Monthly Archives: June 2012

This afternoon I was at Leinster House finalising arrangements for the Somme Association’s Commemorations of the Battle of the Somme at the end of the month. In the Member’s Dining Room room I met my friend Eamon O’Cuiv who was … Continue reading →

Announcement in the Dáil by Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter T.D., on behalf of the Government, in relation to the matter of personnel who deserted the Defence Forces during World War II to serve with the Allied … Continue reading →

List Price: $22.95 This title is still being prepared for sale and should be ready soon.  This is an extremely important book.. In fact crucial to the survival of Ullans.. Professor R.J.Gregg would have been delighted with it.. He told … Continue reading →

      The Rt Hon the Lord Ballyedmond, OBE’s Biography   Forename(s) Edward Enda Haughey Sex Male Decorations OBE (1987), JP (1986) Date of Birth 5/1/1944 Foretitle(s) Baron (Life Peer UK 2004), of Mourne in the County of Down; … Continue reading →

      Tonight I attended, at the invitation of the Chairman and Trustees of The Royal Irish Regiment Museum, the opening of an exhibition  Harp and Crown A TRADITION OF IRISH SOLDIERING at the Exhibition Gallery, Carrickfergus Museum & Civic Centre … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, LSA MD (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917), was the first Englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in Britain, the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first Dean of a British medical … Continue reading →

  The Queen today thanked the nation for the celebrations staged for her Diamond Jubilee after the last day of festivities reached its climax. In a televised address to the country and Commonwealth, she described the four-day extravaganza as a “humbling … Continue reading →

This concert which I attended last night followed a similar intimate series of concerts that Van Morrison gave earlier this year at the Culloden Estate in aid if the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. Such was the positive reaction to those shows that he was presuaded to … Continue reading →

  The Royal Standard was raised on the Spirit of Chartwell to show the Queen was on board. With a red, gold and purple colour scheme, the vessel is designed to echo the richly decorated royal barges of the 17th … Continue reading →

  Tonight I was delighted to speak at the SDLP Titanic Dinner in Rayanne House, Holywood on the invitation of Liam Logan, Chair of the Ullans (Ulster-Scots) Academy and his friend Peter Lismore.                With my old friend and Colleague, … Continue reading →