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Chambré Weekly Bulletin- 24/08/2026 What you need to know Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson famously once said that “a week is a long time in politics” and nowhere is that seemingly truer than in Northern Ireland. This week, Robbie Butler was confirme https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/24/chambre-weekly-bulletin-24-08-2026/

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Published: August 24, 2026 11:07

Chambré Weekly Bulletin- 24/08/2026 What you need to know Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson famously once said that “a week is a long time in politics” and nowhere is that seemingly truer than in Northern Ireland. This week, Robbie Butler was confirme…

Why Stormont’s failure to revenue raise is costing us all In June 2000, during a debate over departmental funding from Westminster, a former MLA gleefully remarked that the “injustices of direct rule were over” and that, with the Assembly now in control https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/24/why-stormonts-failure-to-revenue-raise-is-costing-us-all/

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Published: August 24, 2026 11:07

Why Stormont’s failure to revenue raise is costing us all In June 2000, during a debate over departmental funding from Westminster, a former MLA gleefully remarked that the “injustices of direct rule were over” and that, with the Assembly now in control…

Lough Neagh – One of the biggest ecological disasters to face the Island of Ireland… Philip O’Neill is a slugger reader from Belfast. We all like a good cause, an opportunity to put a right a wrong whether it be in sport, work, or even globally where w https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/24/lough-neagh-one-of-the-biggest-ecological-disasters-to-face-the-island-of-ireland/

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Published: August 24, 2026 08:06

Lough Neagh – One of the biggest ecological disasters to face the Island of Ireland… Philip O’Neill is a slugger reader from Belfast. We all like a good cause, an opportunity to put a right a wrong whether it be in sport, work, or even globally where w…

How Bloody Sunday changed me I wrote a comment on Terry Wright’s excellent OP on “Where have all the Prods gone” in which I referenced an article I had written in 2010 for the European Tribune and the USA political blogsite The Daily Kos (where a member https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/23/how-bloody-sunday-changed-me/

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Published: August 23, 2026 07:22

How Bloody Sunday changed me I wrote a comment on Terry Wright’s excellent OP on “Where have all the Prods gone” in which I referenced an article I had written in 2010 for the European Tribune and the USA political blogsite The Daily Kos (where a member…

Where have all the Prods gone? The PUL Exodus and its impact in Derry/Londonderry A new report on "the Exodus" — the displacement of Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist families from the West Bank of the Foyle between 1968 and 1998 — finds a prolonged, in https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/21/what-happened-to-all-the-prods/

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Published: August 21, 2026 20:15

Where have all the Prods gone? The PUL Exodus and its impact in Derry/Londonderry A new report on "the Exodus" — the displacement of Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist families from the West Bank of the Foyle between 1968 and 1998 — finds a prolonged, in…

Why Google will get you a taxi before our Department of Inertia… The taxi market in Northern Ireland is an absolute mess. In 2014 about 16,000 taxi licences were registered in Northern Ireland. By the end of 2023 this had fallen to 7,500. Industry esti https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/21/why-google-will-get-you-a-taxi-before-our-department-of-inertia/

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Published: August 21, 2026 09:44

Why Google will get you a taxi before our Department of Inertia… The taxi market in Northern Ireland is an absolute mess. In 2014 about 16,000 taxi licences were registered in Northern Ireland. By the end of 2023 this had fallen to 7,500. Industry esti…

Mike Nesbitt’s resignation is a disaster that will be probably ignored Mike Nesbitt’s sudden resignation goes to the heart of what’s wrong with how Northern Ireland is governed. Modest hopes for limited success have been dashed. If systems and attitudes https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/20/mike-nesbitts-resignation-is-a-disaster-that-will-be-probably-ignored/

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Published: August 20, 2026 10:37

Mike Nesbitt’s resignation is a disaster that will be probably ignored Mike Nesbitt’s sudden resignation goes to the heart of what’s wrong with how Northern Ireland is governed. Modest hopes for limited success have been dashed. If systems and attitudes…

