The Accidental Wife

The Accidental Wife by Orla McAlinden Orla McAlinden is from Portadown in the Irish Occupied Six Counties (OSC), although she refers to it as Northern Ireland. This is apparently her first book. It shows. McAlinden received something called the Eludia Award, given out ‘for a first book-length unpublished novel or collection of stories by a […]

 Stormont is a busted flush

Stormont is a busted flush. Elections will not change that. A new Assembly will hobble and limp until further collapse. The anachronistic DUP are not ready for equality with Nationalism, nor do they appear to be overly concerned with the welfare of the Unionist working class, who appear to be overly concerned with their ‘flegs […]