This time last year, it looked as though this election would be pretty much the...

Published 16 Mar 2010 8:03 AM by Northern Notes by Gary McKeown

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Labour, Sinn Féin, Conservatives, UUP, Tories, SDLP, DUP, TUV, General Election, UCUNF, Assembly, iris robinson, uk, Jim Allister, Liberal Democrats, hung parliament, coalition

Online campaign to bankrupt BNP

There are messages doing the rounds on Twitter suggesting an interesting way to rack up a substantial bill for the British National Party. The BNP appears to use another name for certain projects- British Heritage- to which people can send correspondence...

Published 11 Dec 2009 4:32 AM by Northern Notes by Gary McKeown

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Larne, British National Party, Nick Griffin, British Heritage, BNP, 42p, Larne Times, Royal Mail, Freepost

NVTV Blogtalk NI Episode 6

Blogtalk (episode 6) from Northern Visions/NvTv on Vimeo . Earlier this week I had the pleasure of being invited back to be a panellist of NVTV 's 'Blogtalk NI' programme. Obviously the cameras didn't break the last time I was on . On...

Published 27 Nov 2009 6:46 AM by Northern Notes by Gary McKeown

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Slugger O'Toole, Mick Fealty, BBC, Northern Visions, NVTV, Blogtalk NI, Andersonstown News, Ofcom, Gary McKeown, Belfast Media Group, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Northern Notes

CIPR PRide Awards Northern Ireland 2009

Last night I was delighted to attend the CIPR PRide Awards at the Europa Hotel in Belfast. The night was made even better when we won the Award for Public Affairs for managing last year's Energy Saving Week for the Energy Saving Trust in Northern...

Published 26 Nov 2009 6:19 AM by Northern Notes by Gary McKeown

Filed under: Northern Ireland, 2009, CIPR, PRide Awards, Energy Saving Trust, Energy Saving Week

The Slugger O'Toole Political Awards 2009

Last year saw the inaugural Slugger O’Toole Political Awards (or the ‘Sluggers’ as they seem to have become known in many quarters over the past few days) arrive on the political scene in Northern Ireland. Tomorrow they’ll be here again, with the event...

Published 23 Nov 2009 6:37 AM by Northern Notes by Gary McKeown

Filed under: politics, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Slugger O'Toole, 2009, Awards, Mick Fealty, black box, winners, Assembly, shortlist, The Slugger O'Toole Political Awards

Up 3D and the 3D Cinema Showdown.

On Monday it was another cinema night and a trip this time to the Movie House cinema at City Side Mall (aka Yorkgate Shopping Centre) on the outskirts of the central business district of Belfast. There we enjoyed a trip for a cup of tea and then on to...

Published 14 Oct 2009 5:07 PM by A Life in Northern Ireland

Filed under: Northern Ireland, Belfast, movies, Odeon, Up 3D, movie house, 3D Cinema

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