Why a treaty on ‘killer robots’ would not stop ‘human safaris’… UN negotiators have until the end of this year to agree a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons, built around the principle that humans must stay in control of lethal decisions. https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/20/why-a-treaty-on-killer-robots-would-not-stop-human-safaris/

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Published: August 20, 2026 09:07

Why a treaty on ‘killer robots’ would not stop ‘human safaris’… UN negotiators have until the end of this year to agree a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons, built around the principle that humans must stay in control of lethal decisions.…

The end of GCSE Learning for life and work… Something which may have slipped under people’s radars recently is the announcement by the Northern Ireland exams board, CCEA, that a number of subjects are to be discontinued. German, Economics and Engineeri https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/20/the-end-of-gcse-learning-for-life-and-work/

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Published: August 20, 2026 09:07

The end of GCSE Learning for life and work… Something which may have slipped under people’s radars recently is the announcement by the Northern Ireland exams board, CCEA, that a number of subjects are to be discontinued. German, Economics and Engineeri…

Culture, Identity & Inclusion in a Turbulent World – The 15th Annual D’Arcy McGee Summer School… How can a new Ireland maintain and deepen its values, sustained for a century, while achieving the inclusion of unionists and immigrant communities within https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/19/culture-identity-inclusion-in-a-turbulent-world-the-15th-annual-darcy-mcgee-summer-school/

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Published: August 19, 2026 18:06

Culture, Identity & Inclusion in a Turbulent World – The 15th Annual D’Arcy McGee Summer School… How can a new Ireland maintain and deepen its values, sustained for a century, while achieving the inclusion of unionists and immigrant communities within …

The road to Stormont 2027: voter attitudes and election battlegrounds In a previous article, I investigated attitudes towards minorities in Northern Ireland, examining how those attitudes varied by political party support. With a double-header election https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/19/the-road-to-stormont-2027-voter-attitudes-and-election-battlegrounds/

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Published: August 19, 2026 13:05

The road to Stormont 2027: voter attitudes and election battlegrounds In a previous article, I investigated attitudes towards minorities in Northern Ireland, examining how those attitudes varied by political party support. With a double-header election …

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt in Shock Resignation Health Minister Mike Nesbitt dramatically resigned yesterday amidst a policy clash with his party leader Jon Burrows. As per the Belfast Telegraph Confirming his departure tonight, the UUP said Mr Nesbit https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/19/health-minister-mike-nesbitt-in-shock-resignation/

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Published: August 19, 2026 06:34

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt in Shock Resignation Health Minister Mike Nesbitt dramatically resigned yesterday amidst a policy clash with his party leader Jon Burrows. As per the Belfast Telegraph Confirming his departure tonight, the UUP said Mr Nesbit…

My (in)glorious rugby career A big thank you to all the people here who have read and sometimes commented on my series of rugby articles here. A question everybody is (very kindly) not asking, is “what the hell qualifies me to write about rugby?” And th https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/18/my-inglorious-rugby-career/

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Published: August 18, 2026 20:54

My (in)glorious rugby career A big thank you to all the people here who have read and sometimes commented on my series of rugby articles here. A question everybody is (very kindly) not asking, is “what the hell qualifies me to write about rugby?” And th…

No Ordinary End: The Fivemiletown Cattle Cull We had a small suckler herd on our farm when I was growing up. Some of our cows, bought as heifers when I was very young, stayed with us for many years and had names. They were docile and enjoyed a good back https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/18/no-ordinary-end-the-fivemiletown-cattle-cull/

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Published: August 18, 2026 07:22

No Ordinary End: The Fivemiletown Cattle Cull We had a small suckler herd on our farm when I was growing up. Some of our cows, bought as heifers when I was very young, stayed with us for many years and had names. They were docile and enjoyed a good back…

Israeli national security minister advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ Gazans each night… From the FT: Israel should be killing “30 to 40” people each night in Gaza and should build Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave, the country’s far-right nation https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/08/17/israeli-national-security-minister-advocates-killing-30-to-40-gazans-each-night/

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Published: August 17, 2026 13:19

Israeli national security minister advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ Gazans each night… From the FT: Israel should be killing “30 to 40” people each night in Gaza and should build Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave, the country’s far-right nation…