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  Tonight I attended, with my friend Roger Blaney, the Installation Dinner of Belfast’s new Lord Mayor, Alderman Gavin Robinson. The toast to him was proposed by the First Minister Peter Robinson. Gavin was elected to office on 1 June 2012 … Continue reading →

  Action Cancer is a Northern Ireland cancer charity, established in 1973 by cancer specialist,my old teacher Dr George Edelstyn and supported by my friend Eddie Irvine. The founder’s vision for the future was that people in Northern Ireland would be … Continue reading →

  This afternoon and tonight I was at the Hampton Court Palace to see Van in concert. I had gone to see him in St James Palace on 18th January this year. HAMPTON COURT PALACE, 17th JUNE 2012 IT WAS … Continue reading →

Tonight, as a Serving Brother, I attended the Diamond Jubilee Dinner of The Commandery of Ards, The Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem at the Culloden Hotel, Cultra, Co. Down. The Commandery was re-formed by the Grand Prior HRH The Duke … Continue reading →

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 →